From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264283AbTLAVh5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:37:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264284AbTLAVh5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:37:57 -0500 Received: from lenin.net ([192.31.21.154]:49797 "HELO lenin.nu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264283AbTLAVgx (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:36:53 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:36:51 -0800 From: "Peter C. Norton" To: Christoph Hellwig , Ian Kent , Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 future Message-ID: <20031201213651.GK18176@lenin.nu> References: <20031201153316.B3879@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031201153316.B3879@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 03:33:16PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 11:04:21PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > > Would you be willing to consider autofs4 patches that I would like > > included in 2.4? > > What autofs4 patches? bugfixes, features? if they aren't in > 2.6 yet I don't think it makes sense trying to get them into > 2.4 anymore at all. Ian has lots of bugfixes and and feature patches (like direct mounts) going to the autofs mailing list. Autofs4 has always had stability issues in 2.4.x, and its been lacking in features. This makes myself and others run a bastard combination of amd, autofs and editing /etc/fstab to get "automounter" features even close to the solaris automounter. If these can go into 2.4, which will be "stable" and in use in lots of places for the next couple of years it could help by encouraging the distros to get behind autofs4 (hint hint, redhat, hint). -Peter -- The 5 year plan: In five years we'll make up another plan. Or just re-use this one.