Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267740AbUIJSQl (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:16:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267748AbUIJSQl (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:16:41 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:63134 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267740AbUIJSQh (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:16:37 -0400 Message-Id: <200409101815.i8AIFc5i005300@localhost.localdomain> To: Hans Reiser cc: Timothy Miller , Peter Foldiak , Jamie Lokier , Adrian Bunk , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Linus Torvalds , Christoph Hellwig , 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 Hans Reiser of "Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:51:27 MST." <4141E99F.5060303@namesys.com> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:15:38 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1225 Lines: 27 Hans Reiser said: > Timothy Miller wrote: [...] > > You know, if tools all need to be rewritten anyway to deal with the > > file metadata "directory", then why not change the symbol that > > delimits the metadata key? > because it is useful that it is only a style convention. Changing the > symbol makes it mandatory to distinguish metafiles from files. If they are really different than directories, it should be clear what is what, IMVHO. If they aren't different, they have no place here. Trying to break hoary Unix tradition (files and directories are separate) while pretending nothing has changed (see, a file can be handled just like a directory) just doesn't cut it. -- 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/