Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:27:30 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 |
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Kyle Moffett wrote: > > One possible solution to the version-confusion that would avoid duplicating > features would be to merge the fs/ext{2,3} to fs/ext, then make fs/ext > register itself as a filesystem under "ext2", "ext3", and "ext4".
But the thing is, technical people don't actually care about the version confusion.
The real issue is that ext3 is a stable filesystem, and the ext4 stuff buys fundamentally and absolutely _nothing_ for the vast majority of uses. Except pain.
So the real reason for the split would be the _user_ split. There are people who want big filesystems, and there are people who don't care.
It's that simple.
> I've heard quite some griping about the amount of duplicated code > between ext2 and ext3;
That's a total piece of bullshit. Nobody seriously gripes about the duplication, and the ones that do have absolutely no idea what that split bought us. Ignore them.
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