Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4

Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-08-27T10:33:09Z

Giuliano Pochini wrote:
> On 26-Aug-2004 Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > I advocated (long ago) something like this for /dev handling, just because
> > I think it would make sense to have
> >
> > /dev/hda <- special file
> > /dev/hda/part1 <- partition 1 (aka /dev/hda1)
>
> This breaks the r4 semantics if I understood it correctly. Because
> /partN are not simply associated to the file, they are part of the
> file. ie. when I modify /dev/hda I also change /dev/hda/partN and
> vice-versa. I don't see any pratical problem, though.
>
>
> > Still, I really do like the idea of merging the notion of file and
> > directory into one notion of "container". I absolutely _detest_ files with
> > internal structure that tools have to know about (ie I hate seeing all
> > those embedded formats that I can't use "grep" on - MIME being one case).
> > I'd much rather see a "group of files" and a "file with a grouping of
> > information".
>
> You're actually looking for a database with a legacy fs-like interface :)

Hm. Isn't this exactly what MS has in store for Longhorn?

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