Thanks forwarding, Pete. Here is what I am guessing currently. - overlayfs will be merged into mainline. - many aufs users will switch to overlayfs. - some of them will find the lack of features, (some will not). - some will ask adding the feature. + some features will be implemented. + some features will not. - in next year, some users will come back to aufs.
The first point is, - what is the lacking features? I guess the answer is totally up to users, ie. use-case. Some will be fully satisfied, but the others won't. I have posted some lacking (but essential for me and unix fs) features to LKML, and they are described in the overlayfs document. If users don't care about these feature, it means they will be satisfied. The next points are, - how hard to implement the lacking and requested features? - how much will the result look like aufs? I don't know the answer. Anyway I have no objection about merging overlayfs into mainline, and I don't know whether aufs will be merged or not. But I am afraid that small user community will be a good reason to abondon aufs development in the future. J. R. Okajima ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1
