Milan Jurik wrote: > I agree ext3 in OpenSolaris should be added, but not as part of ext2 > project proposal, I explained my reasons. > > >> Please modify the proposal to start us along the path of eventually getting >> ext3 in place. >> >> > > -1 for this modification request, till time a) and b) will not be > solved. > > Best regards, > > Milan > >
Milan, I'm not saying that either you or your student has to deliver on ext3. The only additional work I am seeking is to enlarge the proposal. At that point, you can narrow your scope back down to work you are seeking to do. The increased scope has more to do with a desire for the community to grow outside of Sun than imposing additional work on you or your student. I would be perfectly fine if you deliver on ext2 and the rest of the project stalls. I wouldn't like it, but I would be okay with it. And this would not be a reflection on anyone who delivered the ext2 milestone. The reality of open source development is that developers have to be willing to contribute. Up until recently in the storage community, all of the projects have been internal to Sun. And there are several projects (NFS Server in non-Global Zones - http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nfs-zones - is a great example) which have languished because we couldn't get external contributors interested. I believe that if you can deliver on ext2, someone will step up to do the rest of the work. I'd love to see this spark external involvement and ownership. If you want, I'd be willing to help flesh the proposal out and take ownership of the post-ext2 stuff. Thanks, Tom _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
