linux-kernel - Re: Versioning file system

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:54:52 +0200
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	alan <alan@...eserver.org>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jack Stone <jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: Versioning file system

alan <alan@...eserver.org> wrote:

> I just wish that people would learn from the mistakes of others.  The
> MacOS is a prime example of why you do not want to use a forked
> filesystem, yet some people still seem to think it is a good idea.
> (Forked filesystems tend to be fragile and do not play well with
> non-forked filesystems.)

What's the conceptual difference between forks and extended user attributes?
-- 
"Unix policy is to not stop root from doing stupid things because
that would also stop him from doing clever things." - Andi Kleen

"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" - Derek Smalls
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