Re: LVM 1.0 release decision

[Alan Cox]

> This leads to the dilemma, that trying to avoid further differences between
> our LVM releases and the stock kernel code would force us into postponing
> the pending LVM 1.0 release accordingly which OTOH is incovenient for the LVM
> user base.
> 
> In regard to this situation we'ld like to know about your oppinion on
> the following request:
> is it acceptable to release 1.0 soon *before* all patches to reach the 1.0 code

Please fix the binary incompatibility in the on disk format between the current
code and your new release _before_ you do that. The last patches I was sent
would have screwed every 64bit LVM user.

A new format is fine but import old ones properly. And if you do a new format
stop using kdev_t on disk - it will change size soon

Alan