On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:32:48 -0400 Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 04:10:14PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:49:20 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > This filesystem has only 20 users. > > > > None of that means that merging this filesystem is the best decision. > > Well, 20 may have been aiming just a tad low. I'd never make it in sales. > Here are the stats from linux-karma.sf.net: > > - most recent release, for 2.6.25: 36 downloads since 3/16/08 > - # subscribers on mailing list: 39 [1] > - most # of downloads of a given release: 252 (May-Oct 2007) [2] > > [1] Some subscribers may not use the FS at all since there is also > software for using the ethernet interface. Both are discussed on > the list. > > [2] I doubt that 252 d/ls translates to that many _current_ users; a > year is a long time in consumer electronics. I don't have stats on > unique IPs. > > I'm unaware of ReplayTV users - one guy contacted me once and then > disappeared. OK. > > Merging a new filesystem has costs - I don't need to enumerate them. Do > > the benefits of OMFS exceed them? > > You guys would know best. I can see both arguments... Well as I say - no strong opinions either way here. It just seems a bit odd to burden the kernel with an additional fs for such a small user base when either options exist. OTOH when we merge a new fs that also has the side-effect of increasing the active developer base - the maintainers of the fs fix other stuff. And I'll do anything to get some acpi bugs fixed ;) So.. whatever. I'll keep a look out for v4. -- 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
