From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> Subject: Re: Versioning file system Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:54:52 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8wst3-3kh-31@gated-at.bofh.it> <8wsCC-3wf-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <8wsW4-3UY-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <8wJal-3KA-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <8xm22-4Ql-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <8xq5G-32l-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <8xs7w-69W-21@gated-at.bofh.it> Reply-To: 7eggert@gmx.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: alan , Theodore Tso , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel , "H. Peter Anvin" , Jack Stone , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:61907 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765258AbXFRUzd (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:55:33 -0400 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org alan wrote: > I just wish that people would learn from the mistakes of others. The > MacOS is a prime example of why you do not want to use a forked > filesystem, yet some people still seem to think it is a good idea. > (Forked filesystems tend to be fragile and do not play well with > non-forked filesystems.) What's the conceptual difference between forks and extended user attributes? -- "Unix policy is to not stop root from doing stupid things because that would also stop him from doing clever things." - Andi Kleen "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" - Derek Smalls