From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tierra Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:01:44 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20040824202521.GA26705@lst.de> <412CEE38.1080707@namesys.com> <20040825152805.45a1ce64.akpm@osdl.org> <112698263.20040826005146@tnonline.net> <1453698131.20040826011935@tnonline.net> <20040825163225.4441cfdd.akpm@osdl.org> <20040825233739.GP10907@legion.cup.hp.com> <20040825234629.GF2612@wiggy.net> Reply-To: Tierra Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <20040825234629.GF2612@wiggy.net> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Wichert Akkerman , ReiserFS On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:46:29 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Jeremy Allison wrote: > > Multiple-data-stream files are something we should offer, definately (IMHO). > > I don't care how we do it, but I know it's something we need as application > > developers. > > Aside from samba, is there any other application that has a use for > them? > > Wichert. > > -- > Wichert Akkerman It is simple to make things. > http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple. > It's not so much about samba having a use for them as it is about other applications using them between platforms in the same way. I'm glad to see Jeremy is on top of this because it's not something I had even thought about having available on the linux platform in the sense that my work deals with data streams on NTFS, HFS, and whatever other filesystems join the venture. NTFS had very poor support for them for a long time. At one point I was convinced it was going to be taken out eventually, but SP2 just showed with even better support for them, and more MS software has started using them. They can't turn around at this point and take them out, so they must be planning on using them to a wider extent. Bryan