On Thu February 26 2009, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 09:42:46AM -0600, Michael S. Zick wrote: > > On Thu February 26 2009, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > > > > > Dear Linux-VServer Community! > > > > > > Every now and then I get asked what the Roadmap for > > > Linux-VServer is and what Features or Changes can be > > > expected in the near (and far) future, so I decided > > > to share my thoughts with you on the ML. > > > > > > (note that they are not just Roadmap related :) > > > > > > First, Linux-VServer is not dead! :) > > > > > > Despite the hype (7 and 2 years ago), mainline > > > (i.e. kernel.org) is not nearly ready to replace the > > > quite complex mechanisms required to build and run > > > an isolated Guest, as Linux-VServer (and similar > > > Projects) provide. > > > > > > Second, as the number of Linux-VServer kernel > > > hackers is still quite small, and a lot of changes > > > in mainline require quite some testing to get a new > > > Stable Version, I think we need to find a new > > > revenue strain to get that work done. > > > In part, because Linux-VServer uses a closed repository. > > first, the 'repository' is open, all the patches > are available to anybody > > > Why not move the repository to a public readable/clonable > > SCM at any of the many sites that host such things (for free). > > second, we have a public git repository > And the link to the site page which describes that, along with its URL? Mike > (which > is maintained by somebody else than the kernel > developers, because it turned out to be more > work to maintain and use such a repository than > the current 'patch' solution > > > Give people a chance to work on it and submit fixes/changes - > > then you might get more development help. > > haven't seen any contributions on that side > (neither from the git repository nor via patches, > which is still the way mainline works, btw) for > a long time now ... > > HTC, > Herbert > > > Mike > > > To complicate things, my wife and I relocated to a > > > new, old house, which needs a lot of work, and we > > > still need to sell the old one (more to that at the > > > end of this posting) > > > > > > One proposal I have (which was actually tested over > > > the years, and seems to work - at least for me) would > > > be that Companies using Linux-VServer get some kind > > > of 'Service Contract' with a Developer (which is a > > > good thing anyway), ranging between a single hour > > > per month up to a day per week, for, let's say 100 > > > EUR per hour, which can be consumed or not, where in > > > the latter case, this time will be spent on general > > > Linux-VServer development and testing. (if you like > > > that idea, please contact me and I'm certain we can > > > arrange something) > > > > > > The big advantage over occasional donations is that > > > the developer can 'somewhat' rely on that income and > > > does not need to 'hope' for an upcoming donation. > > > > > > Now for the Roadmap: > > > > > > I think what we need most in the near future is a > > > new, well tested stable release, which can be adopted > > > by distributions and which will be maintained for > > > a reasonable amount of time, and that's actually what > > > I'm working on whenever time permits. > > > > > > New features will mainly include adaptations of 'old' > > > features, lost and forgotten over time, and improve- > > > ments on the mainline integration (like cgroups and > > > such), as well as some virtualizations to simplify > > > handling and make it more guest friendly. > > > > > > One upcoming mainline feature which I will try to > > > integrate as soon as it is available is the check- > > > pointing and resume functionality. > > > > > > I also plan to do a web frontend to control basic > > > functionality and a minimalistic host distribution > > > to run Linux-VServer Guests on, but I have no idea > > > when I will find time for that. > > > > > > Finally, as usual, input here is welcome, so if you > > > have an isolation feature you want to see really soon, > > > or further questions, please let me know. > > > > > > > > > thanks in advance, > > > Herbert > > > > > > > > > > > > Regarding the old house we are trying to sell: > > > > > > I created a web page which will contain all required > > > information for a buyer, and I'd like to promote that > > > page (especially in and around Austria), so some link > > > to that page would probably help a lot for major search > > > engines to pick it up, i.e. what I am asking is that > > > if you have a site where you can put a link to it, that > > > would be really appreciated. > > > > > > http://www.reihenendhaus.at > > > (means end-of-terrace house in german) > > > > > > sensible keywords would include: > > > Laaben, Reihenhaus, Garten, Siedlung, Verkauf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >