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SubjectRe: (reiserfs) Re: patch: reiserfs for 2.3.49
Alexander Viro wrote:

>
> > I am ignoring your flame, except to note that my use of the term namespace is
> > consistent with the CS subculture I grew up in at Berkeley.
>
> Sigh... Hans, it is not a flame. Really. I'm not interested in insulting
> you. Literally. BTW, I don't hate you - I simply don't care. I have to
> point out that in all academical cultures I'm aware of if one refers to a
> specific work _for_ _explanation_ _of_ _a_ _term_ he is supposed to be
> using the meaning of the term used in refered work. I rather doubt that
> UCB differs in that respect. That's exactly my problem with your text -
> you explicitly refer to Pike et.al. wrt namespaces and then proceed to
> talk about the stuff that has nothing with the thing you refered to. Which
> is just going to bring us a lot of disrespect from those who know what
> Pike et.al. had designed and written about.

Trading flames is unprofessional and a waste of time. If someone other than you
asks, I'll explain why my advisor told me to use that term in the paper that led
to this filesystem. If I answer you, it will just lead to more time wasted with
more flames. I have code that needs to ship.

Hans
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You can get ReiserFS at http://devlinux.org/namesys, and customizations and
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