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From: Arne Jansen <sensille@gmx.net>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fits: tool to parse stream
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:02:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50791203.6060406@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1350048772-20658-1-git-send-email-sensille@gmx.net>

On 10/12/12 15:32, Arne Jansen wrote:

> The idea of the btrfs send stream format was to generate it in a way that
> it is easy to receive on different platforms. Thus the proposed name FITS, for
> Filesystem Incremental Backup Stream. We should also build the tools to
> receive the stream on different platforms.

I meant to write 'Filesystem Incremental Transport Stream', but, as
Andrey Kuzmin pointed out, the name FITS is already taken. As the
'Backup' slipped in somehow, FIBS might be an alternative. Any
thoughts?

-Arne

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-13  7:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-12 13:32 [PATCH] Fits: tool to parse stream Arne Jansen
     [not found] ` <CANvN+e=YQ2HG2sDrhy-WqfsnSXbT=LFA18Wj-FZK6NC-gMyeAA@mail.gmail.com>
2012-10-12 15:22   ` Arne Jansen
2012-10-13  7:02 ` Arne Jansen [this message]
2012-10-13  8:08   ` Rory Campbell-Lange
2012-10-13 15:41     ` David Sterba
2012-10-15 14:32       ` Chris Mason
2012-10-15 20:11         ` Alex Lyakas
2012-10-22  6:41         ` Arne Jansen
2012-10-22 16:21           ` Chris Mason
2012-10-13 11:23   ` Hugo Mills

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