From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: "David H. Lynch Jr" <dhlii@comcast.net>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER.
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:58:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4619C7EF.30306@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4619C3C8.5030707@comcast.net>
David H. Lynch Jr wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> David H. Lynch Jr wrote:
>>
>> I'm arguing against circular logic: the claim that one cannot
>> determine reiser4's true usefulness unless its in the tree.
>>
>> The better method is to get a distro to add reiser4, _then_ if it
>> proves worthy add it to the kernel tree.
>>
>> Not the other way around.
> And is that how other filesystems made it into the tree ?
In the case of most major filesystems, yes. Distros are a proving
ground for new stuff, not the upstream kernel.
> I regularly see drivers with very little in the way of testing go
> straight nearly straight into the tree - without even getting tagged as
> experimental.
Hardware drivers are vastly different from filesystem drivers.
Jeff
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2007-04-07 3:30 ` Jan Harkes
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2007-04-07 7:15 ` Willy Tarreau
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2007-04-07 14:11 ` Krzysztof Halasa
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2007-04-07 16:05 ` Pekka Enberg
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2007-04-08 0:41 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-04-07 17:39 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-04-08 4:32 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-07 19:17 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-04-08 0:44 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 1:27 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-04-08 2:56 ` Theodore Tso
2007-04-08 4:13 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 12:48 ` Jose Celestino
2007-04-08 13:21 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 14:14 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-04-08 17:03 ` Theodore Tso
2007-04-08 18:18 ` Jeff Mahoney
2007-04-08 4:32 ` Christer Weinigel
2007-04-08 21:50 ` Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER - Christer Weinigel johnrobertbanks
2007-04-08 22:58 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-04-09 5:14 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-09 7:07 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-04-09 16:10 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-04-09 1:24 ` Christer Weinigel
2007-04-09 3:38 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-09 3:16 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-09 4:25 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-09 18:35 ` Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER Nate Diller
2007-04-08 4:06 ` David H. Lynch Jr
2007-04-08 9:58 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-04-09 2:52 ` David H. Lynch Jr
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2007-04-08 1:11 ` johnrobertbanks
2007-04-07 12:59 Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER Dale Amon
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