Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269481AbUICBUN (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:20:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269463AbUICBS1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:18:27 -0400 Received: from c002781a.fit.bostream.se ([217.215.235.8]:30363 "EHLO mail.tnonline.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269481AbUICAsG (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:48:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 02:47:49 +0200 From: Spam Reply-To: Spam X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <617051682.20040903024749@tnonline.net> To: David Masover CC: Oliver Neukum , Hans Reiser , Linus Torvalds , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , , Christoph Hellwig , , , Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives In-Reply-To: <4137BE36.5020504@slaphack.com> References: <20040826150202.GE5733@mail.shareable.org> <4136E0B6.4000705@namesys.com> <1117111836.20040902115249@tnonline.net> <200409021309.04780.oliver@neukum.org> <4137BE36.5020504@slaphack.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1128 Lines: 35 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > Oliver Neukum wrote: > | Am Donnerstag, 2. September 2004 11:52 schrieb Spam: > | |>> Btw, version control for ordinary files would be a great feature. I |>> think something like it is available through Windows 2000/3 server. |>> Isn't it called "Shadow Copies". It works over network shares. :) |>> |>> It allows you to restore previous versions of the file even if you |>> delete or overwrite it. > | > | > | There's no need to do that in kernel, unless you want to be able > | to force it unto users. > And on apps. Should I teach OpenOffice.org to do version control? > Seems a lot easier to just do it in the kernel, and teach everything to > do version control in one fell swoop. Do you mean in the kernel or as a filesystem/VFS plugin that would extend the functionality to include version control? ~S - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/