Hans Reiser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >But you can not tell based on klive data whether the ratio of
> >reiser4:ext3 users in the world is more like 1:5, 1:500 or 1:50000.
> >
> ><-- snip -->
> >
> >I can't prove that the 1:5 ratio is wrong, but the point is that
> >claiming a 1:5 ratio was true based on the klive data is not better than
> >claiming it based on no data.
> Yes, but I have been surprised that linux conference attendees all know
> about reiser4, so I think it is consistent with the notion that reiser4
> usage may well be much much higher than one would expect of a filesystem
> that is not in the main tree, and which requires a lot of hassle to
> install. It is a datapoint. I think the level of hobbyist enthusiasm
> seen suggests that distros may gain market advantage by adding reiser4
> support.....
Great! Then /sit down and do the work to get it into the vanilla
kernel/. You know then it is not a wasted effort... and you /do/ know by
now (or should) that playing the "politics"/"whining" card goes nowhere.
--
Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org
Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239
Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
