[Gluster-Maintainers] Gluster 4.0 release: Update from maintainers meeting

[Amar Tumballi]

Thanks all for the feedback! I plan to send out the mail at around 7pm IST
to gluster-devel/gluster-users.

You can continue the discussion there too if you missed a chance to review
it now.

-Amar

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Niels de Vos <ndevos at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 01:43:04PM +0530, Amar Tumballi wrote:
> > Hey Ants,
> >
> > Below is the message we want to get out from ant colony to users and
> > developer community this week. (Was pending AI on me since 2 weeks). I
> want
> > each of you to review this and give a Ack/No Ack on this.
> >
> > Also if you think major edits are required for message, we can
> collaborate
> > on hackmd page :
> > https://hackmd.io/GwIwnGBmCsCM0FoDMsAcBTBAWADLLCYATLJiOmBVgMYAmAhvbLUA#
> >
> > ----------------
> > Hello,
> >
> > 2 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Other features users can anticipate:*
> >
> >    - 'RIO volume type' [15].
> >    - Extension of snapshot support for zfs / btrfs
> >    - Better support and documentation for monitoring
>
> Maybe a reminder that Gluster/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.
>
> Niels
>
>
> >
> >
> > *FAQ:*
> >
> > *1. *Will we have 3.13 to continue the trend of 3 months release
> calendar?
> >
> > Answer: Yes. It will not be a LTS release.
> >
> >
> > 2. 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.
> >
> > ---------------------
> >
> >
> > I would like it to be going out just after the maintainers meeting this
> > week, so please have the comments on it before the meeting itself, so we
> > have most of the edits done before meeting. Lets not waste time on this
> on
> > maintainers meeting again.
> > -Amar
>
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> > maintainers at gluster.org
> > http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers
>
>


-- 
Amar Tumballi (amarts)
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