On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:27:30 Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> Is this package still usefull?

Perhaps it is not too useful right now but I'm planning to update it for 
kernel 3.16 eventually...

> Both the ceph filesystem module and the
> rbd module are included in the upstream kernel and AFAICS regularly
> updated.

I would never needed "ceph-dkms" in first place if Ceph were maintained in 
kernel well enough...

> Maybe it's better to just remove this package.

What's the rush? "ceph-dkms" is in "experimental" only...

Feel free to request removal if you find "ceph-dkms" still outdated six months 
from now. In any case by that time most likely I will not be using Ceph any 
more...


On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:29:22 Ken Dreyer wrote:
> I was wondering the same. Could Debian users just rely on the kernel
> module in the main kernel package?

That's pretty much the current situation -- we have "ceph-dkms" only in 
"experimental" so when needed we could test fixes promptly (or rapidly deploy 
hot-fixes when necessary). I tried to rely on kernel modules in main kernel 
package and failed miserably -- as consequence I had to make "ceph-dkms" to 
test and deploy critical fixes. We do not encourage "ceph-dkms" and it is 
available only to "advanced" users who know about "experimental" suite. 
Package even have a note that it is not suitable for release...

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