To Jolly/Patrick
Whilst I don't share your feelings about
all points in your opening post, I do understand the reasons for you feeling as you do.
In the absence of information from GreenBytes, each person must draw his or her own conclusions. I respect your thoughts in these matters. I admire your restraint; your expertise and your
patience.
jollyjinx wrote:… HFS+ is just intolerable in regards to data integrity.
P.S.: I'll switch to 10.9, I will keep my backups on a freebsd machine (on ZFS) to be sure that data does not corrupt after backing up, but on my main machine I will switch to HFS+ again.
A way to ensure consistent data for me is to have my important data being checked by git.
FYI:
jdd.io — Bit rot concernsOS X 10.9, Mavericks… as a developer I need to work at least on the current version of the OS. …
Your
tweet about adoption of Mavericks is eye-opening. For most people, use of Mavericks is not yet essential. There are exceptions: I guess that new Macs will require Mavericks, and so on …
… and your
need as a developer is, without argument, a deal-breaker. It's
beyond patience.
For what it's worth, I have been quietly frustrated since June 2013, when seed testing began. I can't say whether my frustrations as a seed tester were any more or less than your frustrations as developer, but believe me: the frustration has been deep, and enduring.
Key points from an e-mail to Apple, unsolicited, sent not long before 13A598 was seeded:
An explanation for my lack of involvement ……
- I use ZEVO for ZFS, for my home directory and much more
- I'll not move down from ZFS to HFS Plus
- the home directory is integral to my approaches to testing
– so for me, for most things, Mavericks has been simply unusable.
I'm not complaining, just explaining :-)
…
That was, me to Apple.
Whilst Apple developed Mavericks: could I, should I, have applied greater pressure to GreenBytes?
I
could have, on numerous occasions, but I restrained myself.
There was, at least, the
June 2013 announcement that GreenBytes was no longer developing ZEVO. No point in applying pressure where there was simply no development. Moreover, I feel that it's not good to put pressure on developers; they know what's what and will do what's appropriate in their own time (not
my time).
If GreenBytes had/has lined up a potential taker for ZEVO, I should expect not a whisper in public, until after details are finalised.
I did have a very reassuring conversation in June, and was eager – over-eager – in July. Then when Mavericks was GM but pre-release, I vowed to sit back for a fortnight after release. Sit back and say nothing, whilst the sparks fly. That was the plan :-) but I got caught in the sparks.
Now? I'm
impatient to know what'll happen with ZEVO, but not impatient enough to imagine a deadline. Whilst I did pay a little money – to Ten's Complement – I have had more than my money's worth, and I never felt that the one payment should entitle me to perpetual upgrades. YMMV.
Ultimately I'm just another end user. Enjoying ZEVO. Maybe a minority, but with ZFS on Macs: that's not unusual. In the Mac user group for my county I'm
a minority of one. The minority makes me no less happy with the product. Looking forward to whatever GreenBytes has up its sleeves.
If the sparks can stop flying for a week or so, I might make another call with the company …