[xen-tools-dev] Filesystems and your project goals

[Stéphane Jourdois]

Hi,

Le 24/07/2010 15:55, Axel Beckert a écrit :
>> 3) I can't find a generic enough tool to create any filesystem. Do you
>> think using parted would be a good idea (one more dependency...) ?
>
> Hmmm, is parted also able to create proper fstab entries, i.e. with
> the right default parameters or so?

That is a very good question. Does not "defaults" always work nowadays ?


>> 1) Is your goal to release 4.2 any time soon ?
>
> Soon. Preferably before the Freeze for Debian Squeeze which maybe in
> August.
>
> At least I'd like to publish another beta or release candidate next
> week (i.e. before the Freeze).

ok. As you perhaps have now seen, I pushed some patches, I think I will
only do one more push next week (depending on your available time to 
review/comment/merge the current push) for 4.2.


>> 2) Should we stick to first TODO items ?
>
> Preferably. The faster we have a 4.2 we can focus on a 4.3 or 5.0 with
> bigger changes.

Understood.


>> 4) I really think that Steve's aborted move to Xen::Tools was a
>> necessary step in the project as it would provide a lot benefits :
>>  [..]
>> Now, I am willing to implement this step, but only of course if you
>> want me to do it.
>
> I at least liked a lot what I've seen in code from you. Especially the
> caring comments if you weren't sure if the commit would be ok.

Thanks very much :-) Next patches will require more and more review and 
testing as trivial bits are merged. Sorry in advance about that.


>> I estimate the work needed for about a couple of weeks. I imagine
>> you'd want to release 4.2 before and then do this move for a 5.0+
>> release.
>
> Indeed. If we want to start earlier, we should make a seperate branch
> for that.

ok.

Cheers,
Stéphane.

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