> >
> > A core kernel developer NEEDS to get these features straightened out properly
> > in a clean fashion. People WANT reiserfs integrated and working with LVM and
>
> Note _clean_
I agree completely.
>
> > It does not look like that much work is needed to fix the stuff the base kernel
> > and get better integration of these features. The rough edges on them make us
> > look like a bunch of amatuers.
>
> Lots of work needs doing. The entire quota code needs rewriting and that won't
> happen until 2.5. The reiser+nfs stuff is probably also 2.5
Sounds like we need a 2.6 fairly soon after a 2.5 rather than going on a
complete development voyage around the world every 18 months...
Linus,
Can't we have a controlled development tree branch for 2-3 months just to get
the ReiserFS/LVM/quota/knfsd integration done _cleanly_ (this has significant
short-term benefits NOW), with the brakes on all other changes, and another
development tree where everyone goes wild with NUMA/Networking et al., where
the changes from the other get merged???
>
> > Alan, will you look into it as a project???
>
> Not interested. Now is stabilizing time, not stuffing crap into the kernel tree
> time. Vendors can (and will) ship stuff which is workable but not clean, and
> they will hopefully over time fix up the stuff they care about and submit it.
Any takers to look at re-bending the current LVM fixes, + the reiserFS
snapshot stuff???. From what I can gather people will ALWAYS be applying the
pathes for this to the stock kernel source.
>
> Alan
>
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