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

Jeff Garzik
2006-06-09T20:10:36Z

Alex Tomas wrote:
>>>>>> Jeff Garzik (JG) writes:
>
> JG> Rather than taking another decade to slowly fix ext2 design decisions,
> JG> why not move the process along a bit more rapidly? Release early,
> JG> release often...
>
> that could be true, if we were talking about something yet to be
> designed, coded and tested.

'cp ext3 ext4' already has its first two features: extents and 48bit.
And it works today. Tested to the extent that the submittor has tested it.

Jeff