Fred Liu <fred_...@issi.com> wrote:
> Probably, we need place a tag before zfs -- Opensource-ZFS or Oracle-ZFS
> after Solaris11 release.
> If it is true, these two ZFSes will definitely evolve into different
> directions.
> BTW, Did Oracle unveil the actual release date? We are also at the cross
> road...
The long term acceptance for ZFS depends on how Oracle will behave past the
announced Solaris 11 is released. If they don't Opensource the related ZFS,
they will harm the future of ZFS. If they Opensource it again, there is still a
problem with syncing the ZFS ve3rsions from the OSS OpenSolaris continuation
projects.
The revision number introduced by Sun is only useful if there is no more than
a single entity that introduces new features.
For a reliable future for a distributed ZFS development, we would need
something like the POSIX method to introduce tar extensions:
a combination of a textual name for the entity that introduced the
fature and a textual name for the feature.
e.g. SCHILY-zfs-encryption
Jörg
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