From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mike Snitzer" Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:27:53 -0400 Message-ID: <170fa0d20606091127h735531d1s6df27d5721a54b80@mail.gmail.com> References: <1149816055.4066.60.camel@dyn9047017069.beaverton.ibm.com> <20060609091327.GA3679@infradead.org> <20060609030759.48cd17a0.akpm@osdl.org> <44899653.1020007@garzik.org> <20060609095620.22326f9d.akpm@osdl.org> <4489AAD9.80806@garzik.org> <20060609103543.52c00c62.akpm@osdl.org> <4489B452.4050100@garzik.org> <4489B719.2070707@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Andrew Morton" , hch@infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, ext2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, cmm@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.232]:29135 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750879AbWFIS1y (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:27:54 -0400 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i11so1032192wra for ; Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:27:53 -0700 (PDT) To: "Jeff Garzik" In-Reply-To: <4489B719.2070707@garzik.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On 6/9/06, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > I disagree completely... it would be an obvious win: people who want > > stability get that, people who want new features get that too. > > And developers have a better outlet for their wacky developmental urges... And no real-world near-term progress is made for production users with modern requirements. What you're advocating breeds instability in the near-term.