Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Fri Jun 09 2006 - 14:53:15 EST


Mike Snitzer wrote:
On 6/9/06, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jeff Garzik wrote:
> I disagree completely... it would be an obvious win: people who want
> stability get that, people who want new features get that too.

And developers have a better outlet for their wacky developmental urges...

And no real-world near-term progress is made for production users with
modern requirements. What you're advocating breeds instability in the
near-term.

Constantly patching the main, "stable" Linux filesystem breeds instability today.

Jeff



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