linux-kernel - Re: Proposal and plan for ext2/3 future development work

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:04:25 +0200
From:	Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@...oo.fr>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proposal and plan for ext2/3 future development work

Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> 3) The ext4 code base will continue to mount older ext3 filesystems,

Everybody seems enthusiastic about this plan so I must have missed 
something, but
how will this compatibility prevent the ext4 code from looking like: 'if 
(ext4) { ... } else { /* ext3 */ ... }'?

Regards.

-- 
Guillaume

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