Steve G wrote:
<rant> Its too late now, but I think allowing xattrs into ext3 was a big mistake from a backwards compatibility stance. It should have been ext4. Sure, the bugs in ext3 would still be there waiting to bite you, but you won't face them every single day.</rant>
Reading the kernel list.. I think that Linus has a similar opinion :).
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