From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:00:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:00:25 -0500 Received: from dsl081-080-099-lax1.dsl-isp.net ([64.81.80.99]:29173 "EHLO pelerin.serpentine.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:00:15 -0500 To: nbecker@fred.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jeremy Fitzhardinge Subject: Re: Whither autofs4? In-Reply-To: X-Zippy-Says: Don't SANFORIZE me!! From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" Date: 30 Jan 2001 13:58:56 -0800 In-Reply-To: nbecker@fred.net's message of "30 Jan 2001 14:45:15 -0500" Message-ID: <87r91kln1b.fsf@pelerin.serpentine.com> X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.45/XEmacs 21.1 - "Channel Islands" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org n> What is the status of autofs4? There is no mention in n> 2.4.0/Doc/Changes. There doesn't seem to be any activity in the n> ftp.kernel.org/.../autofs area. Is autofs4 alive? Yes, it is. Jeremy has been responding to bug reports and issuing new userspace prereleases every so often. As far as I know, autofs4 has been in fairly wide use for a while, and could reasonably be considered stable (I've been using it since he started working on it, with few problems).