From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: [PATCH] "metas" in reiserfs v4 snapshot 2004.03.26 Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 14:13:32 -0500 Sender: news Message-ID: <874qs8kco3.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <200403271537.52955.sikkh@wp.pl> <40670001.60302@namesys.com> <200403281957.57226.filipe@rnl.ist.utl.pt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com >>>>> "Filipe" == Filipe Almeida writes: [...] Filipe> About the user user friendliness issue, would novice users be Filipe> messing with the metadata exposed by reiser4 pseudo files? I Filipe> think this will be a feature for software and advanced users. I agree. I think that metas should be prefixed with at least a period (i.e. .metas). There is enough precedent for dot-files that it shouldn't be too much of a user-friendliness issue. Actually, I would argue that using a prefix would be more user-friendly, since it indicates that metas is not a standard directory, and would lead to less confusion. Also, in terms of adoption of Reiser4, it's the techies who pick the filesystem, not the users, and my feeling is that techies wouldn't like just plain "metas" with no prefix. -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.