On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 at 06:11, Lindsay Mathieson <lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com> wrote:> I did a quick google to see what Haolo Replication was - nice feature, > very useful. > > Unfortunately I also found this: > https://www.google.com/patents/US20160028806 > > >Halo based file system replication > >US 20160028806 A1 >This feature (and the patent) is from facebook folks.> > > Is this an issue? > > > > > > On 25 August 2017 at 10:33, Amar Tumballi <atumball at redhat.com> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> 3 weeks back we (most of the maintainers of Gluster projects) had a >> meeting, and we discussed about features required for Gluster 4.0 and also >> the possible dates. >> >> <https://hackmd.io/GwIwnGBmCsCM0FoDMsAcBTBAWADLLCYATLJiOmBVgMYAmAhvbLUA#summary> >> Summary: >> >> - >> >> It is agreed unanimously that the Gluster 4.0 should be feature based >> release, and not just time based. >> - >> >> The discussions were on what are the blocking features for 4.0 >> release, and below were some features which we are considering as blocker >> for release. >> - *glusterd2*: >> The scalable management interface, which will come with REST api >> and other admin friendly options. Will be the ONLY major blocker for >> release. >> - *Thin clients* (code: gfproxy): >> Not a blocker as it is slated to get into master branch before >> next release cut on 3.x series too. But we are calling it a major feature >> of 4.0 as it brings many benefits and also change some of the assumptions >> and current design principles of glusterfs project. >> - *Protocol/XDR changes*: >> Technically, Gluster?s RPC is implemented in a way to support >> changing of protocols inbetween even the minor releases, but the major >> changes like adding another fop (like statx(), fadvise() or similar) will >> need some protocol changes. >> Also in discussion is the changes to dictionary structure on wire. >> We will continue to work on each of this individually, and plan to work >> towards meeting the release timeline. >> - >> >> *Dates*: The plan is to have the release around 2 months from the >> date the final blocker patch gets into master branch. >> - Tentative: October 20th to have last patch, and Jan 1st for release. >> - Warning: The above is literally ?tentative?, and not to be >> assumed as confirmed dates. >> >> >> <https://hackmd.io/GwIwnGBmCsCM0FoDMsAcBTBAWADLLCYATLJiOmBVgMYAmAhvbLUA#other-features-users-can-anticipate>Other >> features users can anticipate: >> >> - ?RIO volume type? >> - Extension of snapshot support for zfs / btrfs >> - Better support and documentation for monitoring >> - Halo replication: >> - Initial patches have made it to 3.11 >> - Pending work is planned to be done by 4.0 >> - gNFS (Gluster?s native NFS) is expected to not be packaged for >> distributions anymore. >> - It currently is an optional package for Fedora and CentOS >> Storage SIG, but we plan to not provide it at all anymore. >> - The code stays in the repository for now, but it may get dropped >> completely later on. >> - NFS-Ganesha is the answer for NFS protocol access starting >> Gluster 4.0 >> >> >> <https://hackmd.io/GwIwnGBmCsCM0FoDMsAcBTBAWADLLCYATLJiOmBVgMYAmAhvbLUA#faq> >> FAQ: >> >> 1. Will we have 3.13 to continue the trend of 3 months release >> calendar? >> >> Answer: Yes. But, it will not be a LTS release. >> >> 1. Would 4.0 be LTS release ? >> >> Answer: No. >> >> More information on this topic can be found at : >> https://hackmd.io/s/rJaLCP38b# >> >> Further discussions on this will be done at Gluster Summit 2017 at >> Prague, CZ. Try to attend in person if you can!! >> >> Feedback welcome. >> >> Regards, >> Gluster team. >> >> -- >> Amar Tumballi (amarts) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users at gluster.org >> http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >> > > > > -- > Lindsay > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel at gluster.org > http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel-- - Atin (atinm) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20170825/c22e32bc/attachment.html>
Lindsay Mathieson
2017-Aug-25 02:21 UTC
[Gluster-users] [Gluster-devel] Gluster 4.0: Update
> > This feature (and the patent) is from facebook folks. > >Does that mean its not a problem?>-- Lindsay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20170825/dcffc490/attachment.html>
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 12:21:08PM +1000, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:> > > > This feature (and the patent) is from facebook folks. > > > > > Does that mean its not a problem?Facebook contributed the patches for this feature, so I don't think there is a problem. Niels (not a lawyer)