--- wikisrc/zfs.mdwn 2020/03/02 17:21:18 1.22 +++ wikisrc/zfs.mdwn 2020/03/02 17:28:14 1.23 @@ -35,11 +35,24 @@ Currently, there are multiple ZFS projec OpenZFS is a coordinating project to align open ZFS codebases. There is a notion of a shared core codebase and OS-specific adaptation code. +As of early 2020, it appears that there are two co-root repositories: +illumos and zfsonlinux, with a notion that fixes and improvements +should be cross-shared. This is different from the situation through +late 2019 where sharing was done via a designated sharing repository, +and appears to be a new, more efficient, procedure among cooperating +people, rather than any kind of fork. + - [deprecation of OpenZFS repo](https://github.com/openzfs/openzfs/) - [zfsonlinux relationship to OpenZFS](https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/wiki/OpenZFS-Patches) -\todo Explain clearly the relationship between OpenZFS and zfsonlinux, -and also the Illumos and OSX versions. +\todo Explain how FreeBSD code relates to zfsonlinux (imported/merged and fixes pushed upstream?). + +\todo Explain how the NetBSD code relates (imported from FreeBSD? intent to continue to track?) + +\todo Explain if NetBSD has a plan to join zfsonlinux as a first-class +member, vs tracking via FreeBSD. + +\todo Explain how OpenZFS on OS X relates (tracks zfsonlinux?). See [FreeBSD's history](https://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide).