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

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Mehdi Dogguy]
> 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/

Actually, as far as I know that conclusion was found more than a year
earlier, based on the last message from (then) leader Lucas Nussbaum[1].

 [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/04/msg00006.html

> 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.

I am too, but I fear they will (understandingly) give priority to easier
packages and delay the reviewing so long that zfs will not be included
early enough into the Stretch release cycle for us to fix the d-i bits
that no doubt will need to be fixed before a release.  And that would be
very sad, now that the license issue has been cleared for more than a
year, and all we struggle with is to get the copyright file acceptable
by the ftpmasters. :)

> 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.

Thank you.  It is very good to know it is on your radar. :)

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen