Subject: Re: [vserver] end of the vserver story for us
From: Mike O'Connor <vserver@pineview.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 09:20:51 +1030
Sun, 28 Jan 2024 09:20:51 +1030
On 26/1/2024 10:58 pm, Ghislain Adnet wrote:
> hi there,
>
>   Hopes all is well for you :)
>
>   It seems now established that Bertl do not have enough time and 
> ressources for linux 6.x adaptation of the vserver patch, Daniel also 
> do not have time to change/adapt the client part.
>
>   The project is then frozen as lives goes on for everyone :)
>   The momentum is lost as other technologies took the space like 
> docker kubernete, lxc/lxd etc... so the chance of having passionnate 
> new developpers joinging the project is more than slim to help those 
> two battle veterant of the vserver/kernel battle :)
>
>   The 4.9 kernel is not maintened so we have to move on. This was a 
> great adventure and a great pleasure to use vserver all this time and 
> have wonderfull  exchange with the vserver team and people here on the 
> list.
>
>   On our side we will rollout vserver for migration to lxd, it is a 
> lot heavier than vserver but this is the only route we see now.
>
>   Thanks again for all your work and help all those years and i hope 
> 2024 will be a good year for you all !
>
> -- 
> cordialement,
> Ghislain ADNET.
> AQUEOS.

Hi All

I also stopped using vservers some time ago, after starting to use it 
during 2003 (I think it was then)

I used to build a debian voyage image with the vserver patches and tools 
(using a IDE Flash device usinga Read only disk) and install this on a 
machine which would mount a set of disks in a software raid.

I used this for small to medium ISP's in Australia for around 10 years.

So I want to thank the developers of the patch's for the kernel and the 
user land tools because this allowed these ISP's to compete with the big 
guys.

Thanks

Mike



On 26/1/2024 10:58 pm, Ghislain Adnet wrote:
hi there,

  Hopes all is well for you :)

  It seems now established that Bertl do not have enough time and ressources for linux 6.x adaptation of the vserver patch, Daniel also do not have time to change/adapt the client part.

  The project is then frozen as lives goes on for everyone :)
  The momentum is lost as other technologies took the space like docker kubernete, lxc/lxd etc... so the chance of having passionnate new developpers joinging the project is more than slim to help those two battle veterant of the vserver/kernel battle :)

  The 4.9 kernel is not maintened so we have to move on. This was a great adventure and a great pleasure to use vserver all this time and have wonderfull  exchange with the vserver team and people here on the list.

  On our side we will rollout vserver for migration to lxd, it is a lot heavier than vserver but this is the only route we see now.

  Thanks again for all your work and help all those years and i hope 2024 will be a good year for you all !

-- 
cordialement,
Ghislain ADNET.
AQUEOS.

Hi All

I also stopped using vservers some time ago, after starting to use it during 2003 (I think it was then)

I used to build a debian voyage image with the vserver patches and tools (using a IDE Flash device usinga Read only disk) and install this on a machine which would mount a set of disks in a software raid.

I used this for small to medium ISP's in Australia for around 10 years.

So I want to thank the developers of the patch's for the kernel and the user land tools because this allowed these ISP's to compete with the big guys.

Thanks

Mike