On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Milan Jurik <milan.ju...@xylab.cz> wrote: > Hi, > > On st, 2013-01-02 at 13:35 +0100, Jim Klimov wrote: >> On 2013-01-02 08:26, Jean-Pierre wrote: >> > Up to date ntfs-3g and FUSE for OpenIndiana are available, with >> > directions for installing on : >> > http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/openindiana-ntfs-3g.html >> > >> > The same fuse kernel module has also been made available on >> > SFE, but ntfs-3g is still an old one there. >> > > yes, I am sorry, I spend my spare time on JDS/Gnome for now (nearly > completed task). I will look at it later this month if nobody else. > >> I wonder what should the policy be about near-kernel support of >> foreign filesystems - shouldn't these (and FUSE) go to illumos-gate? >> For example, the (native) support of pcfs, hsfs and several others >> is maintained there... >> >> This way, all illumos-based distros would have comparable feature >> sets in terms of this basic FS interoperability support. >> >> Or is the main gate's current policy to only maintain the projects >> with no external upstream (*BSD etc.)? Then the FSes might go into >> common oi-build/illumos-userland/name-du-jour (BTW, which one - if >> any - is the active project for non-kernel common illumos software?) >> > > It would require to have somebody pushing it to Illumos, with at least 2 > reviewers. My current experience is not very good in pushing larger > things there, ext2fs did not find any reviewer for a year, WPA > enterprise implementation with WiFi improvements and clean ups are also > waiting. > > In case of FUSE I am not even trying because at least one highly > respected RTI advocate was strong opponent of this FUSE implementation > even during his SUN carreer. > > Best regards, > > Milan
I hope you're not referring to me above. I'd like to see these move ahead, but have not had time to review... -- Gordon Ross <g...@nexenta.com> Nexenta Systems, Inc. www.nexenta.com Enterprise class storage for everyone _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
