Re: Snapshot against 2.6.1 released [someone has a patch against -mm4 ?]

[Fuzzy <fuzzy77@free.fr>]

> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 04:36:34PM +0100, Fuzzy wrote:
> 
>>Is there any chance that namesys will also provide a patch against the 
>>-mm tree ? Or even better: is there already a timeline for integration 
>>of reiser4 in -mm ?

Mike Fedyk wrote:

> Well, if I were them, I wouldn't.
> 
> Right now the -mm tree has some stuff that's just waiting for 2.7, or is in
> initial testing/merging into stock 2.6.
> 
> You really should be testing against stock 2.6 with the reiser4 filesystem
> so that you don't get hit by one of the (600 in 2.6.1-mm4) patches in the
> -mm series.
> 
> That way, you can help spot bugs better, and reiser4 will be merged into -mm
> sooner so you'll be happy. :)

I would agree with you but:

  1) the people who would run an experimental filesystem like reiser4 
are very likely to also run with the -mm kernel tree (as is my case at 
least...)
  2) from what I've read, reiser4 should be integrated in -mm before it 
can ever think about going in mainline... so why not play with it in -mm 
now ?

Vince