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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:27:48 +0100
From: Jack Stone <jack@hawkeye.stone.uk.eu.org>
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To: Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com>
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       "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, alan <alan@clueserver.org>
Subject: Re: Versioning file system
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Chris Snook wrote:
 > Okay, so now you have to modify ls, cp, tar, and thousands of other
> applications to be aware of the versioning, otherwise you can't use it.
> 
> Please don't get hung up on the interface.  This is a really cool
> feature that will require some serious engineering work to make it work
> right.  There's no need to reinvent hidden files as well, since we
> already have a decades-old standard for that.

I realise that but the way this is designed has quickly become a pain in
the past. I think that it would be easier to implement somthing like
what was suggested in this email:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0706.2/1156.html

I'm thinking of writing a simple proof of concept version and then
seeing what people think from there.

Jack
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