Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 May 2008 09:03:18 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: LogFS merge |
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On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 11:58:33PM +0200, Jörn Engel wrote: > On Fri, 2 May 2008 14:39:23 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > Quite frankly, if that's the case, I'd *much* rather see that worked on > > first, so that there aren't any format changes that are already known to > > be pending before it even gets merged. > > > > Would it be at all possible to try to do that, or is it just "too far > > out"? > > Definitely possible. The last similar change happened in December and > took until March until I ran out of stupid regressions from it. Most > likely there are still some I just haven't found yet. > > The question is when to draw the line and say "This is useful as-is for > a sufficient number of users." I don't have a good answer to it. I > certainly expect more changes in the future, including format changes. > And if we wait for them all to happen, it won't get merged this decade.
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.
Willy
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