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---+ Pending and Desired OpenAFS Projects

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---++ Pending Projects

The following are items known to be in progress, and, where available, a
point of contact.

	* DisconnectedOperation provides the ability to use AFS while not
	  connected to a network.

	* NestedGroups allows PTS groups to have other groups as members.
	  Code available, waiting for OpenAFS port. In CVS head, not in 1.2 branch.

	* FreeBSDPort -- Server ported. Cache manager available, not stable yet.

	* [[HP-UX 11 Port][HPUX11Port]] -- Missing RX code reconstructed.
	  Header needed, available from HP.  Available in 1.2.10. 

	* NetBSDPort -- No timeline available.

	* OpenBSDPort -- In progress.  Cache manager available, not stable yet.

	* AutoConf with automake too.  In progress. Contact
	  Main.DerrickBrashear.

	* DynamicRoot (/afs) support utilizing AFSDB DNS resource records is
	  available for all UNIX ports.  Windows includes similar FreelanceClient
	  support.

	* AtSysConfig allows @sys expansion from a list.  Substantially
	  complete.  Contact Main.TedMcCabe.

	* AmandaBackup -- Support for backup using [[http://www.amanda.org][Amanda]].  In progress.  Contact Main.MitchCollinsworth.

	* BetterDocumentation -- Contact Main.RenatoArruda.

---++ Proposed Projects

The following are items which have been proposed, but which are not yet
in progress.  A point of contact is included where appropriate.

	* SupportIPv6

	* KerberosV -- Support Kerberos version 5 and additional encryption
	  type support.  Contact Main.JeffreyHutzelman

	* LargeFiles -- Support for files over 2GB.  The concensus seems to
	  be that beyond supporting big files, large volumes already work
	  fine. Actively in progress. R Lindsay Todd, Hartmut Reuter, and Nathan Neulinger working on this.

	* MultipleClones provides support for more than one backup and
	  read-only volume for a single read/write.

	* SelectableUbikTieBreaker -- proposes to change lowest IP metric to
	  something administrator-selectable.

	* VolumeDumpEditor -- Need tool to allow editing volume dumps.

	* WindowsIFS -- Implement AFS as a Windows installable file system
	  instead of as a virtual SMB server.

	* BetterServerPreferences allow selectable continuous or on-demand
	  server preferences in clients based on available information about
	  Rx connection round trip times instead of classful networking
	  approach currently used.  Contact Main.DerrickBrashear.
	  <i>Do this for vldb servers too, or is that a separate project?
	  Main.TedAnderson</i>

	* NFSTranslatorServer -- Create an AFS/NFS translator for OpenAFS because
	  there were licensing issues with the code in the IBM/Transarc
	  product.  A Solaris-only version will be supported with and after 1.2.8.
	  Another approach is a user-mode implementation.  Contact
	  Main.JeffreyHutzelman.

	* PartitionUUID -- Create partition UUIDs such that the vldb can be
	  rapdily updated if a disk is moved from one machine to
	  another.  Contact Main.DerrickBrashear.

	* ByteRangeLocks would improve support for applications that use them especially those on Windows platforms.

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Copied by Main.TedAnderson with some minor edits from
http://www.openafs.org/projects.html (dated 17-Oct-2001).

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---++ Discussion