[elrepo] zfs module

[Akemi Yagi]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Farkas Levente <lfarkas at lfarkas.org> wrote:
> On 04/06/2011 05:22 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:50 AM, Farkas Levente <lfarkas at lfarkas.org> wrote:
>>> hi,
>>> as zfs is not gpl it can't be added to the upstream kernel, but can be
>>> compiles as a kernel module:
>>> http://zfsonlinux.org/
>>> os imho it's best place would be elrepo, would it be useful to add spl
>>> and zfs to elrepo?
>>> regards.
>>
>> Hi Levente,
>>
>> First, we would need to look into their license. While ELRepo can
>> provide non-GPL packages, they have to be freely distributable.
>
> http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
> so it's free.

Sorry for a long delay. After having read it, we still cannot figure
out whether the license is compatible with our distribution policies.

>> Second, zfs is still at 0.x . Do you think it is stable enough?  What
>> is your experience / view on this?
>
> i don't have experience, but i'm sure many people would like to test it
> and it'd be much easier if kmods and userspace would be available, since
> most user can't or wouldn't like to build it himself.
> and everybody can decided to use it or not...

Suppose, we find no issue with the license and decide to provide the
packages, we would like to have someone build/maintain them. Levente,
are you willing to take on this job?

Akemi