Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3

Alex Tomas
2006-06-09T20:48:08Z

>>>>> Joel Becker (JB) writes:

JB> On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 11:35:43PM +0400, Alex Tomas wrote:
>> that's your point of view. mine is that this option (and code)
>> to be used only when needed.

JB> Which is irrelevant. If you tell the world "extents are
JB> better!", they're going to turn them on regardless of whether you
JB> consider their situation a good candidate. Many non-kernel-hackers
JB> started using reiserfs before it was usably stable, just because
JB> "journaling is better!"

I haven't said that so far. I feel absolutely comfortable to put
as many warnings as needed from your point of view.

thanks, Alex