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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Open-FCoE for Wheezy Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:31:01 +0530 From: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> Reply-To: r...@debian.org Organization: RESEARCHUT To: debian-rele...@lists.debian.org Any suggestions? It is a new and expensive technology and hasn't seen much adoption yet. On 12/02/2011 01:14 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Hello Release Team, > > Please provide me some Release readiness assistance for Open-FCoE's > inclusion for Wheezy/Sid > > Open-FCoE [1], is a newer SAN technology to carry Fiber Channel traffic > over Ethernet. The ethernet is generalized in the definition but in > reality, a newer 10 GiB DCB Ethernet card is required for FCoE > capabilities. Also to mention the refreshes required on the switch > infrastructure. > > My initial hope was to get some access to FCoE hardware setup that I > could spare for Debian. Unfortunately, for multiple reasons that didn't > happen and I don't see having access to the hardware any time soon. > > Open-FCoE stack is currently in experimental. I have had no [bug] > reports yet. Also the popcon stats is very low. > > > The assistance I'm seeking from you is about its release readiness for > Wheezy/Sid. Should I get these packages uploaded to Wheezy/Sid? There > might not be many packaging errors, but with no real user testing in a > production environment, I have no idea how the stack will behave. > > > Should I go ahead with the inclusion of Open-FCoE into the Debian archive? > > > [1] http://www.open-fcoe.org > -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System
--- Begin Message ---On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 18:31:01 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Any suggestions? > > It is a new and expensive technology and hasn't seen much adoption yet. > I think debian-devel would be a better place for your question. Cheers, Julien
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