Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Jan 2008 23:16:55 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.24 patch] let EXT4DEV_FS depend on BROKEN |
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On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:26:29PM +0100, Diego Calleja wrote: > El Wed, 2 Jan 2008 03:32:18 +0200, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> escribió: > > > It might make sense to offer ext4 in -mm and even in early -rc kernels, > > but I've already seen people using ext4 simply because a stable kernel > > offered it - and that's definitely not intended. > > But isn't that the whole purpose of having ext4 snapshots in the stable kernel - to > allow people to try it?
ext4 has quite an unusual development model for kernel code, other code in the state of ext4 is usually only in -mm and not in stable kernels.
Stable kernels are mainly meant for usage, not for trying stuff. And although I see a point in perhaps shipping some not-yet-perfect device drivers for otherwise unsupported hardware or some not-yet-perfect filesystems required for accessing foreign (non-Linux) filesystems, I don't see any point in offering a WIP Linux-only filesystem in stable kernels.
cu Adrian
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