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

Jeff Garzik
2006-06-09T19:23:21Z

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