Re: reiser4 for 2.6.27-rc1

[Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 09:24:58AM -0400, Michael Krufky wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 02:58:08PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Mon 2008-08-04 14:26:21, Tim Tassonis wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>>> Why is reiser4 still not in a vanilla kernel for
>>>>>> testing. I have had
>>>>>> to apply the reiser4 patches from -mm kernels to
>>>>>> vanilla based
>>>>>> patchset for over a year now. Reiser4 works fine, what
>>>>>> will it take to
>>>>>> get it included in vanilla? Here is a patch to add
>>>>>> reiser4 to
>>>>>> 2.6.27-rc1:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://zen-sources.org/files/reiser4-for-2.6.27-rc1.patch
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Ryan
>>>>>>             
>>>>> A good thing for a start would be to rename the whole
>>>>> thing to something else, for obvious reasons.
>>>>>           
>>>> Whats wrong with reiser4 name?
>>>>
>>>>                                                       Pavel
>>>>                       (or am I feeding a troll?)
>>>>         
>>> Not wanting a new filesystem named after a convicted murderer is not
>>> a trollish suggestion.
>>>       
>> Regardless of the murder conviction, I still believe that the guy
>> should get credit for his work.
>>     
>
> Other filesystems are usually not named after people, e.g. ext2 is not 
> named cardfs2 and jffs2 is not named woodhousefs.
>
>   
>> Reiserfs is a name that we all know of, regardless of how current we
>> are with the news (although you'd have to be PRETTY far behind if you
>> don't know about the crime)
>>
>> The current reiserfs filesystems aren't being renamed -- are they??
>>
>> Does it really hurt to keep his name there?  I think it should just go as-is.
>>     
>
> You can agree or disagree with Tim, but it's not a trollish suggestion.

I agree -- it is not a trollish suggestion.  I just wanted to express my
opinion.

I dont feel strongly either way, but since it was his work I felt that
his naming should stand.

Meanwhile, it's obvious that nobody will agree with that point.

If we're going to change the name, why not add some sick humor and call
it MurderFS?  That will really leave a mark on people.  :-P


-Mike