From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: [2.6.24 patch] let EXT4DEV_FS depend on BROKEN Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:21:43 +0000 Message-ID: <20080102212143.01cb82bd@the-village.bc.nu> References: <20080102013218.GO27566@does.not.exist> <20080102192629.28e67241.diegocg@gmail.com> <20080102211655.GC15898@does.not.exist> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Diego Calleja , sct@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, adilger@clusterfs.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Adrian Bunk Return-path: Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:57840 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753697AbYABVbU (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:31:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20080102211655.GC15898@does.not.exist> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > Stable kernels are mainly meant for usage, not for trying stuff. You appear to be reinventing history in your attempt to justify removing CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL. > And although I see a point in perhaps shipping some not-yet-perfect > device drivers for otherwise unsupported hardware or some > not-yet-perfect filesystems required for accessing foreign > (non-Linux) filesystems, I don't see any point in offering a > WIP Linux-only filesystem in stable kernels. So that people can use it and test it. Most people don't run -mm or GIT. Alan