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From: David Masover <ninja@slaphack.com>
Subject: Re: Reiser4 and ACLs
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:25:17 -0500
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Marc Perkel wrote:
> 
> 
> Nikita Danilov wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, it seems I was too vague. It's exactly the opposite: standard
>> xattr API was abandoned in favour of accessing EAs and ACLs through
>> pseudo files. The latter method is not implemented yet, and I don't know
>> how stable sys_reiser4() API is currently. Hans is the proper person to
>> ask.
>>
>>
>>
> Why not have more than one interface if you need that? Is there any 
> reason for not supporting the standard that is in the kernel now? Reiser 
> 3 supports it.

With third-party patches, yes.  And because there was no reiser4 and no 
metas.