From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Tomas Subject: Re: [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:22:23 +0400 Message-ID: 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> <4489C3D5.4030905@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Andrew Morton , ext2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org, cmm@us.ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Jeff Garzik List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ext2-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: ext2-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org what if proposed patch is safer than an average fix? (given that it's just out of usage unless enabled) thanks, Alex >>>>> Jeff Garzik (JG) writes: JG> 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. JG> Constantly patching the main, "stable" Linux filesystem breeds JG> instability today. JG> Jeff JG> _______________________________________________ JG> Ext2-devel mailing list JG> Ext2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net JG> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ext2-devel