[arch-general] ZFS in repos?
ZFS is in AUR. I wonder what is the reason why it is not moved to the Arch repos? The zfs-linux package has 250 votes, the zfs-dkms has 137, and the zfs-linux-lts has 70. I am aware about the possible license incompatibility between the kernel which uses GPL2 and ZFS which uses CDDL, however even Debian which is strict about several things such as what is 'free software', has ZFS in its main repos.
On 23/07/2022 21:11, Piscium via arch-general wrote:
ZFS is in AUR. I wonder what is the reason why it is not moved to the Arch repos? The zfs-linux package has 250 votes, the zfs-dkms has 137, and the zfs-linux-lts has 70. I am aware about the possible license incompatibility between the kernel which uses GPL2 and ZFS which uses CDDL, however even Debian which is strict about several things such as what is 'free software', has ZFS in its main repos.
Adding the pre-compiled module isn't possible because of the license incompatibility. Adding zfs-dkms might be an option, but someone would have to maintain it in the repo.
On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 at 16:27, Jonathon Fernyhough via arch-general <arch-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
Adding the pre-compiled module isn't possible because of the license incompatibility. Adding zfs-dkms might be an option, but someone would have to maintain it in the repo.
That is what Debian does, it provides dkms, no pre-compiled modules, perhaps for the reason you mention: https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye-backports/zfs-linux The package zfs-dkms is in AUR and that requires work. Thanks! Presumably having it in the repo would require some additional work as well as more of a long term commitment.
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