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Re: linux-2.4-xfs-1.0.patch

To: Igor Pruchanskiy <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: linux-2.4-xfs-1.0.patch
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 23:15:02 -0500
Cc: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
References: <20010502174113.A21501@linuxinside.com> <3AF0AA07.C4A72E6C@sgi.com> <20010502175326.B21501@linuxinside.com> <3AF0AD79.5712D5D9@sgi.com> <20010502194642.A21682@linuxinside.com> <3AF0DA57.7376774D@thebarn.com> <20010502204851.B21682@linuxinside.com>
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Igor Pruchanskiy wrote:
> 
> What am i expecting from those patches?
> hm.. this is a good question....
> Me, as well, as other users of 2.4.x, expecting XFS-Release-1.0
>                                                     ^^^^^^^

It's not a distribution issue, it's an issue of turn-around when new
kernels come out.  While 2.4.2 is a month old, 2.4.4 is currently what,
4 days old?  Maybe 5?  Kernel internals change, it's not necessarily
trivial to move something like XFS from one release to the next.  It'll
happen, but you have to be a bit patient.

You say you want "Release 1.0," I assume that means you want something
that's feature-rich, tested and stable.  That's XFS on 2.4.2/2.4.3,
that's what's currently supported on this release.

If you want bleeding edge, which is currently 2.4.4, that's available as
well - just do a CVS checkout of the development tree.

You've got tested & stable available, you've got bleeding edge as well. 
I'm really not sure where the problem lies...

-Eric

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Eric Sandeen      XFS for Linux     http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
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