[linux-lvm] [RFC] LVM mainatainance release

[linux-lvm] [RFC] LVM mainatainance release

[Christoph Hellwig]

Hi Heinz,

there has been lots of discussion about a 0.8.1 release lately,
because there are too much patches for 0.8 out.

If no one else is interested I would like to take the job and try
to get a 0.8.1 out. This should consist of a fixed tools tarball
and a patch for Linux 2.2. All this is floating around on this
list and has been collected in different rpms, mostly due to the
work of Andreas Dilger.

I would test all this (escpecially for Linux 2.2/2.4 compatiblity)
and you would only have to make it official.

Comments?

	Christoph

-- 
Always remember that you are unique.  Just like everyone else.

Re: [linux-lvm] [RFC] LVM mainatainance release

[Jan Niehusmann]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 09:52:48PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> If no one else is interested I would like to take the job and try
> to get a 0.8.1 out. This should consist of a fixed tools tarball
> and a patch for Linux 2.2.

Yes, please do it! :-)

As Heinz seems to release his next version as 0.9, there will be no numbering
conflicts, and even if your 0.8.1 will not be 'made official' by him, it'll
be a common ground for further 0.8 bugfixing. 

Heinz did a great job with LVM, but still I bet 0.9 will have some 
nasty new bugs, so people using LVM on production systems will prefer
using 0.8+patches over 0.9 for some time.

The problem I have with Andreas' RPMs is, that there are no announcements
of new versions (at least not on any mailing list I read), so I need to
regularily check if they contain some new patches I need. And tar is more
convenient for people not using rpm.

Jan

Re: [linux-lvm] [RFC] LVM mainatainance release

[Andreas Dilger]

Jan writes:
> As Heinz seems to release his next version as 0.9, there will be no
> numbering conflicts, and even if your 0.8.1 will not be 'made official'
> by him, it'll be a common ground for further 0.8 bugfixing. 

I agree we should make bugfix releases available between the major
updates from Heinz.  It would save a lot of people grief, and a lot
of FAQs here.

> The problem I have with Andreas' RPMs is, that there are no announcements
> of new versions (at least not on any mailing list I read), so I need to
> regularily check if they contain some new patches I need. And tar is more
> convenient for people not using rpm.

Initially I made just the SRPM available because that's what my development
is based on, and I can use alien to convert it to .deb format.  If people
really want, I can also make a patched tarball available with very little
effort, since I keep a patched and unpatched tree already.  I will make
a tarball available with my next release (today or tomorrow).

Actually, I don't do too many updates to my SRPM.  Normally only when
people have reported a bug here, as I'm waiting for 0.9 before I do any
more changes.  I do normally post something to linux-lvm, but I will make
a point of being more verbose about it, rather than hiding it in another
discussion.

I would prefer if Heinz opened a project on SourceForge, so that we can
have CVS, bugzilla, patch tracking, etc, and allow a limited number of
developers write access to the project.  My second choice is simply a
URL from the official LVM site pointing to wherever I keep my patches -
this frees both Heinz and myself from having to co-ordinate a bugfix
release.  Failing that, I will simply make the files available on my
site and keep pointing it out to people when they report a problem here.

Cheers, Andreas
-- 
Andreas Dilger  \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
                 \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/               -- Dogbert

Re: [linux-lvm] [RFC] LVM mainatainance release

[Heinz J. Mauelshagen]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 09:04:46PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Jan writes:
> > As Heinz seems to release his next version as 0.9, there will be no
> > numbering conflicts, and even if your 0.8.1 will not be 'made official'
> > by him, it'll be a common ground for further 0.8 bugfixing. 
> 
> I agree we should make bugfix releases available between the major
> updates from Heinz.  It would save a lot of people grief, and a lot
> of FAQs here.
> 
> > The problem I have with Andreas' RPMs is, that there are no announcements
> > of new versions (at least not on any mailing list I read), so I need to
> > regularily check if they contain some new patches I need. And tar is more
> > convenient for people not using rpm.
> 
> Initially I made just the SRPM available because that's what my development
> is based on, and I can use alien to convert it to .deb format.  If people
> really want, I can also make a patched tarball available with very little
> effort, since I keep a patched and unpatched tree already.  I will make
> a tarball available with my next release (today or tomorrow).
> 
> Actually, I don't do too many updates to my SRPM.  Normally only when
> people have reported a bug here, as I'm waiting for 0.9 before I do any
> more changes.  I do normally post something to linux-lvm, but I will make
> a point of being more verbose about it, rather than hiding it in another
> discussion.
> 
> I would prefer if Heinz opened a project on SourceForge, so that we can
> have CVS, bugzilla, patch tracking, etc, and allow a limited number of
> developers write access to the project.  My second choice is simply a
> URL from the official LVM site pointing to wherever I keep my patches -
> this frees both Heinz and myself from having to co-ordinate a bugfix
> release.  Failing that, I will simply make the files available on my
> site and keep pointing it out to people when they report a problem here.

Sistina is working on setting up CVS and Bugzilla for LVM.
Will announce it on the list once we are done.

> 
> Cheers, Andreas
> -- 
> Andreas Dilger  \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
>                  \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
> http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/               -- Dogbert

-- 

Regards,
Heinz      -- The LVM guy --

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Heinz Mauelshagen                                 Sistina Software Inc.
Senior Consultant/Developer                       Bartningstr. 12
                                                  64289 Darmstadt
                                                  Germany
Mauelshagen@Sistina.com                           +49 6151 7103 86
                                                       FAX 7103 96
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[linux-lvm] Re: [RFC] LVM mainatainance release

[Heinz J. Mauelshagen]

Hi Christoph,


On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 09:52:48PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi Heinz,
> 
> there has been lots of discussion about a 0.8.1 release lately,
> because there are too much patches for 0.8 out.
> 
> If no one else is interested I would like to take the job and try
> to get a 0.8.1 out. This should consist of a fixed tools tarball
> and a patch for Linux 2.2. All this is floating around on this
> list and has been collected in different rpms, mostly due to the
> work of Andreas Dilger.

If nobody minds I'ld prefer to

   a. use Andreas work from ftp://ftp.stelias.com/pub/adilger/
      in case you run 2.2
   b. wait for 0.9 which i want to release early november.

> 
> I would test all this (escpecially for Linux 2.2/2.4 compatiblity)
> and you would only have to make it official.

I am working on 2.2/2.4 compatibility for LVM 0.9 right now.

Once it's running I will appreciate your help to test and fix it.

THX a lot!

> 
> Comments?
> 
> 	Christoph
> 
> -- 
> Always remember that you are unique.  Just like everyone else.

-- 

Regards,
Heinz      -- The LVM guy --

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Heinz Mauelshagen                                 Sistina Software Inc.
Senior Consultant/Developer                       Bartningstr. 12
                                                  64289 Darmstadt
                                                  Germany
Mauelshagen@Sistina.com                           +49 6151 7103 86
                                                       FAX 7103 96
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Re: [linux-lvm] Re: [RFC] LVM mainatainance release

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 11:44:24PM +0000, Heinz J. Mauelshagen wrote:
> If nobody minds I'ld prefer to
> 
>    a. use Andreas work from ftp://ftp.stelias.com/pub/adilger/
>       in case you run 2.2
>    b. wait for 0.9 which i want to release early november.

If someone fixes Andreas' utils for 2.4 and they are declared official,
I think most problems would be solved ...

	Christoph

-- 
Always remember that you are unique.  Just like everyone else.