Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268212AbUIGPrM (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:47:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268315AbUIGPmx (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:42:53 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:16785 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268212AbUIGPjX (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:39:23 -0400 Message-Id: <200409071537.i87FbNOV004040@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Spam cc: Christer Weinigel , David Masover , Tonnerre , Linus Torvalds , Pavel Machek , Jamie Lokier , Chris Wedgwood , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , Hans Reiser , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 In-Reply-To: Message from Spam of "Tue, 07 Sep 2004 15:52:25 +0200." <16310505631.20040907155225@tnonline.net> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:37:23 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1106 Lines: 26 Spam said: > Christer Weinigel said: [...] > > But this still solves only part of the problem. A backup application > > won't have any use for a copyfile syscall, it will need to be taught > > about streams. > Yes, but backup programs always needed to be taught about new > features. Be it new type of files, attributes or meta-data. I think > that teaching backup applications is far better than teaching every > application. Strange... tar(1) is quite capable of backing up .mp3 files, which weren't around when tar was born... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/