From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fabio M. Di Nitto Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:43:32 +0200 Subject: [Cluster-devel] mount.gfs2 obsolete upstream (scheduled to be removed) In-Reply-To: <1312978592.2765.7.camel@menhir> References: <1312978592.2765.7.camel@menhir> Message-ID: <4E427CF4.3040701@redhat.com> List-Id: To: cluster-devel.redhat.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/10/2011 02:16 PM, Steven Whitehouse wrote: > Hi, > > Just a reminder that when Fedora 14 is no longer being updated, we > intend to remove mount.gfs2 from the upstream gfs2-utils source. There > should be no user visible changes beyond the removal of the utility when > this happens as kernels and gfs2_controld have been able to use the new > system for mounting for some time. > > So this is just a heads up so that it isn't too much of a surprise when > it happens in a few months time. > > Also scheduled for removal are gfs2_quota and gfs2_tool. Both of these > will be removed shortly after Fedora 17 is released. They are both > considered obsolete and alternatives have been available for some time. > In the case of gfs2_quota, that means the generic quota package that is > supplied with Fedora. In the case of gfs2_tool, that means tunegfs2 or > mount options, depending on which feature is required. > > If there are any questions, please let us know, > > Steve. > > It might be a good idea to lay down a map of upstream versions required to drop mount.gfs2 and quota. New gfs2-utils without mount.gfs2 requires kernel > x.y.z and gfs_controld > a.b.c. (we ship gfs_controld from gfs2-utils, but people might still have old versions around... just in case) similar for quota support.. is a new quota-tools version required? kernel? etc. Mapping to fedora releases is only helpful to fedora users :) but it leaves other distros in the dark. Specially if some features are working in fedora only by meaning of local patches. Cheers Fabio