Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 May 2008 12:44:12 +0300 | From | "Pekka Enberg" <> | Subject | Re: LogFS merge |
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Hi Adrian,
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.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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