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Bryan Whitehead writes:
 > Hans Reiser wrote:
 > > Nick LeRoy wrote:
 > > 
 > >>  
 > >>
 > >>
 > >> Think about this:  Namesys is working on Reiserfs v4.0.  v4.0.  Hell - 
 > >> it's only been incorporated into the mainstream kernel for less than a 
 > >> year (at least by my recollection), yet it keeps advancing.  I have 
 > >> _no_ idea what UFS version Solaris 8 is using (admittedly at least 
 > >> somewhat due to ignorance -- I use Solaris because I have a good ol' 
 > >> SPARCprinter which alas is not supported by Linux), or whether they've 
 > >> bother to do development on it to make it better, faster, etc.  Yet, 
 > >> _we_ get this advancement all the time.  Isn't it great?!
 > >>
 > >>  
 > >>
 > > I think you'll really like v4, it is a complete rewrite from scratch, 
 > > and far better in every way.  :)
 > > 
 > > Hans
 > 
 > What blows my mind (from someone that only watches kernel development) 
 > is how one project, XFS, a filesystem basically "done" is excluded from 
 > the mainline kernel while ReiserFS is getting a "complete rewrite from 
 > scratch".
 > 
 > Maybe I don't get it cause I'm just watching... ;)

Then you missed "reiserfs inclusion into the kernel" soap opera.

And besides, reiserfs in mainline to no extent means reiser4 in mainline
(unfortunately).

 > 
 > -- 
 > Bryan Whitehead

Nikita.

 > SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology
 > Phone: 818 354 2903
 > driver@jpl.nasa.gov
 > 
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