major code change for .zfs

Steven Hartland killing at multiplay.co.uk
Mon Feb 20 11:12:10 UTC 2017


On 20/02/2017 10:27, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> On 23/08/2016 11:43, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>> Please review and test a change to .zfs code that is intended to make the code
>> aligned with FreeBSD VFS and, as such, more stable:
>> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7421
>>
>> The change removes two features.
>> .zfs/shares is gone because it was unused on FreeBSD anyway.  We can restore
>> that when we need it.
>> An ability to take a snapshot by creating a directory under .zfs/snapshot is
>> removed.  I hope that you didn't use it.  Please do not start using it now :-)
>> Again, this feature can be restored with some work.
>> The reason I removed it is that its companion features of destroying and
>> renaming snapshots were already missing on FreeBSD, and properly implementing
>> the feature required some more work.
> This is a heads-up that I am going to commit the change.
> If you have objections or concerns please speak up.
> Thanks!
>
The only thing I would suggest is that given its invasive nature you way 
want to add an entry to UPDATING?

     Regard
     Steve


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