Re: [kernel.org users] [kernel] Re: XZ Migration discussion

[Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch
<bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at> wrote:
> On Sam, 2010-02-13 at 12:37 -0900, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Avi Kivity wrote:
> [...]
>> > Can you even unpack a kernel tree on Windows?  There are some files (e.g.
> Given a sane filesystem, yes. If (the) native filesystem(s) are sane, is
> more a flamebait than anything else.
>
>> > net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_{ecn,ECN}.c) which conflict on a case-preserving
>> > filesystem.
>>       What filesystem version are you talking about ?
> All of NTFS (and basically FAT*). Are there are different versions? If
> yes, how do I tell?
>
>>       ntfs as of recent windows is not case insensitive .
> It *is* case insensitive (as it compares filesystem names
> case-insensitive on the equivalent of an open() syscall).

There are case sensitive Windows subsystems (e.g. SFU/SUA
at least when running over NTFS), and the default behavior for
Win32 apps even can be changed to be case sensitive
via a registry key: ObCaseInsensitive).

More important is how easy it is to install - since XZ is
not even available via apt-get install on recent
distros (e.g. April 2009 Ubuntu 9.04), this discussion
seems about a year premature.

-- 
Thanks,

Steve