[Nbd] Starting over?

[Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...>]

Hi all,

The recent issues with nbd-server 3.10 (and something else that I still
need to work on -- sorry Tuomas) have convinced me that perhaps the
braindeadedness of nbd-server is too bad to continue as is, and that it
is time to start over. I've always tried to avoid a reimplementation,
because I wasn't convinced that it would improve the situation, but I
can't ignore the existing issues anymore.

Also, the lack of other people helping out with the source base have
held me back in that area; but perhaps this lack of interest is mainly
due to the fact that the code is so badly readable...?

There have been a few (abortive) attempts at modifying the internal
architecture of nbd-server (the most recent of which is the
io_transaction branch), but I realize now that these can't really do
what is needed to get things back into a manageable state.

So, I think it's (well past) time to throw out the old code base and
start anew.

Before I plunge myself in there, though, I'd like to know if anyone is
interested in helping out with that. I do think I can get it done myself
if needed, but it's always useful to at least have someone with a second
opinion, so that I can be corrected when I'm about to make a mistake. If
anything, the fact that the current codebase is... not so good, is
probably because of the lack of that, currently.

Any takers?

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