From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261965AbTLCVIl (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:08:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261973AbTLCVIl (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:08:41 -0500 Received: from intra.cyclades.com ([64.186.161.6]:26508 "EHLO intra.cyclades.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261965AbTLCVIh (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:08:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:06:01 -0200 (BRST) From: Marcelo Tosatti X-X-Sender: marcelo@logos.cnet To: bill davidsen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: XFS for 2.4 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 3 Dec 2003, bill davidsen wrote: > is code which has has been stable for years. There just aren't any > other candidates, all the other FS stuff went in with less testing and > have fewer users now (JFS as example). This is also not code offered > "right before a freeze" this code has been offered version by version > for two bleepin' years, has it not? There's no slippery slope, there > are no other major features which have proven long-term stability. Fell > free to name them if I'm wrong... > > Marcelo admits he doesn't like the coding style, he has the right to > keep out anything he doesn't like, but let's not invent other reasons. > It's his call and he made it. It's a pity he didn't make the call > earlier and save people the effort, though. Actually my personal opinion should not matter that much in this case. But anyway, Christoph Hellwig is reviewing the XFS patches for inclusion.