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[src/trunk]: src/doc/roadmaps mention my last coda work



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/bb90d19be34a
branches:  trunk
changeset: 815446:bb90d19be34a
user:      christos <christos%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue May 17 21:03:36 2016 +0000

description:
mention my last coda work

diffstat:

 doc/roadmaps/storage |  20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diffs (53 lines):

diff -r d6ebd43cb8ef -r bb90d19be34a doc/roadmaps/storage
--- a/doc/roadmaps/storage      Tue May 17 20:53:53 2016 +0000
+++ b/doc/roadmaps/storage      Tue May 17 21:03:36 2016 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: storage,v 1.14 2016/05/14 21:32:50 mlelstv Exp $
+$NetBSD: storage,v 1.15 2016/05/17 21:03:36 christos Exp $
 
 NetBSD Storage Roadmap
 ======================
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@
  14. Port hammer from Dragonfly
  15. afs maintenance
  16. execute-in-place
+ 17. extended attributes for acl and capability storage
 
 The following elements, projects, and goals are perhaps less pressing;
 this doesn't mean one shouldn't work on them but the expected payoff
 is perhaps less than for other things:
 
- 17. coda maintenance
+ 18. coda maintenance
 
 
 Explanations
@@ -387,7 +388,17 @@
  - Contact dholland for further information.
 
 
-17. coda maintenance
+17. use extended attributes for ACL and capability storage
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Currently there is some support for extended attributes in ffs,
+but nothing really uses it. I would be nice if we came up with
+a standard format to store ACL's and capabilities like Linux has.
+The various tools must be modified to understand this and be able
+to copy them if requested. Also tools to manipulate the data will
+need to be written.
+
+18. coda maintenance
 --------------------
 
 Coda only sort of works. [And I think it's behind relative to
@@ -398,7 +409,8 @@
  - As of November 2015 nobody is known to be working on this.
  - There is no clear timeframe or release target.
  - There isn't anyone in particular to contact.
-
+ - Circa 2012 christos made it work read-write and split it
+   into modules. Since then christos has not tested it.
 
 Alistair Crooks, David Holland
 Fri Nov 20 02:17:53 EST 2015



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