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

Jeff Garzik
2006-06-10T22:21:43Z

Theodore Tso wrote:
> So you you would be in OK of a model where we copy fs/ext3 to
> "fs/ext4", and do development there which would merged rapidly into
> mainline so that people who want to participate in testing can use
> ext3dev, while people who want stability can use ext3 --- and at some
> point, we remove the old ext3 entirely and let fs/ext4 register itself
> as both the ext3 and ext4 filesystem, and at some point in the future,
> remove the ext3 name entirely?

Yep, and in addition I would argue that you can take the opportunity to
make ext4 default to extents-enabled, and some similar behavior changes
(dir_index default?). The existence of both ext3 and ext4 means you can
be more aggressive in turning on stuff, IMO.

Jeff