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From: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] New global USE flag: rbd
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 08:38:31
Message-Id: 20161226113816.6bf4a37d270e89217454d091@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] New global USE flag: rbd by Daniel Campbell
1 On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 00:17:03 -0800 Daniel Campbell wrote:
2 > On 12/25/2016 11:45 PM, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
3 > > Hi all,
4 > >
5 > > 8 packages are using either rbd or rados USE flag for Rados
6 > > Block Device support:
7 > >
8 > > use.local.desc:app-backup/bareos:rados - Enable rados storage backend
9 > > use.local.desc:app-emulation/ganeti:rbd - Enable rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
10 > > use.local.desc:app-emulation/libvirt:rbd - Enable rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
11 > > use.local.desc:app-emulation/qemu:rbd - Enable rados block device backend support, see http://ceph.newdream.net/wiki/QEMU-RBD
12 > > use.local.desc:net-analyzer/rrdtool:rados - Enable support for librados from sys-cluster/ceph
13 > > use.local.desc:net-libs/xrootd:rbd - Enable rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
14 > > use.local.desc:sys-block/fio:rbd - Enable Rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
15 > > use.local.desc:sys-block/tgt:rbd - Add support for ceph block devices
16 > >
17 > > Suggested description:
18 > > rbd - Enable rados block device support via sys-cluster/ceph
19 > >
20 > > Best regards,
21 > > Andrew Savchenko
22 > >
23 >
24 > Do we expect the list of packages using RBD to grow?
25
26 It is likely, ceph popularity is growing.
27
28 > If so then sure, if
29 > for no other reason than to give a consistent description.
30
31 Anyway IIRC we have a rule: local flags for >=5 packages with
32 the same meaning => global flag.
33
34 Best regards,
35 Andrew Savchenko

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] New global USE flag: rbd Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>