Re: DNOTIFY to INOTIFY migration

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On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:21:02AM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:30:34 +0100 David Heidelberger
> <david.heidelberger@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > in linux kernel is DNOTIFY actually marked as deprecated, with superior 
> > replacement INOTIFY.
> 
> Where is it marked as deprecated?  I would be very surprised if dnotify
> wasn't supported indefinitely.

Unfortunately, it will be - once it's in, it's in.

> (I have no opinion on whether rpc.idmapd should be changed to use inotify,
> except based on the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" principle).

I still don't understand WTF does rpc.imapd *want* either of those, TBH.

Said that, the original posting does read a bit like "herpes is so last century,
shouldn't we upgrade to clap by now?"...*0O(and I don't want to think what
that makes fanotify, thank you very much)
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