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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:25:42 +0100 From: Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@...il.com> To: Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com> Cc: "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Atomic file data replace API On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com> wrote: > I really think that you have missed the point of this list. > > This list is for either developers (those who have downloaded the free code > and work on it) or others who want to move things forward concretely. Maybe. > Perfectly fine to contribute ideas, but if you are not a coder or do not > have the time or inclination to work on things yourself, you have to be > *really* convincing. > > We continually get bombarded with ideas, wish list items, etc so we are not > lacking in work to do. I understand. > If you cannot explain the use case, you will not get any buy in... I assumed that preserving file owner would be a normal feature and would not require additional explanation. One use case would be updating a file in a save way when you have write access to that file but not to anything else. Also, according to Ted, a lot of app devs get saving a file in a safe way wrong. So I'm asking what the recommended way to do it is. Is that strange? Olaf -- 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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