From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda3.sgi.com [192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id n3GFssUx078011 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:55:09 -0500 Received: from slurp.thebarn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 2307D1CC731C for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:54:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slurp.thebarn.com (cattelan-host202.dsl.visi.com [208.42.117.202]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id MlWPoLe5eP0rNbxW for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:54:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49E754A0.30608@thebarn.com> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:54:08 -0500 From: Russell Cattelan MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: future of xfs, oss.sgi.com after sgi purchased? References: <49E65044.8080802@tlinx.org> In-Reply-To: <49E65044.8080802@tlinx.org> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: "Linda A. Walsh" Cc: xfs-oss -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linda A. Walsh wrote: > Not one to beat about the bush, but curious from a practical sense, > > If sgi is being bought by another company, is there any idea about > the plans > for the xfs file system or the source code on 'oss.sgi.com'? > > I'm _guessing_ that there is some interest in users and developers > to keep xfs alive after the 'sgi' moniker is purchased, but that > begs the question about the new company wanting to support the old > 'sgi.com' websites including > oss.sgi.com. It is probably to soon to actually speculate as to what is going to happen with oss.sgi.com once the sale of SGI happens. But is it probably worth while to understand oss has been primarily a volunteer effort for probably the last 5 years or more. There is nobody at SGI officially responsible for oss, most of the system maintenance is handled by Trevor Hurst (who does work at sgi) and myself (who does not), and the efforts of other external volunteers. The system itself is 2 processor Altix owned and housed by SGI in one of their data centers in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. The XFS project also has xfs.org, which I also maintain independent of SGI systems and I will continue to do so for as long as XFS is alive and kicking. > > Is there a danger of oss.sgi.com suddenly being yanked offline with > little to no warning, such that community members should start > keeping up-to-date, or is it already mirrored? I'm assuming that > the current source code repository only exists on oss.sgi.com? > Should it be mirrored on some other external open-source site? > sourceforge? google? mozilla? Most things (git, cvs, mail list/archives etc) are being mirrored at xfs.org as a precautionary measure against any sort of outage for quite some time now. I highly doubt there will be any sudden "yanking" of systems. > > Is completely worthless to discuss new, desired features in some of > the utils? Will it be possible to support the xfs codebase if its > development no longer becomes necessary to sgi (or its parent company)? Well that is up to you I suppose, but given the number of external people willing to keep XFS going I suspect you will be able to find more than enough conversation about future development. > > *sigh*, > -linda > > > _______________________________________________ > xfs mailing list > xfs@oss.sgi.com > http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJ51SgNRmM+OaGhBgRAl42AJ9E1KHX90q7rhqWMJBv9rFAImB2agCcCbuQ /0PfKtwNbNeGz3xR7CY5SsU= =5Vv2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs