smbd/source3 or ntvfs/source4 for new VFS module development?

[Ira Cooper]

Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 04:46:31PM -0800, Zack M. Davis wrote:
>> Dear list,
>> 
>> When developing a new VFS module, does it still make sense to put it in
>> source3/modules/vfs in the source repository and use the `smb_register_vfs`
>> API as illustrated in examples/VFS/skel_*.c? Or is it preferrable to use
>> the source4/ntvfs infastructure (which is newer, but ominously described as
>> "to a large extent [...] deprecated in terms of use for file shares" at
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba/Status#Feature_Status_on_the_AD_DC)?
>
> source4/ntvfs is dead. It's legacy code, that will eventually be
> removed.

When is eventually?

Cheers, with pitchforks and torches,

-Ira