I would love to work towards defining a set of journaling related VFS operations
in 2.5, and using them, and rewriting reiserfs in 2.5 to use them where they
differ from what we have now. I would not like to have that be an excuse for
our exclusion until that is done. I am a pretty simple guy.
Your email is well written.
Hans
bert hubert wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 12:11:08AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
>
> > I want to add reiserfs to linux, not merge it into ext3. This is the crux
> > of the argument. Alan says I should wait until ext3 is added so that I
> > can let them write part of our FS for us.
>
> Hans,
>
> Part of being part of the kernel is cooperation. It's not just the code,
> which by what I hear, is excellent.
>
> If reiserfs is to be included, you will from now on have to cooperate very
> closely with the kernel people. This is, I believe, a major point. If there
> are doubts as to if you are willing to play ball, I would consider keeping
> reiserfs separate.
>
> You may be aware of the Donald Becker 'situation', who writes very
> beneficial code, but still ran into disagreements with others.
>
> Rephrasing your version of what Alan said 'Alan said I should wait until
> ext3 is added so that we can *share common code*'. You are also right,
> however, in stating that perhaps we need a reiser-like FS now, instead of
> waiting for the Nirvana of complete code reuse.
>
> Being part of the kernel is a lot like marrying, or going on a holliday in a
> cramped tent.
>
> I believe Reiser, or NameSys, can be a very good partner in this. You appear
> to be a rather solid organisation, with true commitment to quality control
> and maintenance. You have also succeded in attracting capable personnel,
> which is hard enough these days.
>
> It would be sad to waste this opportunity, for a merged reiserfs is a better
> fs. I wish you good luck in cooperating with everybody here, and getting
> your filesystem in the kernel.
>
> Regards,
>
> bert 'who would *really* like reiserfs in 2.4' hubert
>
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