> Dear readers,
> I see the code freeze is somewhat slower than Linus thought, and I
> think this is nice too... since I am now able to tell these desires in
> time...
>
> 1. Please, tell me how to know about the ext2 ACL effort, and consider
> putting its results to a thorough check[1]. I think ACL could be the best
> ``marketing move'' for Linux, and gain a very useful and flexible security
> means
Yes, it would be good.. But how mature is it..
>
> 1.a ext2 undelete support... help me with stupid users, like the one who
> did an rm -r on his own home directory (it was myself some year ago,
> but have been lucky enough since I made a backup the previus day)
Hmm.. Not very likely..
> 1.b ext2 compression support... bigger drives get more files, and fill
> faster...
This patch has become quite mature (IHMO) and warrents becoming a
expirmental feature in 2.2.
> 1.c these two have a lesser status than ACL: if we have to trade ACL for
> undelete or compress, keep ACL, and trade the other party in the
> conflict
I disagree.. Largely because ext2 compression is more popular and has more
users.. It' also more mature.. More people can benifit from ext2 compress.