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Omkhar Arasaratnam posted <42B422E6.2090602@g.o>, excerpted below, |
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on Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:34:30 -0400: |
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> As a ppc64 arch and can officially state that reiser4fs is very unstable |
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> under ppc64 as of the last time I checked, which was some where in the |
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> 2.6.12rc cycle plus mm patch. |
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Likewise for amd64, according to those that have tested. That, and the |
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fact that it's not an option yet with 2.6.12-rc6 (which I'm running) and |
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that Linus was certainly toning down changes by rc5 time, made me really |
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surprised that someone could believe it was in .12 at all. |
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FWIW, the Corbet mentioned in the thread-linked article is the lead editor |
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for LWN (Linux Weekly News), at lwn.net. I'd think it would have covered |
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reiser4, just as it has covered other major kernel developments, if it was |
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heading for mainline any time in the immediate future. The article |
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created the wrong impression saying that was targeted at .12. Corbet |
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never said that, only that it was to go into mainline "eventually". To |
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its credit, that's what the article said, altho it had mentioned 2.6.12 |
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earlier so one could get the wrong impression. I have no reason to |
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believe reiser4 will be added in the next couple releases, either, so |
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2.6.15 or later I'd guess, tho I have no exclusive info on it to cause me |
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to think that. |
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Anyway, if you are interested in kernel development, I'd suggest watching |
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LWN. It has been very helpful, here. I'm a subscriber (available from |
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US$2.50/mo), but most daily content (including the kernel announcements) |
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is available immediately to all, and the weekly (including the very |
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informative here weekly kernel page) is available one-week delayed, for |
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those unwilling or unable to do the subscription thing. |
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All that said, I'm not sure why this thread is on gentoo-dev. It's really |
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not gentoo-dev related. gentoo-user would have been more appropriate, IMO. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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