Messages in this thread |  | | From | Nikita Danilov <> | Date | Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:33:23 +0400 | Subject | Re: XFS? |
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Bryan Whitehead writes: > Hans Reiser wrote: > > Nick LeRoy wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> Think about this: Namesys is working on Reiserfs v4.0. v4.0. Hell - > >> it's only been incorporated into the mainstream kernel for less than a > >> year (at least by my recollection), yet it keeps advancing. I have > >> _no_ idea what UFS version Solaris 8 is using (admittedly at least > >> somewhat due to ignorance -- I use Solaris because I have a good ol' > >> SPARCprinter which alas is not supported by Linux), or whether they've > >> bother to do development on it to make it better, faster, etc. Yet, > >> _we_ get this advancement all the time. Isn't it great?! > >> > >> > >> > > I think you'll really like v4, it is a complete rewrite from scratch, > > and far better in every way. :) > > > > Hans > > What blows my mind (from someone that only watches kernel development) > is how one project, XFS, a filesystem basically "done" is excluded from > the mainline kernel while ReiserFS is getting a "complete rewrite from > scratch". > > Maybe I don't get it cause I'm just watching... ;)
Then you missed "reiserfs inclusion into the kernel" soap opera.
And besides, reiserfs in mainline to no extent means reiser4 in mainline (unfortunately).
> > -- > Bryan Whitehead
Nikita.
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