From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document
 the idea of what reiser4 wants to do with metafiles and why
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:43:13 -0700
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To: "Alexander G. M. Smith" <agmsmith@rogers.com>
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Alexander G. M. Smith wrote:

>Hans Reiser wrote on Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:21:44 -0700:
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>>The Idea [...] Conclusion
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>Good summary!
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>>The Idea 2: [...]
>>cat filename/pseudos/backup gives a set of commands that a backup
>>command can use to create the file "filename" [...]
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>Are you sneaking in file types there?  Just how does a file know which
>plugins it supports?
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>- Alex
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we have plugins with pluginids, is that what you mean by file type? I 
think they are a bit different from file types.