On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 04:56:46PM +0100, randall wrote: > 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. > > > >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 > > > > > > > in case anybody want to tell you they are interested in the house. > > http://www.reihenendhaus.at/contact.html > > how should they reach you? I'll have the contacts (Kontake) page up shortly, I hope. it will contain the required information, of course, the phone number on the main page as well as my email address should do for now. thanks, Herbert > -- > > www.songshu.org > Just another collection of nuts