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From: Gerrit Huizenga <gh@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:39:19 -0700
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On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:51:55 EDT, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> PRECISELY.  So you should stop modifying a filesystem whose design is 
> admittedly _not_ modern!

So just how long do you think it would take to get a modern filesystem
into the hands of real users, supported by the distros?  From community
building, through design, development, testing, delivery?

gerrit