[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] What more can be done to get ZFS into Debian?

[Mehdi Dogguy]

Hi,

On 2016-04-21 11:22, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I am one of the Debian developers trying to get ZFS into Debian, and
> wonder if you got some ideas how we can move the process forward.
> 

TL;DR: Probably, but I have to read all past mails on this subject (as
am I in office since only recently) and resume discussion with involved
parties.

> Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog post sketching the current situation,
> where the package is waiting in NEW for someone to have a look at it,
> see
> <URL:
> http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/One_in_two_hundred_Debian_users_using_ZFS_on_Linux_.html
> >.
> 
> As I write there, the Debian leader has been involved in the process
> earlier, to clear any copyright issues, and I thus assume that ZFS in
> Debian is a topic that interests the Debian leader office. :)
> 

Indeed.

> The process has been going on for around four years now, and the time
> needed to get feedback from the ftpmasters on any problems with the
> package range from months to years, making the round trip time quite
> large.  The last upload was uploaded a month ago.
> 

It is true that we (as a project) are trying to get zfsonlinux included
in Debian since some years now, but we have reached (what seems to be
like) a conclusion only recently (See [1] and [2]).

[1] http://blog.halon.org.uk/2016/01/on-zfs-in-debian/
[2] https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/

So, the ball for now is in FTP-masters' camp and I am confident they 
will
come to a conclusion as well. Of course, I will follow this case and can
report back when I'll have more (useful) information to share.

It will probably take some time, but I didn't want to wait for a 
conclusion
before replying to your mail. So, yes, there is something to do and I am
well aware of it and I won't forget about it.

Kind regards,

-- 
Mehdi