Gary Winiger wrote: > Tim, > > Thanks for adding zfs-team. > >> PSARC 2007/315 defines extensible system attributes, which are a file-level >> mechanism. What you are describing is a new dataset-level property. So I >> don't see a need to tie this new case with 2007/315. > > I didn't recall system attributes being part of the original > ZFS case. Do you have a case pointer for dataset-level system > properties? Or are you saying that there are no dataset level > system properties? I'm pretty sure the project team believes > there are. >
Dataset-level properties have been in place since initial integration of ZFS, so I would say 2002/240 is sufficient. -tim >> By default a child dataset inherits property values from its parent. There >> are >> exceptions to this, and if this is one of those, that should be noted. Also, >> will you allow a label to be inherited from a parent dataset via 'zfs >> inherit'? >> >> Does this property need to remain with the dataset if the dataset is >> streamed >> somewhere via 'zfs send'? That will affect the implementation. >> >> Will you allow label setting to be delegated (i.e, 'zfs allow')? All other >> properties support this. > > I'll let the project reply to this part. > I'd appreciate a proper case reference for dataset system properties. > > Thanks, > Gary..
