Hi, On Sat Aug 30, 2008 at 18:17:27 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > A bigger problem at the kernel level is that the kernel APIs change > constantly and have not infrequently had various GPL-only tags added that > force OpenAFS into annoying workarounds (it is released under the IBM > Public License, another DFSG-free license that isn't quite > GPL-compatible). However, for systems that run stable, the corresponding > stable release of OpenAFS should continue to work fine. This mostly is a > problem if one runs a backported kernel, in which case you'll need a > backported OpenAFS as well. > > I'd certainly be happy to answer questions and help with AFS setup as I > have time. I'd love to have a Debian OpenAFS cell.
Most Debian Machines run no stable kernels, thus we would run into that problem. Also many machines running with static kernels. Would that be a problem for OpenAFS? -- Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Release Team Member Debian & GNU/Linux Developer | Debian Listmaster Public key http://zobel.ftbfs.de/5d64f870.asc - KeyID: 5D64 F870 GPG Fingerprint: 5DB3 1301 375A A50F 07E7 302F 493E FB8E 5D64 F870 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
