Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267380AbUIOU0t (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:26:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267375AbUIOUZF (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:25:05 -0400 Received: from mail03.powweb.com ([66.152.97.36]:19 "EHLO mail03.powweb.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267380AbUIOUXS (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:23:18 -0400 From: "David Dabbs" To: "'ReiserFS List'" , , Cc: "'Timothy Miller'" Subject: RE: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:23:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 thread-index: AcSbYFK4cKdThOjSRj2dw5mNMqbUrAAABM8Q X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: <20040915201239.9F1FB15D5E@mail03.powweb.com> Message-Id: <20040915202316.730DC15D7B@mail03.powweb.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 869 Lines: 30 > > I'm probably not the first to suggest this idea, and it's probably not a > very good idea, but here's my idea anyhow: > > You have a file "/usr/bin/emacs" > with a metadata property in the overlaid namespace > "/usr/bin/emacs/[[..]metas/]icon" > > According to some, this could cause some confusion. Howabout instead: > > You have a file "/usr/bin/emacs" > with a metadata property in a slightly separated namespace > "/metas/usr/bin/emacs/icon" > Timothy, see my similar proposal at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=reiserfs&m=109511131923831&w=2 which viro vetoed. I suspect this horse is quite dead. David - 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/