Re: [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab]

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 01:50:47AM +0100, John Nilsson wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 00:22, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 11:41:04PM +0100, John Nilsson wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 03:12, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 08:04:25PM +0100, John Nilsson wrote:
> > > > > If you settle for reiser4 or such fs one could store all settings as
> > > > > single files in a tree much like /proc/sys this tree could then be
> > > > > exposed as an xml or other format for backward compatibility through
> > > > > filsystem plugins...
> > > >
> > > > And you want to reinvent gconf for what reason?  :)
> > > > greg k-h
> > >
> > > http://cda.mrs.umn.edu/~mine0057/fs.pdf
> >
> > Heh, my main point is that reiser4 is not here today, will not be here
> > tomorrow, and will not be in wide use next month.  Next year it will
> > only have a very small installed base, if any.
> >
> If you liked that one you might likte to read this too:
>
> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/8/9/172159/7912
>
> or
>
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~evbergen/configuration-data.html

Heh, you do realize that I am one of the developers of sysfs in the
kernel, and currently wield the "only 1 value per file" big stick that I
go around with and whack offending developers with?

I agree that 1 value per file is a very powerful and rich system that
can be used to show all sorts of data, that's why we did it for the
kernel innards.  To quote lwn.net, sysfs is a "web woven by a spider on
drugs."   It has already caused a zillion usages that the original
developers never imagined, which proves the model is a good one.

So to do the same thing for userspace programs makes loads of sense.
Remember disk space is cheap :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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