OpenZFS 2.0 release unifies Linux, BSD and adds tons of new features
'This Monday, ZFS on Linux lead developer Brian Behlendorf published the OpenZFS 2.0.0 release to GitHub. Along with quite a lot of new features, the announcement brings an end to the former distinction between "ZFS on Linux" and ZFS elsewhere (for example, on FreeBSD). This move has been a long time coming—the FreeBSD community laid out its side of the roadmap two years ago—but this is the release that makes it official.' -- source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/openzfs-2-0-release-unifies-linux-bs... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 577-5304 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:08:13 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'This Monday, ZFS on Linux lead developer Brian Behlendorf published the OpenZFS 2.0.0 release to GitHub.'
A slightly different take <https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/01/zfs_on_linux_now_openzfs/>: “As Oracle’s code is not open source, the OpenZFS wish to maintain compatibility with Solaris ZFS pool versions 29–35 is difficult to realize.” Also, while Canonical/Ubuntu seems to be of the opinion that bundling OpenZFS with the GPL’d Linux kernel is fine, many others are not so sure: Linus Torvalds has refused requests to merge ZFS patches into the mainline kernel “until I get an official letter from Oracle that is signed by their main legal counsel or preferably by Larry Ellison himself.” And let us just say, Oracle’s continuing silence on this issue speaks volumes ...
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