Re: future r4 maintenance question

[David Masover <ninja@slaphack.com>]

Pysiak Satriani wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> one of the concerns of LKML folks about r4 is that namesys after
> finishing their work with r4 will "rush off" to reiser5 leaving
> r4 as "stable" in a "bugfix-mode only"

> But a question arises. Will namesys keep r4 in a bugfix-only mode
> (as with reiserfs v3) or will it have resources planned not only
> for bugfixes but for updates too ?

As I understand it, r4 is currently not finished, especially comparing 
the whitepaper with reality.  So, while the features that are finished 
are mostly stable, I can't imagine them rushing off to v5 without 
finishing the features originally planned for v4.

Examples would be pseudofiles, custom plugins (per-file and 
per-directory, also), a repacker, fsync optimization, a 
crypto/compression plugin...

Ultimately, this may happen, but by then, I expect v4 would be fairly 
stable and complete.  Besides, bugfix-only does imply bugfixes, which is 
about all most other filesystems get these days...

Disclaimer:  I don't work here.  If you want a definitive answer, wait 
for someone at Namesys to confirm or deny what I've just said.