Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262183AbVCUXCc (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:02:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262179AbVCUW71 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:59:27 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:63113 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262124AbVCUW4d (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:56:33 -0500 Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:56:20 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Mws Cc: kernel list Subject: Re: [PATCH][2/2] SquashFS Message-ID: <20050321225620.GT1390@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20050314170653.1ed105eb.akpm@osdl.org> <423727BD.7080200@grupopie.com> <20050321101441.GA23456@elf.ucw.cz> <200503211908.46602.mws@twisted-brains.org> <20050321185418.GC1390@elf.ucw.cz> <423F496C.10004@twisted-brains.org> <20050321223146.GM1390@elf.ucw.cz> <423F4F1F.3010905@twisted-brains.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <423F4F1F.3010905@twisted-brains.org> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 990 Lines: 26 Hi! > >I should have added a smiley. > > > >I'm not seriously suggesting that it contains deliberate problem. But > >codestyle uglyness and arbitrary limits may come back and haunt us in > >future. Once code is in kernel, it is very hard to change on-disk > >format, for example. > > > yes, i agree at that point. but, there are many people using this > already and if it will _not_ become merged to > mainline kernel, maybe these portions of code will get lost. I don't believe source code ever get lost. Actually, I wish some source code *would* get lost, like fs/umsdos for example ;-). Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - 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/