From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:05:23 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <87oekwkr70.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <412EEB75.1030401@namesys.com> <1888171711.20040827171520@tnonline.net> <87llg0mnl0.fsf@uhoreg.ca> <6561987.20040828020223@tnonline.net> 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 Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Spam" == Spam writes: Spam> This is about the same idea as the archive flag in DOS/Windows Spam> environments. It didn't really work to well IMO. If meta files Spam> are definable by users/application then the backup system could Spam> create its own meta files with the specific information it needs. True enough. Sometimes you'll want to backup the thumbnail, sometimes you won't. -- 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. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:05:23 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <87oekwkr70.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <412EEB75.1030401@namesys.com> <1888171711.20040827171520@tnonline.net> <87llg0mnl0.fsf@uhoreg.ca> <6561987.20040828020223@tnonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Spam" == Spam writes: Spam> This is about the same idea as the archive flag in DOS/Windows Spam> environments. It didn't really work to well IMO. If meta files Spam> are definable by users/application then the backup system could Spam> create its own meta files with the specific information it needs. True enough. Sometimes you'll want to backup the thumbnail, sometimes you won't. -- 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.