Re: FreeBSD 13.2R and OpenZFS bug #15933

Il 29/02/2024 03:08, David Christensen ha scritto:
> 
> So, it appears FreeBSD 12.4R uses Illumos code and FreeBSD 13.2R uses 
> OpenZFS code with some Illumos remnants.
> 

Just replying to a random message of this thread.
Yes, ZFS code contained in 12 branch is Illumos based, 13 and forth is 
OpenZFS (ZOL) based.

I still run two fileservers on FreeBSD 12-STABLE (root on UFS and data 
on ZFS) for the same reasons as yours and I think I'll migrate them to 
full UFS on a supported release. For now.

I'm not in position to say anything about code quality, nor I want to 
criticize the commendable efforts that OpenZFS and FreeBSD developers 
put in that project.

Maybe, mine (ours?) is just a *perception* problem. It seems to me that 
OpenZFS shows a different "attitude" from what FreeBSD users are used 
to, more akin to the Linux way of doing things:

hurry-up/cool-feature-of-the-month/put-john's-patch-on-mary's-code-but-after-joedeveloper-hack
  vs
slow/steady/dependable.

That's what drove me away from Linux to the BSD world about 25 years ago.

So maybe it's not the case, but (several) nasty bugs in filesystem code 
scare me to my bones: in FreeBSD land, we're just not used to them :))

FreeBSD developers' reaction was great, bugs were fixed and 
communication was managed very professionally, but OpenZFS changes so 
fast that I can't help but ask myself: what's next?
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