LVM mainatainance release
Hi Heinz,
there has been lots of discussion about a 0.8.1 release lately, because there are too much patches for 0.8 out.
If no one else is interested I would like to take the job and try to get a 0.8.1 out. This should consist of a fixed tools tarball and a patch for Linux 2.2. All this is floating around on this list and has been collected in different rpms, mostly due to the work of Andreas Dilger.
I would test all this (escpecially for Linux 2.2/2.4 compatiblity) and you would only have to make it official.
Comments?
Christoph
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Quoted 3 lines · Christoph Hellwig
If no one else is interested I would like to take the job and try to get a 0.8.1 out. This should consist of a fixed tools tarball and a patch for Linux 2.2.
Yes, please do it! :-)
As Heinz seems to release his next version as 0.9, there will be no numbering conflicts, and even if your 0.8.1 will not be 'made official' by him, it'll be a common ground for further 0.8 bugfixing.
Heinz did a great job with LVM, but still I bet 0.9 will have some nasty new bugs, so people using LVM on production systems will prefer using 0.8+patches over 0.9 for some time.
The problem I have with Andreas' RPMs is, that there are no announcements of new versions (at least not on any mailing list I read), so I need to regularily check if they contain some new patches I need. And tar is more convenient for people not using rpm.
Jan
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As Heinz seems to release his next version as 0.9, there will be no numbering conflicts, and even if your 0.8.1 will not be 'made official' by him, it'll be a common ground for further 0.8 bugfixing.
I agree we should make bugfix releases available between the major updates from Heinz. It would save a lot of people grief, and a lot of FAQs here.
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The problem I have with Andreas' RPMs is, that there are no announcements of new versions (at least not on any mailing list I read), so I need to regularily check if they contain some new patches I need. And tar is more convenient for people not using rpm.
Initially I made just the SRPM available because that's what my development is based on, and I can use alien to convert it to .deb format. If people really want, I can also make a patched tarball available with very little effort, since I keep a patched and unpatched tree already. I will make a tarball available with my next release (today or tomorrow).
Actually, I don't do too many updates to my SRPM. Normally only when people have reported a bug here, as I'm waiting for 0.9 before I do any more changes. I do normally post something to linux-lvm, but I will make a point of being more verbose about it, rather than hiding it in another discussion.
I would prefer if Heinz opened a project on SourceForge, so that we can have CVS, bugzilla, patch tracking, etc, and allow a limited number of developers write access to the project. My second choice is simply a URL from the official LVM site pointing to wherever I keep my patches - this frees both Heinz and myself from having to co-ordinate a bugfix release. Failing that, I will simply make the files available on my site and keep pointing it out to people when they report a problem here.
Cheers, Andreas
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As Heinz seems to release his next version as 0.9, there will be no numbering conflicts, and even if your 0.8.1 will not be 'made official' by him, it'll be a common ground for further 0.8 bugfixing.
I agree we should make bugfix releases available between the major updates from Heinz. It would save a lot of people grief, and a lot of FAQs here.
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The problem I have with Andreas' RPMs is, that there are no announcements of new versions (at least not on any mailing list I read), so I need to regularily check if they contain some new patches I need. And tar is more convenient for people not using rpm.
Initially I made just the SRPM available because that's what my development is based on, and I can use alien to convert it to .deb format. If people really want, I can also make a patched tarball available with very little effort, since I keep a patched and unpatched tree already. I will make a tarball available with my next release (today or tomorrow).
Actually, I don't do too many updates to my SRPM. Normally only when people have reported a bug here, as I'm waiting for 0.9 before I do any more changes. I do normally post something to linux-lvm, but I will make a point of being more verbose about it, rather than hiding it in another discussion.
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I would prefer if Heinz opened a project on SourceForge, so that we can have CVS, bugzilla, patch tracking, etc, and allow a limited number of developers write access to the project. My second choice is simply a URL from the official LVM site pointing to wherever I keep my patches - this frees both Heinz and myself from having to co-ordinate a bugfix release. Failing that, I will simply make the files available on my site and keep pointing it out to people when they report a problem here.
Sistina is working on setting up CVS and Bugzilla for LVM. Will announce it on the list once we are done.
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Cheers, Andreas
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Quoted 10 lines · Christoph Hellwig
Hi Heinz,
there has been lots of discussion about a 0.8.1 release lately, because there are too much patches for 0.8 out.
If no one else is interested I would like to take the job and try to get a 0.8.1 out. This should consist of a fixed tools tarball and a patch for Linux 2.2. All this is floating around on this list and has been collected in different rpms, mostly due to the work of Andreas Dilger.
If nobody minds I'ld prefer to
a. use Andreas work from ftp://ftp.stelias.com/pub/adilger/
in case you run 2.2
b. wait for 0.9 which i want to release early november.
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I would test all this (escpecially for Linux 2.2/2.4 compatiblity) and you would only have to make it official.
I am working on 2.2/2.4 compatibility for LVM 0.9 right now.
Once it's running I will appreciate your help to test and fix it.
THX a lot!
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Christoph
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Regards,
Heinz -- The LVM guy --
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Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc.
Senior Consultant/Developer Bartningstr. 12
64289 Darmstadt
Germany
[email protected] +49 6151 7103 86
FAX 7103 96
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If nobody minds I'ld prefer to
a. use Andreas work from ftp://ftp.stelias.com/pub/adilger/
in case you run 2.2
b. wait for 0.9 which i want to release early november.
If someone fixes Andreas' utils for 2.4 and they are declared official, I think most problems would be solved ...
Christoph
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