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

Jeff Garzik
2006-06-09T18:54:22Z

Mike Snitzer wrote:
> On 6/9/06, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> 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.

Constantly patching the main, "stable" Linux filesystem breeds
instability today.

Jeff