Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269370AbUICIWc (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:22:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269393AbUICITG (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:19:06 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:26117 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269374AbUICIRj (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:17:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:13:52 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: David Masover Cc: Oliver Neukum , Spam , Hans Reiser , Linus Torvalds , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives Message-ID: <20040903091352.A2288@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , David Masover , Oliver Neukum , Spam , Hans Reiser , Linus Torvalds , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List 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-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <4137BE36.5020504@slaphack.com>; from ninja@slaphack.com on Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 07:43:34PM -0500 X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1135 Lines: 29 On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 07:43:34PM -0500, David Masover wrote: > -----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. Just add a post-save trigger that can check it into any SCM you want. - 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/