Slackware and OpenZFS, can we find a compromise like Ubuntu?
by ReaperX7 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6G8RT)
Okay, first let's TRY to be civil and not involve hard-nosed zealotry about tainting the kernel, CDDLv1 versus GPLv2, and such "this open source isn't open source enough, or isn't true open source". Let's actually discuss how it could be done since we know Ubuntu found legal grounds to do so and we know Torvalds is hands off about it from his own words or keep it as tame as possible within reasonability for educational and informative purposes.
1. We know Ubuntu has shipped and continues to ship a ZFS via a loadable module in their initramfs/initrd as opposed to a static kernel build distribution.
2. We know OpenZFS and ZFS-on-Linux can be done via FUSE for extended partitions on systems, but not bootable or system file partitions on immediate systems on Slackware which has its steady common inclusions like Ext2/3/4, JFS, XFS, and Btrfs.
So here's the meat and potatoes of the situation...
How would, and could, OpenZFS benefit Slackware, if the same design of distribution and inclusion done by Ubuntu was mirrored in Slackware? Let's say, for hypothetical purposes it is doable and included one day in an experimental release...
Do you think it would spark interest into people learning more about Slackware and could/would it increase the interoperability between Slackware and other systems like, for example, FreeBSD and Illumos based Unix-like systems?
If given the choice, would you experiment with it in test systems, VMs, or maybe even do a fill deployment if, and only if, you, through testing, found it very reliable?
What are your full thoughts on this idea and concept and what Ubuntu accomplished and maybe opened up for GNU/Linux users?
1. We know Ubuntu has shipped and continues to ship a ZFS via a loadable module in their initramfs/initrd as opposed to a static kernel build distribution.
2. We know OpenZFS and ZFS-on-Linux can be done via FUSE for extended partitions on systems, but not bootable or system file partitions on immediate systems on Slackware which has its steady common inclusions like Ext2/3/4, JFS, XFS, and Btrfs.
So here's the meat and potatoes of the situation...
How would, and could, OpenZFS benefit Slackware, if the same design of distribution and inclusion done by Ubuntu was mirrored in Slackware? Let's say, for hypothetical purposes it is doable and included one day in an experimental release...
Do you think it would spark interest into people learning more about Slackware and could/would it increase the interoperability between Slackware and other systems like, for example, FreeBSD and Illumos based Unix-like systems?
If given the choice, would you experiment with it in test systems, VMs, or maybe even do a fill deployment if, and only if, you, through testing, found it very reliable?
What are your full thoughts on this idea and concept and what Ubuntu accomplished and maybe opened up for GNU/Linux users?