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Message-ID: <46783EAE.6050804@hawkeye.stone.uk.eu.org>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:38:06 +0100
From:	Jack Stone <jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org>
To:	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>
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>,
	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Versioning file system

John Stoffel wrote:
>>>>>> "Jack" == Jack Stone <jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org> writes:
> 
> Jack> The whole idea of the file system is that it wouldn't return the
> Jack> file in the file listing. The user would have to know that the
> Jack> file system was versioning to access the older versions as they
> Jack> would explicitly have to request them.
> 
> So tell me what happens when I do:
> 
> 	touch foo:121212121212
> 
> 

<joke>
This fs crashes and burns because the interface still isn't correct.
</joke>

Honestly, I don't know and this will be the problem of any interfaces
that follow this format.

Jack
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