From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030266AbWGaSgX (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:36:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030272AbWGaSgX (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:36:23 -0400 Received: from lug-owl.de ([195.71.106.12]:61312 "EHLO lug-owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030266AbWGaSgW (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:36:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:36:20 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: David Masover Cc: Adrian Ulrich , Matthias Andree , vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl, ipso@snappymail.ca, reiser@namesys.com, lkml@lpbproductions.com, jeff@garzik.org, tytso@mit.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Subject: Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion Message-ID: <20060731183620.GP31121@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: David Masover , Adrian Ulrich , Matthias Andree , vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl, ipso@snappymail.ca, reiser@namesys.com, lkml@lpbproductions.com, jeff@garzik.org, tytso@mit.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com References: <1153760245.5735.47.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> <200607241806.k6OI6uWY006324@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> <20060731125846.aafa9c7c.reiser4@blinkenlights.ch> <20060731144736.GA1389@merlin.emma.line.org> <20060731175958.1626513b.reiser4@blinkenlights.ch> <20060731162224.GJ31121@lug-owl.de> <44CE3369.8040704@slaphack.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="s3R87C3fwYeCSZ0b" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44CE3369.8040704@slaphack.com> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.12.3lug-owl X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net X-Echelon-Enable: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll X-TKUeV: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --s3R87C3fwYeCSZ0b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2006-07-31 11:44:25 -0500, David Masover wrote: > Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-07-31 17:59:58 +0200, Adrian Ulrich=20 > > wrote: > > > A colleague of mine happened to create a ~300gb filesystem and started > > > to migrate Mailboxes (Maildir-style format =3D many small files (1-3k= b)) > > > to the new LUN. At about 70% the filesystem ran out of inodes; Not a > > > > So preparation work wasn't done. >=20 > Let me put it this way -- You're back in college, and it's time to write= =20 > a thesis. You have a choice of software packages: >=20 > Package A: You have to specify how many pages, and how many words,=20 > you're likely to use before you start typing. Guess too high, and=20 > you'll print out a bunch of blank pages at the end. Guess too low, and= =20 > you'll run out of space and have to start over, copy and paste your=20 > document back in, and hope it gets all the formatting right, which it=20 > probably won't. >=20 > Package B: Your document grows as you type. When it's time to print,=20 > only the pages you've actually written something on -- but all of the=20 > pages you've actually written something on -- are printed. >=20 > All other things being equal, which would you choose? Which one seems=20 > more modern? :) Well, given that TeX needs two (or even three!) runs to get all page references right, why should I choose MS Word, where you won't see that problem at all? MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de +49-172-760= 8481 Signature of: If it doesn't work, force it. the second : If it breaks, it needed replacing anywa= y. --s3R87C3fwYeCSZ0b Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEzk2kHb1edYOZ4bsRAqEcAJ99by4eA0AfcVNx8N2TUf+rPghXsACbBmfL JYGJrTHXR0j9oSxtmU70Adg= =Bf+p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --s3R87C3fwYeCSZ0b--