From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A80C433E0 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 12:24:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E51364D90 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 12:24:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234411AbhCAMYl (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Mar 2021 07:24:41 -0500 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:8809 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234427AbhCAMYe (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Mar 2021 07:24:34 -0500 IronPort-SDR: PyCPyPPKpRuj5gWBQvG4wMZjcJlAUJlsYJImSYpeTQ74nHZXfMUk/IPFmJgNJELa/+kG4Fc1Rr Ct5jZTAoAmsQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9909"; a="185767197" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,215,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="185767197" Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 01 Mar 2021 04:22:47 -0800 IronPort-SDR: SFVnTWytJu+Gxfhp3fRmz1wK46A6BRq+uNxYat4IqpM+kspLfD2kOVEsuAknDf7G/OEIGTXZv4 Z9D0z/HnX7sw== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,215,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="383033671" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.54.29.200]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 01 Mar 2021 04:22:47 -0800 Received: from [10.213.20.12] (mtkaczyk-MOBL1.ger.corp.intel.com [10.213.20.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A289580224; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 04:22:46 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: release plan for mdadm From: "Tkaczyk, Mariusz" To: jes@trained-monkey.org, Jes Sorensen Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org References: Message-ID: Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 13:22:44 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org On 27.01.2021 12:39, Tkaczyk, Mariusz wrote: > Hi Jes, > > It's been a while since last mdadm release. Mdadm-4.2 release that was > mentioned back in July does not happened yet. It's getting messy to > manage mdadm across multiple distributions. > > Also, not all OSVs are willing to cherry-pick the patches, especially > for stable project - like mdadm, so only critical bugfixes are landing > in the distros. > As a result - new OSes has various forks of mdadm-4.1 and the difference > is growing with every backported patch. It leads us to situation where > those forks may have own bugs, caused by many missing bugfixes or wrongly > resolved merge conflicts. > To be honest - it becomes more and more problematic for us to track all > fixes in different supported distros. > > We are searching for solutions for those problems and we are counting on > your support: > Short term - is there any way that we can help you to release next version > of mdadm soon? > > Long term - what do you think about smaller, more frequent releases of > mdadm? Maybe twice a year is an option (similar to RedHat/Ubuntu > schedule)? That would be better for us and for vendors. They will need > to follow upstream instead resolving bugs reported by us or community. > > The benefits will be gained by everyone. User will get up-to-date > software much faster, with minimal vendor input and modifications. > Mdadm bugs will be predictable across distros. We could help with > testing IMSM and basic functionality of native metadata. > > What are your thoughts? > Regards, > Mariusz Hi Jes, Any feedback? Mariusz