Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4

Jeremy Allison
2004-08-27T05:28:04Z

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:17:04PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Jeremy Allison wrote:
>
> > Because without kernel support there is no way someone can
> > publish a new metadata type and have it automatically supported
> > by all application data files (ie. most apps ignore it, and only
> > apps that are aware of it can see it).
>
> So your backup software ignores it, and after a restore you've
> lost your new metadata ?

Yes, but then you fix your backup software and everyone lives
happily ever after :-)......

It's a better solution than changing *every single application
in existance* (the "userspace library" approach).

IMHO of course.

Jeremy.