From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932290AbWHHDfu (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 23:35:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932299AbWHHDfu (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 23:35:50 -0400 Received: from 63-162-81-179.lisco.net ([63.162.81.179]:63189 "EHLO grunt.slaphack.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932290AbWHHDfu (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 23:35:50 -0400 Message-ID: <44D7879C.40301@slaphack.com> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:34:04 -0400 From: David Masover User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Macintosh/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: greg@enjellic.com CC: Theodore Tso , Adrian Ulrich , vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl, ipso@snappymail.ca, reiser@namesys.com, lkml@lpbproductions.com, jeff@garzik.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Subject: Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion References: <200608071737.k77Hbjph002429@wind.enjellic.com> In-Reply-To: <200608071737.k77Hbjph002429@wind.enjellic.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org greg@enjellic.com wrote: > It seems that finding all the bits and pieces to do ext3 on-line > expansion has been a study in obfuscation. Somewhat surprising since > this feature is a must for enterprise class storage management. Not really. Having people who can dig through the obfuscation is also a must for enterprise class anything. The desktop is where it's really crucial to have good documentation and ease of use. The enterprise can afford to pay people who already knew it well, helped to develop it... Grandma probably got Linux because she couldn't afford a new OS, or computer. Of course, I won't go so far as to try to say "Linux should focus on this." Linux should focus on whatever Linux developers feel like focusing on.