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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [ANNOUNCEMENT] /Arch/ embraces `git'

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TLTom Lord <lord@emf.net>
Date
Apr 21, 2005, 21:51 UTC
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   > Tom, please stop this ext* filesystem bashing ;-)

For one thing... yes, i'm totally embarassed on this issue. I made a late-night math error in a spec. *hopefully* would have noticed it on my own as I coded to that spec but y'all have been wonderful at pointing out my mistake to me even though I initially defended it.

As for ext* bashing.... it's not bashing exactly. I/O bandwidth gets a little better, disks get a bunch cheaper --- then ext* doesn't look bad at all in this respect. And we're awefully close to that point.

Meanwhile, for times measured in years, I've gotten complaints from ext* users about software that is just fine on other filesystems over issues like the allocation size of small files.

So ext*, from my perspective, was a little too far ahead of its time and, yes, my complaints about it are just about reaching their expiration date.

Anyway, thanks for all the sanity about directory layout. Really, it was just an "I'm too sleepy to be doing this right now" error.

-t
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Message 15 of 23 in “[ANNOUNCEMENT] /Arch/ embraces `git'”
  1. Tom LordApr 20, 2005
  2. Miles BaderApr 20, 2005
  3. duchier@ps.uni-sb.deApr 20, 2005
  4. Tomas MrazApr 20, 2005
  5. Denys DuchierApr 21, 2005
  6. Tomas MrazApr 21, 2005
  7. duchier@ps.uni-sb.deApr 21, 2005
  8. Tomas MrazApr 20, 2005
  9. Tom LordApr 21, 2005
  10. Tom LordApr 21, 2005
  11. Tom LordApr 20, 2005
  12. Denys DuchierApr 21, 2005
  13. Tom LordApr 21, 2005
  14. Tomas MrazApr 21, 2005
  15. Tom LordApr 21, 2005
  16. Tom LordApr 21, 2005
  17. Linus TorvaldsApr 22, 2005
  18. Edésio Costa e SilvaApr 22, 2005
  19. Petr BaudisApr 20, 2005
  20. C. Scott AnanianApr 20, 2005
  21. chunking (Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] /Arch/ embraces `git')Linus Torvalds, Apr 20, 2005
  22. C. Scott AnanianApr 20, 2005
  23. blowing chunks (quick update)C. Scott Ananian, Apr 22, 2005

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