linux-ext4 - Re: [GIT PULL] Ext3 removal, quota & udf fixes

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Message-ID: <CAMu38xLf-b_re4vCFuZP3i6sR5gVZE25Wak4+s1KNd6heSST6A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2015 08:28:38 -0300
From:	Albino B Neto <bino@...eup.net>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Ext3 removal, quota & udf fixes

2015-09-02 20:47 GMT-03:00 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Darrick J. Wong
> <darrick.wong@...cle.com> wrote:
>> Yes, that would be a bug.
>
> So the thing I'm happy to see is that the ext4 developers seem to
> unanimously agree that maintaining ext3 compatibility is part of their
> job, and nobody seems to be arguing for keeping ext3 around. As long
> as any possible regressions from ext3 removal have a clear "yup, it's
> on us" from the ext4 people,  I don't mind removing it. I was
> expecting ext4 people to not be thrilled about supporting possible
> legacy cases.

Good.

The future of ext4 ? Are you (developers) write other file system ?

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Albino B Neto
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