Am I actively maintaining the module? Not really.... Sadly, I have not had the opportunity to work with OpenAFS as much as I would have liked over the last several years. I did put a significant effort into porting OpenEFS to work with OpenAFS, and got about 90% of the work done. That included modernizing the AFS::Command code base to use perl5.10, exceptions, and Moose (the "modern" Perl5 OO framework).
However, I made a few posts to openafs-devel and openafs-info asking for feedback, and never got any. I am aware that AFS::Command is in use in a number of organizations, but noone using it showed any interest in the new version. I think I sent the pre-release to 2 or 3 people, and never even got feedback on whether or not it could be installed. I am currently in a consulting position where one of the conditions for my employment was "no AFS" (I am not making this up, really -- I was hired by ex-Morgan Stanley senior managers who were familiar with the work I had done on AFS), and the firm I am consulting for can't even manage NFSv3, so the possibility of using a better distributed filesystem technology is pretty much a lost cause. I do not anticipate that I will have a chance to do serious professional work with OpenAFS anytime soon, sadly. I am actively searching for my next consulting or employment gig now, and I the only OpenAFS-related job I've seen posted that makes sense for me is at my old employer, where I am no longer welcome. I would be happy to hand this code over to someone else, if anyone with the development skills to maintain a large perl suite is willing to step forward. The last team to own this code at Morgan Stanley hoarded it, and didn't update the CPAN distribution, which was why I took it over again (since I temporarily needed it -- OpenEFS is all but dead, so it's pretty much a moot point). It really should be owned by someone in the OpenAFS community who is actually using it, and while I would love to be a part of that community again, it's difficult to do so in your spare time. If I ever use OpenAFS again, professionally, then I will certainly be a contributing member, but it seems unrealistic right now. On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Ken Dreyer <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a question in relation to gerrit.openafs.org/7378, "revert -help > formatting". > > Would it be feasible to fix AFS::Command? Is Phil actively maintaining > this module? > > - Ken > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
