On 18/05/2017, Sage Weil wrote:
> We are recycling feature bits. If you look at ceph_features.h in
> master, there are macros that make it explicit when a feature is
> deprecated and when it can be resused. Once luminous is out we'll
> have another 10+ bits available.
>
> Right now the only ones we can't reuse are the ones that affect
> client behavior; those we have to be more careful deprecating in
> order to preserve support for old clients.
We could always use one of the feature bits to tell if we support a
/second/ collection of feature bits that is a length-marked bitset.
(Only half-way joking.)
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