Subject: Re: [vserver] Roadmap and Future ...
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:03:00 +0100

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

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