Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Am Mittwoch, 17. November 2004 15:58 schrieb Chris Paulson-Ellis: > Are there any plans to merge drbd into the mainline kernel? I gather > that the kernel developers are keen to reduce the number of "out of > tree" developments. > > It may help drbd by encouraging the wider kernel community to review the > code. They will also be prevented from making changes that break the > compilation of drbd (though they may still break it in other ways). > > It would reassure users like me that should the original author get run > over by a bus, the code would be sufficiently widely used and understood > that a new maintainer would quickly be found. > > Chris. We have agreed that we will try to get DRBD-0.8 into the mainline kernel. Currently I thinkt that DRBD-0.8 will be ready in February 2005. -Phil