From: Ted Ts'o Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/30] Ext4 snapshots - core patches Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:40:28 -0400 Message-ID: <20110606204028.GD20818@thunk.org> References: <1304959308-11122-1-git-send-email-amir73il@users.sourceforge.net> <4DECF2D5.7050408@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Eric Sandeen , "Amir G." , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Lukas Czerner Return-path: Received: from li9-11.members.linode.com ([67.18.176.11]:35759 "EHLO test.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751425Ab1FFUkd (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:40:33 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 06:05:24PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote: > > Well, we can also start ditching some unused features and tunnables, or > make it default and remove it from documentation so people will not use > it and we can get rid of some of the options in the future. For examle > > orlov > oldalloc > bsddf > minixdf I tried deprecated bsddf/minixdf, and got a complaint from a user who said they were using it. Linus's rule is, "though shalt not break backwards compatibility", so I have up on it. Realistically, the difference between these two is so small it's not really a big deal. Dropping the old allocator is probably a good idea at this point. I very much doubt anyone is using it. - Ted