zfs dump to non-zfs host

[Kris Kennaway]

Randy Bush wrote:
>>> files created with zsend might not be decodable in a future version, so
>>> i can not zsend | to it.
>> If this is the case then presumably there will be a migration tool.  zfs
>> sending to a file is the officially recommended method.
> 
> that would be alright.  but the man page is pretty direct, brutal, and
> negative;
> 
>>        The  format  of  the  stream is evolving. No backwards compatibility is
>>        guaranteed. You may not be able to receive your streams on future  ver-
>>        sions of ZFS.
> 
> this is not very reassuring.

You'll have to take this up with the ZFS developers.

Kris