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Message-ID: <20080102212143.01cb82bd@the-village.bc.nu> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:21:43 +0000 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> Cc: Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>, sct@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, adilger@...sterfs.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.24 patch] let EXT4DEV_FS depend on BROKEN > Stable kernels are mainly meant for usage, not for trying stuff. You appear to be reinventing history in your attempt to justify removing CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL. > And although I see a point in perhaps shipping some not-yet-perfect > device drivers for otherwise unsupported hardware or some > not-yet-perfect filesystems required for accessing foreign > (non-Linux) filesystems, I don't see any point in offering a > WIP Linux-only filesystem in stable kernels. So that people can use it and test it. Most people don't run -mm or GIT. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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