From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030431AbWFITXV (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:23:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030430AbWFITXE (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:23:04 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:40858 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030429AbWFITW7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:22:59 -0400 Message-ID: <4489CA8E.1030507@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:22:54 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Tomas CC: Linus Torvalds , Andreas Dilger , Andrew Morton , ext2-devel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cmm@us.ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 References: <1149816055.4066.60.camel@dyn9047017069.beaverton.ibm.com> <4488E1A4.20305@garzik.org> <20060609083523.GQ5964@schatzie.adilger.int> <44898EE3.6080903@garzik.org> <448992EB.5070405@garzik.org> <20060609181020.GB5964@schatzie.adilger.int> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.1 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.2 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alex Tomas wrote: > the main reason is that ext4 would be treated as a new generation > fs which will be used for lots of new features probably. and it > will take long to get into production-ready state. at the same > time, proposed patches (at least extents itself) are heavily > tested in production and could be made available for our users > very soon. No -- that's a bad way to develop it, and a good way to ensure it will never get stable. You want to start from a known good point, and keep it working. Standard iterative development model. Jeff