Re: wip/glusterfs to pkgsrc filesystems/glusterfs

[Alexander Schreiber <als%thangorodrim.ch@localhost>]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 01:30:09PM +0100, Matthias Petermann wrote:
> Hello Alexander,
> On 27.02.23 22:18, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > so I've updated pkgsrc wip/glusterfs to 10.3 and didn't get any complaints
> > after announcing that here and on pkgsrc-users (I hope at least someone
> > else tried it).
> > 
> > How to I get this from wip to actual pkgsrc?
> > 
> > I'm happy to take over pkgsrc filesystems/glusterfs, given that:
> >   - it looks abandoned, since it is stuck at 8.2 (from 2020-09-16)
> >   - I'm actually running glusterfs storage so I'm interested in keeping
> >     this up to date (and yes, I've seen that 11.0 is out now)
> >   - I'm working on getting my two portability patches merged into
> >     upstream glusterfs (1/2 done)
> > 
> > I've been happy pkgsrc user for many years, now I'd like to contribute
> > as well.
> > 
> > So, how do I got about getting this done?
> > 
> 
> that is good news. GlusterFS is on my TODO list for a trial. I saw that in
> your WIP package is still the same MESSAGE.NetBSD in it as in the pkgsrc....
> meaning that GlusterFS only works with UFS1 because of the lack of extended
> attributes in UFS2. If I understand it correctly, NetBSD 10 also got
> extended attributes in UFS2 - did you already test this or does the
> restriction to UFS1 still exist?

I don't have a NetBSD 10 setup yet, mostly waiting for that to get
released eventually. And I haven't looked at how current those claims are.

Kind regards,
            Alex.
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