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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] LogFS take three

    On May 16 2007 22:06, CaT wrote:
    >On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 01:50:03PM +0200, J??rn Engel wrote:
    >> On Wed, 16 May 2007 12:34:34 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
    >> >
    >> > But if akpm can't pronounce it, how about FFFS for faster flash
    >> > filesystem.... ;-)
    >>
    >> How many of you have worked for IBM before? Vowels are not evil. ;)
    >>
    >> Grouping four or more consonants to name anything will cause similar
    >> expressions on people's faces. Numbers don't help much either.
    >>
    >> Ext2 is a great name, because "ext" actually is a pronouncable syllable.
    >> MinixFS, ChunkFS, TileFS are great too. XFS and JFS are ok, at least
    >> they only have three consonants. But FFS exists, so I'd rather go for a
    >> syllable.
    >
    >FlashFS?

    Or just try once dropping all those redundant 'fs' suffixes.
    bdev, proc, cpuset, devpts, mqueue, fuse(blk|ctl), vfat, iso9660, etc.
    Then there's much more space for innovative names.


    Jan
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