Re: [gentoo-user] Re: reiser4 status

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 17 February 2008, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008, felix@×××××××.com wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 03:41:36AM +0000, James wrote:
> > > > That's the whole rub (in essence) as to why reiser4fs will never
> > > > make it into the kernel. Lots of kernel folks  *do not trust Hans
> > > > Reiser*.......
> > > >
> > > > His abusive shenanigans are an issue, but, not really why
> > > > reiser4fs is doomed.
> > >
> > > As I understand it, the main arguments against reiser4 are that it
> > > duplicates a ton of code in the VFS (Virtual File System)
> >
> > it did not duplicate code, but contained code some devs believed to
> > belong into the vfs layer.
> >
> > Funnily some month ago ext4 devs tried the same - and had to be
> > stopped by Andrew Morton.
>
> You seem to be equating two things that are actually vastly different
> outside the realm of just the code.
>
> There's a difference between on the one hand trying a dodgy tactic out
> of ignorance but still being willing to listen to reason, and on the
> other hand being a total complete prick who is always convinced of
> their own rightness and the rest of the world is always completely
> wrong.
>

and there is a certain asshole-ness to first attack an fs for its 'features' 
and then do the exact same with your pet-fs.
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