RFC: redhat-cluster-suite demotion to universe

[Mathias Gug]

Hi Ante,

2010/2/3 Ante Karamatić <ivoks at grad.hr>:
> On 04.01.2010 18:16, Mathias Gug wrote:
>
>> As part of the Server lucid seeds blueprint [1] I'd like to request your
>> feedback on whether redhat-cluster-suite should be demoted to universe.
>
> Do *NOT* demote it to universe. There are libraries (libdlm,
> libdlmcontrold) and maybe some binaries (gf2-tools) that we need in main
> for new cluster stack.
>

I had a discussion with Fabio, the upstream redhat-cluster-suite
maintainer, and it seems that the stack corosync+openais+pacemaker is
not feature equivalent with the current redhat-cluster-suite. Moreover
redhat-cluster-suite is currently updated to use the new components
but is not ready yet.
It seems that the current redhat-cluster-suite is phased out and
maintenance from upstream will stop which is not the best option for
an LTS release. And the new cluster stack is being worked on but
hasn't stabilized yet. So right now it seems we're stuck between two
options. I wonder if demoting redhat-cluster-suite for lucid while
keeping the new stack in universe would be the best option for the
time frame that covers Lucid (LTS)?

Once the new stack has stabilized (and redhat-cluster-suite has been
updated to use the new components) we should reconsider promoting it
to main.


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Mathias Gug
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