From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
To: kreijack@inwind.it
Cc: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@tiscalinet.it>,
Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@gmail.com>,
Stefan Behrens <sbehrens@giantdisaster.de>,
Anand Jain <anand.jain@oracle.com>,
linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, dsterba@suse.cz, gene@czarc.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] Btrfs-progs: move open_file_or_dir() to utils.c
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:14:06 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5102AF4E.2000300@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5101B131.6010804@tiscalinet.it>
On 1/24/13 4:09 PM, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> On 01/24/2013 08:42 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> On 1/24/13 11:57 AM, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
>>> On 01/24/2013 10:23 AM, Stefan Behrens wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:39:29 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>>>> instead of renaming& keeping the btrfsctl.c copy
>>>>
>>>> There is a new momentum to improve the Btrfs-progs quality :)
>>>>
>>>> IMO, one step is to get rid of the legacy tools and sources. It
>>>> wastes time to maintain them and these old tools cause confusion.
>>>> btrfsctl.c, btrfs-vol.c and btrfs-show.c are not needed anymore.
>>>> Please correct me if there are plans to use these old tools in
>>>> future Linux distributions. The "btrfs" tool replaces the legacy
>>>> "btrfsctl", "btrfs-vol" and "btrfs-show" tools. Below, the usage
>>>> text of the old tools is quoted. All these tasks are also offered
>>>> in the "btrfs" tool, and this tool is the newer one.
>>>
>>> I fully agree: btrfsctl, btrfs-vol, btrfs-show are perfectly
>>> replaced by by btrfs. Moreover time to time the patches are more
>>> complex than the needing because exists these "legacy" programs.
>>>
>>> I checked the debian package, and to me seems that there is no need
>>> of {btrfsctl,btrfs-vol,btrfs-show}
>>
>> Hm, they are shipped in the Fedora package.
>
> The same is true for the debian package, but are these used in Fedora ?
>
>>
>> For backwards compat, could those be turned into shell scripts which
>> invoke the btrfs tool?
>
> I don't see any gain to maintains a script bash (which has to be
> written from scratch) instead of maintains the current C code.
It should be a trivial bash script to convert the calls, and it should
require very little maintenance. Much less than the hundreds of lines
of duplicated C code, I think.
If nobody needs them, though, no reason for even a bash script.
David, Suse may be using them now, but probably can adapt?
Anaconda said it could drop the use of btrfsctl. :)
-Eric
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2013-01-25 9:19 [PATCH 00/10 V2] add show sub-command for btrfs subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 00/10] " Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 01/10] Btrfs-progs: move open_file_or_dir() to utils.c Anand Jain
2013-01-24 4:39 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-01-24 9:23 ` Stefan Behrens
2013-01-24 17:57 ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-01-24 19:42 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-01-24 22:09 ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-01-24 22:36 ` Chris Mason
2013-01-24 22:49 ` David Sterba
2013-01-24 22:52 ` Avi Miller
2013-01-25 16:14 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2013-01-25 16:48 ` Hugo Mills
2013-01-25 18:47 ` Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-28 3:12 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-25 15:19 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-01-25 9:21 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 02/10] Btrfs-progs: move printing subvol list outside of btrfs_list_subvols Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 03/10] Btrfs-progs: add parent uuid for snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 04/10] Btrfs-progs: move struct root_info to btrfs-list.h Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 05/10] Btrfs-progs: add function btrfs_get_subvol to get root_info of a subvol Anand Jain
2013-01-24 4:49 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-01-25 9:20 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 06/10] Btrfs-progs: add method to filter snapshots by parent uuid Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 07/10] Btrfs-progs: put find_mount_root() in commands.h Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 08/10] Btrfs-progs: make printing subvol extensible to newer layouts Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 09/10] Btrfs-progs: make get_subvol_name non cmds-send specific Anand Jain
2013-01-23 8:12 ` [PATCH 10/10] Btrfs-progs: add show subcommand to subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-24 5:06 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-01-24 19:42 ` Zach Brown
2013-01-24 23:14 ` Chris Mason
2013-01-24 23:24 ` Zach Brown
2013-01-25 9:24 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-23 21:57 ` [PATCH 00/10] add show sub-command for btrfs " Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-24 4:11 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-24 20:52 ` Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-25 9:23 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 01/10] Btrfs-progs: move open_file_or_dir() to utils.c Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 02/10] Btrfs-progs: move printing subvol list outside of btrfs_list_subvols Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 03/10] Btrfs-progs: add parent uuid for snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 04/10] Btrfs-progs: move struct root_info to btrfs-list.h Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 05/10] Btrfs-progs: add function btrfs_get_subvol to get root_info of a subvol Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 06/10] Btrfs-progs: add method to filter snapshots by parent uuid Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 07/10] Btrfs-progs: put find_mount_root() in commands.h Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 08/10] Btrfs-progs: make printing subvol extensible to newer layouts Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 09/10] Btrfs-progs: make get_subvol_name non cmds-send specific Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:19 ` [PATCH 10/10] Btrfs-progs: add show subcommand to subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [RESEND] [PATCH 00/10 V2] add show sub-command for btrfs " Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 01/10] Btrfs-progs: move open_file_or_dir() to utils.c Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 02/10] Btrfs-progs: move printing subvol list outside of btrfs_list_subvols Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 03/10] Btrfs-progs: add parent uuid for snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 04/10] Btrfs-progs: move struct root_info to btrfs-list.h Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 05/10] Btrfs-progs: add function btrfs_get_subvol to get root_info of a subvol Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 06/10] Btrfs-progs: add method to filter snapshots by parent uuid Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 07/10] Btrfs-progs: put find_mount_root() in commands.h Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 08/10] Btrfs-progs: make printing subvol extensible to newer layouts Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 09/10] Btrfs-progs: make get_subvol_name non cmds-send specific Anand Jain
2013-01-25 9:30 ` [PATCH 10/10] Btrfs-progs: add show subcommand to subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-25 10:07 ` Stefan Behrens
2013-01-28 5:26 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 00/10 v3] add show sub-command for btrfs " Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 01/10] Btrfs-progs: move open_file_or_dir() to utils.c Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 02/10] Btrfs-progs: move printing subvol list outside of btrfs_list_subvols Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 03/10] Btrfs-progs: add parent uuid for snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 04/10] Btrfs-progs: move struct root_info to btrfs-list.h Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 05/10] Btrfs-progs: add function btrfs_get_subvol to get root_info of a subvol Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 06/10] Btrfs-progs: add method to filter snapshots by parent uuid Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 07/10] Btrfs-progs: put find_mount_root() in commands.h Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 08/10] Btrfs-progs: make printing subvol extensible to newer layouts Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 09/10] Btrfs-progs: make get_subvol_name non cmds-send specific Anand Jain
2013-01-28 4:10 ` [PATCH 10/10] Btrfs-progs: add show subcommand to subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:29 ` [PATCH 00/10 v3] add show sub-command for btrfs " Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [RESEND] " Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 01/10] Btrfs-progs: move open_file_or_dir() to utils.c Anand Jain
2013-01-28 18:08 ` David Sterba
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 02/10] Btrfs-progs: move printing subvol list outside of btrfs_list_subvols Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 03/10] Btrfs-progs: add parent uuid for snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 04/10] Btrfs-progs: move struct root_info to btrfs-list.h Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 05/10] Btrfs-progs: add function btrfs_get_subvol to get root_info of a subvol Anand Jain
2013-01-29 4:42 ` Wang Shilong
2013-01-28 18:04 ` David Sterba
2013-01-29 6:59 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 06/10] Btrfs-progs: add method to filter snapshots by parent uuid Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 07/10] Btrfs-progs: put find_mount_root() in commands.h Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 08/10] Btrfs-progs: make printing subvol extensible to newer layouts Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 09/10] Btrfs-progs: make get_subvol_name non cmds-send specific Anand Jain
2013-01-28 5:22 ` [PATCH 10/10] Btrfs-progs: add show subcommand to subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 00/12 v4] add show sub-command for btrfs " Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 01/12] Btrfs-progs: move open_file_or_dir() to utils.c Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 02/12] Btrfs-progs: move printing subvol list outside of btrfs_list_subvols Anand Jain
2013-01-30 3:27 ` Wang Shilong
2013-01-30 9:57 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 03/12] Btrfs-progs: add parent uuid for snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 04/12] Btrfs-progs: move struct root_info to btrfs-list.h Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 05/12] Btrfs-progs: add function btrfs_get_subvol to get root_info of a subvol Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 06/12] Btrfs-progs: add method to filter snapshots by parent uuid Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 07/12] Btrfs-progs: put find_mount_root() in commands.h Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 08/12] Btrfs-progs: make printing subvol extensible to newer layouts Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 09/12] Btrfs-progs: make get_subvol_name non cmds-send specific Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:48 ` [PATCH 10/12] Btrfs-progs: add show subcommand to subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-30 10:32 ` Wang Shilong
2013-01-31 3:13 ` Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:49 ` [PATCH 11/12] Btrfs-progs: filter the deleted subvolumes when listing snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-29 6:49 ` [PATCH 12/12] Btrfs-progs: update btrfs_get_subvol to be inline with resolve_root ret changes Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 00/12 v5] Btrfs-progs: add show sub-command for btrfs subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 01/12] Btrfs-progs: move printing subvol list outside of btrfs_list_subvols Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 02/12] Btrfs-progs: add parent uuid for snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 03/12] Btrfs-progs: move struct root_info to btrfs-list.h Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 04/12] Btrfs-progs: add function btrfs_get_subvol to get root_info of a subvol Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 05/12] Btrfs-progs: add method to filter snapshots by parent uuid Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 06/12] Btrfs-progs: put find_mount_root() in commands.h Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 07/12] Btrfs-progs: make printing subvol extensible to newer layouts Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 08/12] Btrfs-progs: make get_subvol_name non cmds-send specific Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 09/12] Btrfs-progs: add show subcommand to subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 10/12] Btrfs-progs: filter the deleted subvolumes when listing snapshots Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 11/12] Btrfs-progs: update btrfs_get_subvol to be inline with resolve_root ret changes Anand Jain
2013-01-30 9:56 ` [PATCH 12/12] Btrfs-progs: Fix a small memory leak in managing the btrfs list filter Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 00/13 v6] Btrfs-progs: add show sub-command for btrfs subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 01/13] Btrfs-progs: move printing subvol list outside of btrfs_list_subvols Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 02/13] Btrfs-progs: add parent uuid for snapshots Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 03/13] Btrfs-progs: move struct root_info to btrfs-list.h Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 04/13] Btrfs-progs: add function btrfs_get_subvol to get root_info of a subvol Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 05/13] Btrfs-progs: add method to filter snapshots by parent uuid Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 06/13] Btrfs-progs: put find_mount_root() in commands.h Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 07/13] Btrfs-progs: make printing subvol extensible to newer layouts Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 08/13] Btrfs-progs: make get_subvol_name non cmds-send specific Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 09/13] Btrfs-progs: add show subcommand to subvol cli Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 10/13] Btrfs-progs: filter the deleted subvolumes when listing snapshots Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 11/13] Btrfs-progs: update btrfs_get_subvol to be inline with resolve_root ret changes Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 12/13] Btrfs-progs: Fix a small memory leak in managing the btrfs list filter Anand Jain
2013-02-01 7:56 ` [PATCH 13/13] Btrfs-progs: add subvol flags to print Anand Jain
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