From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:54:13 -0400 Message-ID: <4489C3D5.4030905@garzik.org> 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> <170fa0d20606091127h735531d1s6df27d5721a54b80@mail.gmail.com> 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 srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:44949 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030389AbWFISyV (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:54:21 -0400 To: Mike Snitzer In-Reply-To: <170fa0d20606091127h735531d1s6df27d5721a54b80@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Mike Snitzer wrote: > 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. Constantly patching the main, "stable" Linux filesystem breeds instability today. Jeff