From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Masover Subject: Re: future r4 maintenance question Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:32:47 -0500 Message-ID: <44C27D5F.3040405@slaphack.com> References: <1992401892.20060722173244@wp.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <1992401892.20060722173244@wp.pl> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Pysiak Satriani Cc: "reiserfs-list@namesys.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.