From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758978AbZBYJdn (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:33:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753105AbZBYJdc (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:33:32 -0500 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:39541 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757913AbZBYJdb (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:33:31 -0500 Message-ID: <49A51061.2040300@davidnewall.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:03:21 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tomas M CC: "David P. Quigley" , Theodore Tso , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New filesystem for Linux kernel References: <7558.1235374266@jrobl> <7769.1235374482@jrobl> <49A268A7.1010708@slax.org> <49A26ACC.90804@slax.org> <49A3AC14.2050107@slax.org> <20090224141548.GB5482@mit.edu> <1235488695.15148.49.camel@moss-terrapins.epoch.ncsc.mil> <49A4F3EC.7060005@slax.org> In-Reply-To: <49A4F3EC.7060005@slax.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tomas M wrote: > In general, I need an union filesystem and I do not care if that is unionfs or aufs. Agreed. Well said. > I wish aufs to be mainlined; because the code simply works, since its initial release, for many years. Perhaps; but consider Okajima-san's rationale, "Aufs2 is a refined version of old aufs1: - to be reviewed easily and widely. - to make the source files simpler and smaller by dropping several original features." Do note assume the code being proposed is the same as, or of the same quality as, that from AUFS1. If we really believe in choice, then unless AUFS2 obviously breaks things, it's hard to argue against it's inclusion. Thus can best-of-breed emerge.