On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 09:03:22AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > > The previous stream separation approach made total sense, but just > > needed a fair amount of work. But it closely matches how things work > > at the hardware and file system level, so it was the right approach. > > What am I missing that makes this effort that different from streams? > Both are a lifetime hint. A stream has a lot less strings attached. But hey, don't make me argue for streams - you pushed the API in despite reservations back then, and we've learned a lot since. > > Suddenly dropping that and ignoring all comments really feels like > > someone urgently needs to pull a marketing stunt here. > > I think someone is just trying to finally get this feature in, so it > can get used by customers, after many months of fairly unproductive > discussion. Well, he finally started on the right approach and gave it up after the first round of feedback. That's just a bit weird.
