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    Phoronix: ZFS Finally Lands In Debian

    The latest Linux distribution seeing ZFS file-system packages officially added is none other than Debian...

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  • #2
    Actually, zfs-linux is the source package.

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    • #3
      Made an account just for this, it's about damn time. I won't be running Sid on my homeserver, but I wouldn't mind running Testing.

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      • #4
        Anyone think there is a chance we will eventually see it in jessie-backports?

        Also, I wonder if when it finally does make it's way down to stable if it will somehow be regularly updated? ZFS on Linux is constantly getting improved via new features, large performance improvements and bug fixes. It would would kind of suck to be behind in ZoL version for more than a year or even several months.

        For instance, this release is already outdated as 0.6.5.7 came out 16 hours ago.
        Last edited by SirMaster; 13 May 2016, 02:46 PM.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by norsetto View Post
          Actually, zfs-linux is the source package.
          AFAIK Debian provides only the source package. If you install it, it will be compiled locally using dkms. That is the correct way to do it given the licence problem and honestly I don't know why Canonical didn't do the same thing, that would have saved them one controversy.

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          • #6
            So is btrfs dead now or not?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by jacob View Post

              AFAIK Debian provides only the source package. If you install it, it will be compiled locally using dkms. That is the correct way to do it given the licence problem and honestly I don't know why Canonical didn't do the same thing, that would have saved them one controversy.
              You're saying that as if controversies and publicity were somehow a bad thing to Canonical

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              • #8
                Originally posted by SirMaster View Post
                Also, I wonder if when it finally does make it's way down to stable if it will somehow be regularly updated?
                I certainly hope not. It should be regularly updated in unstable and maybe in testing, but stable is supposed to be stable.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by ConvexEd View Post
                  Made an account just for this, it's about damn time. I won't be running Sid on my homeserver, but I wouldn't mind running Testing.
                  Debian 9 is a couple of months away so you'll be able to run it in stable in no time.

                  Unrelated, did Oracle relicense ZFS or what? Cause I was led to believe that it was a GPL violation to package it with linux...

                  Edit: Never mind regarding the question. Canonical picked up the legal mantle on this one: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/...ing-and-linux/
                  Last edited by c117152; 13 May 2016, 03:39 PM.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by xnor View Post
                    So is btrfs dead now or not?
                    Sorry mate, I'm afraid it's not

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