linux-kernel - Re: LogFS merge

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Date:	Sat, 3 May 2008 12:44:12 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Willy Tarreau" <w@....eu>,
	"Jörn Engel" <joern@...fs.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Stephen Rothwell" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LogFS merge

Hi Adrian,

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
> > Why not merge it and mark it experimental then ? In fact, this is about
> > what you're looking for : reduced merge hassle and more testers.
>
>  Andi already answered that one:
>
> "Merging file systems too early can quickly ruin their name and that
>   taint is hard to ever get rid again then (e.g. happened to JFS)"
>
>  And a stable kernel shouldn't be something for getting "more testers",
>  it should be for tested code ready to be used in production.
>  What you call "more testers" would be people who try it in production
>  (e.g. to overcome shortcomings of JFFS2) thinking it was stable.
>
>  And no, EXPERIMENTAL in the kernel is not usable for keeping people from
>  trying known-whacky code.

I think ext4 already set the precedent that you _can_ do development
within the 2.6 series, no?
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