Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756611AbYHMPYz (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:24:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756340AbYHMPYj (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:24:39 -0400 Received: from barnes.cubic.ch ([78.46.44.112]:35901 "EHLO barnes.cubic.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756260AbYHMPYi (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:24:38 -0400 Message-ID: <48A2FCA2.4040603@cubic.ch> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:24:18 +0200 From: Tim Tassonis Reply-To: timtas@cubic.ch User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ryan Hope CC: Alan Cox , Michael Krufky , Adrian Bunk , Pavel Machek , LKML Subject: Re: reiser4 for 2.6.27-rc1 References: <4896F56D.7080503@cubic.ch> <20080813125807.GC6995@ucw.cz> <20080813131839.GB26351@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <37219a840808130624p3d4dca0bja2935d6f34beaf7e@mail.gmail.com> <48A2E391.3080404@cubic.ch> <20080813143613.61101a5e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <48A2E8EA.2060704@cubic.ch> <48f7fe350808130759w18b887dcr1978ccf1c49d1c75@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48f7fe350808130759w18b887dcr1978ccf1c49d1c75@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "barnes.cubic.ch", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Ryan Hope wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Tim Tassonis wrote: >> I am in favour of renaming reiser4 exactly because it is not yet in and >> naming a filesystem after its author is not as automatic as putting the name >> of the singer on a record sleeve. > > There is no point in renaming the filesystem, its already known as > reiser4, it should stay that way. [...] Content analysis details: (-2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 1.5 DNS_FROM_RFC_BOGUSMX RBL: Envelope sender in bogusmx.rfc-ignorant.org 0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1933 Lines: 43 Ryan Hope wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Tim Tassonis wrote: >> I am in favour of renaming reiser4 exactly because it is not yet in and >> naming a filesystem after its author is not as automatic as putting the name >> of the singer on a record sleeve. > > There is no point in renaming the filesystem, its already known as > reiser4, it should stay that way. One last (batch of) comment(s): I am not advocating renaming the existing -mm implementation to something else so it can rot there under a different name. I can very well live with reiser4 not making it into mainline, I never used reiser3 (only once for two, and after a power outage rendered the fs unusable and fsck did fsck all, I chose reliability over "performance") and am quite happy with ext3 for years and btrfs looks promising, too. I was merely thinking: If reiser4 really is all that great and some people want it desperately in mainline, apart from fixing outstanding issues or convincing Al etc there are none left, they might rename it to reduce the controversy potential over its inclusion. I would think that for people desperately wanting it in, the features of reiser4 are more important than the name and the name is probably somewhat "difficult". Renaming something for political reasons is certainly something you shouldn't do aggressively, but I would favour it in this case: - For mainline, it's no rename, as it is not in yet. - I don't like having the author's name as the fs's name anyway. - It might save some unnecessary bad press . On the other hand, I guess the real victims probably don't care and so it wouldn't bother me that much either. Tim -- 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/