Messages in this thread | | | From | Gerrit Huizenga <> | Subject | Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 | Date | Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:42:52 -0700 |
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On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:55:56 EDT, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Because it's called backwards compat, when it isn't? > Because it is very difficult to find out which set of kernels you are > locked out of? > Because the filesystem upgrade is stealthy, occurring as it does on the > first data write?
Actually, the *only* point being contended here is running older kernels on some newer filesystems (created originally with a newer kernel), right?
Or do you have examples of where current kernels could not deal with an ext3 feature at some point in time?
I would argue that 0.001% of all Linux *users* actually worry about this - most of them are right here on the development mailing list. So, that group is more vocal, for sure. But, if it works for 99.99+% users, aren't we still on the good path, from the point of view of those people who actually *use* Linux the most?
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