Re: reiser4 plugins

[Lincoln Dale]

David Masover wrote:

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> Lincoln Dale wrote:
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> > this is the WHOLE point of standardization .. i don't think its that
> > Reiser4's EAs offer any more or less capabilities than standard EAs -
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> They do.  Reiser4's EAs can look like any other object -- files,
> folders, symlinks, whatever.  This is important, especially for
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it was accepted not so long ago that 'file-as-directory' and 'EA' are 
two different things, predominantly because existing tools and apps 
won't necessarily "do the right thing<tm>".

this has been discussed to death previously.  oh what a surprise.  
http://lwn.net/Articles/100271/


cheers,

lincoln.


cheers,

lincoln.
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