Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposal: user-defined properties

2006-08-21 Thread Roch
Eric Schrock writes: Following up on a string of related proposals, here is another draft proposal for user-defined properties. As usual, all feedback and comments are welcome. The prototype is finished, and I would expect the code to be integrated sometime within the next month.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposal: user-defined properties

2006-08-18 Thread Constantin Gonzalez Schmitz
Hi Eric, this is a great proposal and I'm sure this is going to help administrators a lot. One small question below: Any property which contains a colon (':') is defined as a 'user property'. The name can contain alphanumeric characters, plus the following special characters: ':', '-', '.',

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposal: user-defined properties

2006-08-18 Thread Eric Schrock
On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 09:36:20AM +0200, Constantin Gonzalez Schmitz wrote: the example suggests that properties may be case-insensitive. Is that the case (sorry for the pun)? If so, that should be noted in the user defined property definition just for clarity. Good point. The property

[zfs-discuss] Proposal: user-defined properties

2006-08-17 Thread Eric Schrock
Following up on a string of related proposals, here is another draft proposal for user-defined properties. As usual, all feedback and comments are welcome. The prototype is finished, and I would expect the code to be integrated sometime within the next month. - Eric INTRODUCTION ZFS currently