From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757758AbYDNBd0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:33:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752875AbYDNBdQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:33:16 -0400 Received: from mail.deathmatch.net ([70.167.247.36]:55384 "EHLO mail.deathmatch.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752768AbYDNBdP (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:33:15 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:32:48 -0400 From: Bob Copeland To: Andrew Morton Cc: Alan Cox , David Woodhouse , Miklos Szeredi , hch@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3 Message-ID: <20080414013248.GB30489@hash.localnet> References: <20080413033344.GA27494@hash.localnet> <20080412205544.5e12a7d4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080413080130.GA9622@infradead.org> <20080413012001.8d7967f4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080413082815.GA20108@infradead.org> <1208121358.2700.4.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20080413154459.4b2f125d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080413234920.63711ca7@core> <20080413161014.cb06964c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080413161014.cb06964c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 04:10:14PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:49:20 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: > > > This filesystem has only 20 users. > > None of that means that merging this filesystem is the best decision. Well, 20 may have been aiming just a tad low. I'd never make it in sales. Here are the stats from linux-karma.sf.net: - most recent release, for 2.6.25: 36 downloads since 3/16/08 - # subscribers on mailing list: 39 [1] - most # of downloads of a given release: 252 (May-Oct 2007) [2] [1] Some subscribers may not use the FS at all since there is also software for using the ethernet interface. Both are discussed on the list. [2] I doubt that 252 d/ls translates to that many _current_ users; a year is a long time in consumer electronics. I don't have stats on unique IPs. I'm unaware of ReplayTV users - one guy contacted me once and then disappeared. > Merging a new filesystem has costs - I don't need to enumerate them. Do > the benefits of OMFS exceed them? You guys would know best. I can see both arguments... -- Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com