On Apr 20, 2007, at 7:42 PM, Rich Brown wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> so far, discussing filesystem code via opensolaris >> means a certain >> "specialization", in the sense that we do have: >> >> zfs-discuss >> ufs-discuss >> fuse-discuss >> >> Likewise, there are ZFS, NFS and UFS communities >> (though I can't quite >> figure out if we have nfs-discuss ?). >> >> What's not there is a generic "FS thingies not in >> either of these". I.e. a >> forum with the purpose of talking filesystem code in >> general (how to port >> a *BSD filesystem, for example), or to contribute and >> discuss community >> filesystem patches or early-access code. >> >> Internally, we've been having a fs-interest mailing >> list for such a >> purpose for decades - why no generic "FS forum" on >> OpenSolaris.org ? >> >> There's more filesystems in the world than just ZFS, >> NFS and UFS. We do >> have the legacy stuff, but there's also SMB/CIFS, >> NTFS, Linux-things, etc. >> etc. etc.; I think these alone will never be >> high-volume enough to warrant >> communities or even discussion lists of their own, >> but combined there's >> surely enough to fill one mailing list ? >> >> Why _not_ have a >> "generic-fs-discuss at opensolaris.org", and a fs >> community >> that deals with anything that's not [NUZ]FS ? >> >> Thanks for some thoughts on this, >> FrankH. >> >> ====================================================== >> ====================== >> No good can come from selling your freedom, not for >> all gold of the world, >> for the value of this heavenly gift exceeds that of >> any fortune on earth. >> ====================================================== >> ====================== >> _______________________________________________ >> ufs-discuss mailing list >> ufs-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > > Hi Frank, > > I'm about to discuss/announce some changes that are coming within > the next few months into ONNV. My understanding is that ufs- > discuss is the right place to talk about generic file system issues. > > As I was scanning through old threads, I found this one. Are there > plans to create a "file system code" list/community? Is the ufs- > discuss alias still the right place at present to discuss VFS-level > changes?
I would like to see a fs-discuss alias over ufs-discuss... eric
