linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3

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Message-ID: <20080414084141.GA29113@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:41:41 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, hch@...radead.org,
	me@...copeland.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:16:39AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> I think the exceed them quite easily. The costs are almost nil, while
> merging this provides another nice example fs (and one much easier to
> follow than ext*) for hardware that does have a few users and will no
> doubt get many more
> 
> I wasn't aware Linus had introduced a new rule required 500 people sign
> up to use a feature before it gets added ?

I'm also very surprised by this, especially as it seems to be applied
very selectively.  This filesystems is an almost 0 maintainance burden
unlike a lot of really crappy driver we're shoving in constantly.
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