On 2/3/11 1:32 PM, Michael Rubin wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> If we can have a real plan for moving in this direction though, I'd >> support it. I'm just not sure how we get enough real testing under >> our belts to be comfortable with dropping ext[23], especially as >> most distros now default to ext4 anyway. > > Eric what sort of testing are you looking for? Anything, the more formal or more widespread the better. I just don't think it's used much this way today... We can start with xfstests etc but I'd be more concerned about unexpected behavioral or performance changes. > I admit I like having ext2 around for comparisons in bug situations. > It really helps to isolate the problem area. How painful is the > upkeep? since ext4 was merged, about 450 commits to ext2 & ext3 files. since 2.6.32, about 150 commits. Translating that into pain units, I dunno. In distro-land, I often have bugfixes that need to hit 2 or 3 of the filesystems as well. -Eric > mrubin > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- 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
