On 11/01/2016 04:23 PM, Vinny Valdez wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Stephen Gallagher <
sgallagh@redhat.com> <mailto:
sgallagh@redhat.com>> wrote:
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> I'm not sure that we specifically need a client *role* for this. It kind of
> depends on what we decide belongs in the base offering of Fedora Server.
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> In my view, storage is kind of a bootstrapping thing. I'm not sure I'd want to
> install a special module just to attach to my storage servers; I'd expect to be
> able to do that out-of-the-box.
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> I spoke with the Cockpit developers; they've got plans and a design for adding
> NFS client support to Cockpit proper. They haven't prioritized it yet, but we
> can ask.
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> I would agree here. Since we are focused on the Server implementation, the
> client role doesn't need to be formalized from our WG. Certainly we need to test
> the functionality of the implemented Server role though. Perhaps we should work
> closely with the Workstation WG who would likely own the client roles?
>
That's not what I was saying, actually. Being able to connect to storage is
definitely a server function. I just disagree that it should happen at the level
of a Server Role. I think it's core functionality.