[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] About downstream patches on debian packages from zfsonlinux.org repository.

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 01:47:14PM +0200, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote:
> Why Debian users should expect SMB, NFS and iSCSI to work out of the
> box, but users of other distributions should not expect this?
>
> I just want to make easier and convenient to install ZoL on Debian.
> But I don't want to patch ZoL to add extra features that upstream
> rejected or still didn't merged.

if Turbo's zfs-sharing work isn't going to be merged upstream any time
soon, then perhaps it should be in a separate package - zfs-turbo or
zfs-sharing-utils or something - so that debian unstable & testing users
can test and provide feedback.

this would both improve debian and provide a sizable install-base to
test them before merging upstream.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>