Save the unfs3 project

Save the unfs3 project

[Peter Åstrand]

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Hi! I am one of the developers of the "unfs3" server. Unfortunately, the 
maintainer Pascal Schmidt has disappeared from the net. I've been hosting 
the source repository, but I do not have admin access to the Sourceforge 
unfs3 project. This means that I cannot make new releases or maintain the 
project. Now, the problem is that Sourceforge no longer accepts Abandoned 
Project Takeovers.

I can of course host the project somewhere else, but Google Code does not 
accept project names which exists on SF, nor do they offer Subversion 
imports, and I believe it would be quite confusing for old users to have a 
"dead" project at SF. Switching to another name doesn't seem very 
practical neither.

So, if anyone of you knows where Pascal Schmidt can be reached, or have 
some idea of how the SF staff can be convinced to do a Abandoned Project 
Takeover, please let me know. There's a ticket at 
https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/ticket/17261 .

Another option, I guess, would be to discontinue the unfs3 project and 
recommend users to migrate to nfs-ganesha, or something like that. Any 
users of ganesha on this list? I don't know much about it. Unfortunately 
it seems like it does not support Windows, which we need.

Best regards, 
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Peter Åstrand		ThinLinc Chief Developer
Cendio AB		http://www.cendio.com
Wallenbergs gata 4
583 30 Linköping	Phone: +46-13-21 46 00

Re: Save the unfs3 project

[DENIEL Philippe]

Hi Peter,
> Another option, I guess, would be to discontinue the unfs3 project and 
> recommend users to migrate to nfs-ganesha, or something like that. Any 
> users of ganesha on this list? I don't know much about it.
I am the project lead for nfs-ganesha. I would be happy to provide you 
with all  information that would help you.

> Unfortunately it seems like it does not support Windows, which we need.
There is currently no port of nfs-ganesha to windows. I am working on a 
linux environment and so does the other folks contributing to the 
project. Anyway, I do not think that a port to windows would be 
something impossible. Matt Benjamin (from the LinuxBox company) 
succeeded once in compiling nfs-ganesha on cygwin on a windows platform. 
It seems to me there are tools at Microsoft's to ease port of unix 
applications to Windows, but I am no expert of this. Anyway, the 
linux-nfs is probably not the right place for discussing of this, I 
suggest that we continue talking of this on the nfs-ganesha's 
development list whose address is nfs-ganesha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net .

    Regards

       Philippe