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On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 01:05:45AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Not necessarily.  We just encourage it....  Reiser4 is a body of code 
> that can be sliced and diced as you choose, and it is designed for easy 
> slicing.

So what about slicing it into a simple posix fs as a start so we can review
that while still discussing semantic issues.  Now that would be a refreshing
thing after all that talking, no?