Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3

[Alex Tomas <alex@clusterfs.com>]

>>>>> Joel Becker (JB) writes:

 JB> On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 11:35:43PM +0400, Alex Tomas wrote:
 >> that's your point of view. mine is that this option (and code)
 >> to be used only when needed. 

 JB> 	Which is irrelevant.  If you tell the world "extents are
 JB> better!", they're going to turn them on regardless of whether you
 JB> consider their situation a good candidate.  Many non-kernel-hackers
 JB> started using reiserfs before it was usably stable, just because
 JB> "journaling is better!"

I haven't said that so far. I feel absolutely comfortable to put
as many warnings as needed from your point of view.

thanks, Alex
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