From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262277AbUKVS02 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:26:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262287AbUKVS01 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:26:27 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:29087 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262315AbUKVSYx (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:24:53 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:24:50 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com Subject: Re: file as a directory In-Reply-To: <200411221759.iAMHx7QJ005491@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: References: <2c59f00304112205546349e88e@mail.gmail.com> <200411221759.iAMHx7QJ005491@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Go back and re-read the whole flame-fest, understand all the points >raised, and let us know when you have a workable proposal. > >(Hint - "file as directory" broke a number of programs that didn't >expect that a file *could* be a directory, when run on a reiser4 >filesystem...) So let's keep it to reiser4 as to not wildly break programs running on other filesystems used in "stable kernels". I'm saying that everybody who runs a R4 FS knows that apps might break, and thus is responsible for making them ready for reiser4. (Or ask the prog's maintainer.) Jan Engelhardt -- Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Am Fassberg, 37077 Göttingen, www.gwdg.de From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Engelhardt Subject: Re: file as a directory Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:24:50 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: References: <2c59f00304112205546349e88e@mail.gmail.com> <200411221759.iAMHx7QJ005491@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <200411221759.iAMHx7QJ005491@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="utf-8" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com >Go back and re-read the whole flame-fest, understand all the points >raised, and let us know when you have a workable proposal. > >(Hint - "file as directory" broke a number of programs that didn't >expect that a file *could* be a directory, when run on a reiser4 >filesystem...) So let's keep it to reiser4 as to not wildly break programs running on other filesystems used in "stable kernels". I'm saying that everybody who runs a R4 FS knows that apps might break, and thus is responsible for making them ready for reiser4. (Or ask the prog's maintainer.) Jan Engelhardt -- Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Am Fassberg, 37077 Göttingen, www.gwdg.de