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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] New global USE flag: rbd
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 08:40:26
Message-Id: c2e8e5d9-52fe-f9db-3a10-442c76576aba@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] New global USE flag: rbd by Andrew Savchenko
1 On 12/26/2016 05:38 PM, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
2 > On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 00:17:03 -0800 Daniel Campbell wrote:
3 >> On 12/25/2016 11:45 PM, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
4 >>> Hi all,
5 >>>
6 >>> 8 packages are using either rbd or rados USE flag for Rados
7 >>> Block Device support:
8 >>>
9 >>> use.local.desc:app-backup/bareos:rados - Enable rados storage backend
10 >>> use.local.desc:app-emulation/ganeti:rbd - Enable rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
11 >>> use.local.desc:app-emulation/libvirt:rbd - Enable rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
12 >>> use.local.desc:app-emulation/qemu:rbd - Enable rados block device backend support, see http://ceph.newdream.net/wiki/QEMU-RBD
13 >>> use.local.desc:net-analyzer/rrdtool:rados - Enable support for librados from sys-cluster/ceph
14 >>> use.local.desc:net-libs/xrootd:rbd - Enable rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
15 >>> use.local.desc:sys-block/fio:rbd - Enable Rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
16 >>> use.local.desc:sys-block/tgt:rbd - Add support for ceph block devices
17 >>>
18 >>> Suggested description:
19 >>> rbd - Enable rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
20 >>>
21 >>> Best regards,
22 >>> Andrew Savchenko
23 >>>
24 >> Do we expect the list of packages using RBD to grow?
25 > It is likely, ceph popularity is growing.
26 >
27 >> If so then sure, if
28 >> for no other reason than to give a consistent description.
29 > Anyway IIRC we have a rule: local flags for >=5 packages with
30 > the same meaning => global flag.
31
32 Correct. New global flag sounds good to me.
33
34 >
35 > Best regards,
36 > Andrew Savchenko

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