From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264245AbTLAWVG (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:21:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264255AbTLAWVG (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:21:06 -0500 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:27604 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264245AbTLAWUj (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:20:39 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:20:25 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Nathan Scott Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: XFS for 2.4 Message-ID: <20031201222025.GA6152@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Nathan Scott , Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com References: <20031201062052.GA2022@frodo> <20031201221058.GA621@frodo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031201221058.GA621@frodo> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 09:10:58AM +1100, Nathan Scott wrote: > > Nathan, > > > > I think XFS should be a 2.6 only feature. > > > > 2.6 is already stable enough for people to use it. > > > > Hi Marcelo, > > Please reconsider I have no idea if XFS should or should not go in, I'm not commenting on that. However, having a bunch of XFS users say "put it in" when the maintainer said no, DaveM said no, and no other file system people seem to be stepping up to the bat with a review and a nod seems wrong. Have you spoken with the people who maintain the generic parts of the VFS layer that you want to change? If those people were in the list of people saying "XFS should go in" then I think you'd get a lot farther. It's great that there are XFS users but the users should not make the add it or not add it decision, the people who maintain those interfaces which are generic should make that decision. Don't you agree? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm