linux-kernel - Re: Versioning file system

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:27:48 +0100
From:	Jack Stone <jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org>
To:	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, alan <alan@...eserver.org>
Subject: Re: Versioning file system

Chris Snook wrote:
 > Okay, so now you have to modify ls, cp, tar, and thousands of other
> applications to be aware of the versioning, otherwise you can't use it.
> 
> Please don't get hung up on the interface.  This is a really cool
> feature that will require some serious engineering work to make it work
> right.  There's no need to reinvent hidden files as well, since we
> already have a decades-old standard for that.

I realise that but the way this is designed has quickly become a pain in
the past. I think that it would be easier to implement somthing like
what was suggested in this email:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0706.2/1156.html

I'm thinking of writing a simple proof of concept version and then
seeing what people think from there.

Jack
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