KDE integration with ReiserFS 4

KDE integration with ReiserFS 4

[Vlad C.]

Hi,

The K Desktop Environmet (KDE) is thinking about
starting its own file version control system, and I
have been urging them to consider centering it around
ResierFS 4, which from what I've heard would be
well-suited for this task.

You can view the thread at:
http://dot.kde.org/1123942244/

To find the start of the discussion about ReiserFS 4,
you can search for the following string: "Saturday
13/Aug/2005, @11:48"

I just wanted to make the list aware of this
development, and to let you know that you can add
comments on the news site.

Thank you,
Vlad


		
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Re: KDE integration with ReiserFS 4

[Hans Reiser]

Vlad C. wrote:

>Hi,
>
>The K Desktop Environmet (KDE) is thinking about
>starting its own file version control system, and I
>have been urging them to consider centering it around
>ResierFS 4, which from what I've heard would be
>well-suited for this task.
>
>You can view the thread at:
>http://dot.kde.org/1123942244/
>
>To find the start of the discussion about ReiserFS 4,
>you can search for the following string: "Saturday
>13/Aug/2005, @11:48"
>
>I just wanted to make the list aware of this
>development, and to let you know that you can add
>comments on the news site.
>
>Thank you,
>Vlad
>
>
>		
>____________________________________________________
>Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page 
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> 
>
>
>  
>
Sure, happy to work with anyone on adding version control to reiser4,
and I think adding it to reiser4 would be easier than to other
filesystems.....

Hans

Re: KDE integration with ReiserFS 4

[Jörg W Mittag]

Vlad C. wrote:
> The K Desktop Environmet (KDE) is thinking about
> starting its own file version control system, and I
> have been urging them to consider centering it around
> ResierFS 4, which from what I've heard would be
> well-suited for this task.

Are there implementations of Reiser4 available for all the platforms for
which implementations of KDE are available (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
DragonflyBSD, Solaris, ...)? Are those implementations of Reiser4 Free
Software? Are they readily and easily availabe to end users (as in: shipped
as the default root filesystem by major mainstream distribution vendors)?
Are there independent implementations of Reiser4 (as in: not derived from
Namesys, Inc. code)?

jwm

Re: KDE integration with ReiserFS 4

[Vlad C.]

--- Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> wrote:
> Sure, happy to work with anyone on adding version
> control to reiser4,
> and I think adding it to reiser4 would be easier
> than to other
> filesystems.....

Thank you very much for being open to cooperation with
KDE in implementing file version control. 

It remains to be seen whether KDE developers will opt
for a completely filesystem-independent approach
(which might have the drawback of not being
transparent/portable to non-KDE apps), or opt for
integration with ReiserFS 4, which would have a bigger
chance of providing all apps on the system with access
to file version data.


		
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Re: KDE integration with ReiserFS 4

[Christian Iversen]

On Tuesday 16 August 2005 17:05, Jörg W Mittag wrote:
> Vlad C. wrote:
> > The K Desktop Environmet (KDE) is thinking about
> > starting its own file version control system, and I
> > have been urging them to consider centering it around
> > ResierFS 4, which from what I've heard would be
> > well-suited for this task.
>
> [...] Are there independent implementations of Reiser4 (as in: not
> derived from Namesys, Inc. code)?

Are there independent implementations of QT?

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Re: KDE integration with ReiserFS 4

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 8/16/05, Christian Iversen <chrivers@iversen-net.dk> wrote:
> Are there independent implementations of QT?

Well... Google "harmony project" "qt". 

:)

I think in reality it would be reasonable to handle this like the
Beagle search engine handles it's metadata.. Either you enable
extended attrs in your file system, or it uses a sqllite database. 
The performance with the sqllite database stinks, but it's there for
those that can't turn on extended attrs on their filesystem.

Re: KDE integration with ReiserFS 4

[Christian Iversen]

On Wednesday 17 August 2005 02:03, you wrote:
> On 8/16/05, Christian Iversen <chrivers@iversen-net.dk> wrote:
> > Are there independent implementations of QT?
>
> Well... Google "harmony project" "qt".
>
> :)

Well, funny as it may be :-), "harmony project" ceased to exist after qt 
became GPL, and thus, there is again only the official version.

I think we're offtopic - interesting discussion though.

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Christian Iversen