linux-kernel - Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion

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Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:36:20 +0200
From:	Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@...-owl.de>
To:	David Masover <ninja@...phack.com>
Cc:	Adrian Ulrich <reiser4@...nkenlights.ch>,
	Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@....de>,
	vonbrand@....utfsm.cl, ipso@...ppymail.ca, reiser@...esys.com,
	lkml@...productions.com, jeff@...zik.org, tytso@....edu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@...esys.com
Subject: Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion

On Mon, 2006-07-31 11:44:25 -0500, David Masover <ninja@...phack.com> wrote:
> Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-07-31 17:59:58 +0200, Adrian Ulrich 
> > <reiser4@...nkenlights.ch> wrote:
> > > A colleague of mine happened to create a ~300gb filesystem and started
> > > to migrate Mailboxes (Maildir-style format = many small files (1-3kb))
> > > to the new LUN. At about 70% the filesystem ran out of inodes; Not a
> >
> > So preparation work wasn't done.
> 
> Let me put it this way -- You're back in college, and it's time to write 
> a thesis.  You have a choice of software packages:
> 
> Package A:  You have to specify how many pages, and how many words, 
> you're likely to use before you start typing.  Guess too high, and 
> you'll print out a bunch of blank pages at the end.  Guess too low, and 
> you'll run out of space and have to start over, copy and paste your 
> document back in, and hope it gets all the formatting right, which it 
> probably won't.
> 
> Package B:  Your document grows as you type.  When it's time to print, 
> only the pages you've actually written something on -- but all of the 
> pages you've actually written something on -- are printed.
> 
> All other things being equal, which would you choose?  Which one seems 
> more modern?

:)  Well, given that TeX needs two (or even three!) runs to get all
page references right, why should I choose MS Word, where you won't
see that problem at all?

MfG, JBG

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