On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 15:05 -0500, simo wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 17:11 +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote:
> > The idea that "if we build a bridge, they will come to us" is what
> > gave
> > rise to dnotify, then inotify (nobody came, so let's build a bigger
> > bridge) and fsnotify (make it a toll bridge). Nobody is using those
> > interfaces much on local filesystems, so why is adding it to NFS and
> > CIFS going to be such a game changer?
>
> Sorry Trond,
> but this is simply not true.
>
> inotify is a key feature at least in some packages I know, and makes
> some things *a lot* easier.
>
> Of course this are less visible features, that are easy to overlook, but
> they are not unused for sure.
So why is it so difficult for anyone in this thread to name these killer
applications that would benefit from NFS+CIFS support? I keep asking,
and all I get is wishy-washy and hand-wavy answers.
Without use cases, there is nothing to discuss on the implementation
front.
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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer
NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx
www.netapp.com
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