From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: "David H. Lynch Jr" <dhlii@comcast.net>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER.
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:58:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4619C7EF.30306@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4619C3C8.5030707@comcast.net>
David H. Lynch Jr wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> David H. Lynch Jr wrote:
>>
>> I'm arguing against circular logic: the claim that one cannot
>> determine reiser4's true usefulness unless its in the tree.
>>
>> The better method is to get a distro to add reiser4, _then_ if it
>> proves worthy add it to the kernel tree.
>>
>> Not the other way around.
> And is that how other filesystems made it into the tree ?
In the case of most major filesystems, yes. Distros are a proving
ground for new stuff, not the upstream kernel.
> I regularly see drivers with very little in the way of testing go
> straight nearly straight into the tree - without even getting tagged as
> experimental.
Hardware drivers are vastly different from filesystem drivers.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-04-09 4:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-04-05 22:42 REISER4: fix for reiser4_write_extent Ignatich
2007-04-06 0:05 ` Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER? I need help johnrobertbanks
2007-04-06 0:05 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-06 0:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-04-06 0:34 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-06 0:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-04-06 1:34 ` Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER johnrobertbanks
2007-04-06 3:12 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-04-06 4:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-04-06 4:32 ` johnrobertbanks
[not found] ` <20070406152119.GC4228@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu>
2007-04-07 2:47 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 3:30 ` Jan Harkes
2007-04-07 5:58 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 7:15 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-04-07 13:47 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 14:11 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-04-07 15:07 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 16:05 ` Pekka Enberg
2007-04-07 17:10 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-04-08 16:31 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-04-07 17:21 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-04-08 0:41 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-04-07 17:39 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-04-08 4:32 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-07 19:17 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-04-08 0:44 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 1:27 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-04-08 2:56 ` Theodore Tso
2007-04-08 4:13 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 12:48 ` Jose Celestino
2007-04-08 13:21 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 14:14 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-04-08 17:03 ` Theodore Tso
2007-04-08 18:18 ` Jeff Mahoney
2007-04-08 4:32 ` Christer Weinigel
2007-04-08 21:50 ` Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER - Christer Weinigel johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 21:50 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 22:58 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-04-09 5:14 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-09 7:07 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-04-09 16:10 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-04-09 1:24 ` Christer Weinigel
2007-04-09 3:38 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-09 3:16 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-09 4:25 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-09 18:35 ` Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER Nate Diller
2007-04-08 4:06 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-08 9:58 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-04-09 2:52 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-09 3:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-04-09 4:40 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-09 4:58 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-04-07 1:26 ` COMPILING AND CONFIGURING A NEW KERNEL johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 1:26 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 7:45 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 16:57 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-04-08 1:11 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 16:42 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-04-08 1:02 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 1:42 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-04-07 12:51 ` REISER4: fix for reiser4_write_extent Laurent Riffard
2007-04-07 12:51 ` Laurent Riffard
2007-04-07 19:29 ` Edward Shishkin
2007-04-07 19:29 ` Edward Shishkin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-04-07 12:59 Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER Dale Amon
2007-04-07 15:28 ` johnrobertbanks
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