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Message-ID: <20080102212143.01cb82bd@the-village.bc.nu>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:21:43 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc: Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>, sct@...hat.com,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, adilger@...sterfs.com,
linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.24 patch] let EXT4DEV_FS depend on BROKEN
> Stable kernels are mainly meant for usage, not for trying stuff.
You appear to be reinventing history in your attempt to justify removing
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL.
> And although I see a point in perhaps shipping some not-yet-perfect
> device drivers for otherwise unsupported hardware or some
> not-yet-perfect filesystems required for accessing foreign
> (non-Linux) filesystems, I don't see any point in offering a
> WIP Linux-only filesystem in stable kernels.
So that people can use it and test it. Most people don't run -mm or GIT.
Alan
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