= Proposed Self Contained Change: Add amd map parser to autofs = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Add_amd_map_parser_to_autofs Change owner(s): Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> The am-utils package provides automount services for automount maps that use an amd format. However, the am-utils project has not been actively maintained for quite a while now. The am-utils package in Fedora has significant problems that are not easily resolved so an amd format parser is to be added to the autofs package. == Detailed Description == The am-utils package provides automount services for automount maps that use an amd format. Unfortunately the am-utils project has not been actively maintained for quite a while now. The am-utils package in Fedora has significant problems that are not easily resolved so an amd format parser is to be added to the autofs package. The goal is to implement enough of the am-utils amd map parsing functionality to cover a large portion of the use cases provided by the am-utils package. Once this is done it will be up to users to describe the missing am-utils feature they need which will then be considered for addition in the upstream implementation. == Scope == The implementation of this functionality is restricted to the autofs package. Some areas of this change will require changes to code common to the autofs parser and the amd parser and the amd parser will leverage existing autofs functionality but there is a high level of code separation because of the way parse modules are added to autofs. Initially the change will be added as a path series to the autofs package, later when an upstream beta is released the source will be updated, finally when autofs-5.1.0 is released the source will updated again. The release schedule has not been decided yet but the plan is to release a beta soon followed by 5.1.0 with the timing dependant on community feedback. Not all the changes (planned for 5.1.0 but not the amd parser itself) will be included in 5.1.0, they will be added as time permits via minor version updates. This is because the amd parser is considered an important feature and needs to be made available sooner rather than later. * Proposal owners: upstream the change is nearly ready to be committed to the master branch and a beta released. If the beta is released soon enough updating the Fedora autofs package source is all that will be needed. If not then the existing patch series can be added to the autofs package in the mean time. * Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change) _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
