what if proposed patch is safer than an average fix? (given that it's just out of usage unless enabled) thanks, Alex >>>>> Jeff Garzik (JG) writes: JG> Mike Snitzer wrote: >> On 6/9/06, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> > I disagree completely... it would be an obvious win: people who want >>> > stability get that, people who want new features get that too. >>> >>> And developers have a better outlet for their wacky developmental >>> urges... >> >> And no real-world near-term progress is made for production users with >> modern requirements. What you're advocating breeds instability in the >> near-term. JG> Constantly patching the main, "stable" Linux filesystem breeds JG> instability today. JG> Jeff JG> _______________________________________________ JG> Ext2-devel mailing list JG> Ext2-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx JG> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ext2-devel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html