On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:33:25PM -0400, A. Costa wrote: > On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:25:03 +0200 > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Notice that in the current state of things, the debian package doesn't > > support > > reiserfs anymore, ... > > That's a valid point; well, I had known about and even thought of that, > since I'm kind of a fan of Reiser on his technical merits even though > he's currently in what seems like a needless feud with some Debian > luminaries.
Well, reiserfs is a nice FS to have around when you want some data to dissapear without a trace :) The problem is that libparted use the non-official libreiser thingy, and need to be switched to the official one, nobody volunteered to do the work though, maybe you do ? > However, unofficial Debian reiser packages seem to exist, as the > 'parted' package description says: > > Note that ReiserFS support is only enabled if you install > the libreiserfs0.3-0 package. Since libreiserfs0.3-0 has been > removed from sarge, ReiserFS support is not compiled in the > default package. Well, apart from the above, libreiserfs has been orphaned since ages. > ...and the info page mentions 'reiserfs' dozens of times. And a lot of > Debian users, (and Debian variants or offshoots), use reiser, -- for > example 'reiserfs' is one of the default file systems on this 'Mepis' > LiveCD** I have, etc. etc. Sure, they store everythign on the liveCD; and nothing vital on the filesystem :) Reiserfs used to be popular back then, when there where scarce alternatives, but i doubt there is a single distro making it default now that we have ext3. > (**yes, before anyone mentions it, Mepis is somewhat proprietary, and > may not be the best example of this sort of thing. It's just I haven't > tried every Debian based LiveCD out there, and that's the first one > that came to mind.) > > To leave out mention of reiser on principle would logically require > editing the 'info' page too I reckon, which I doubt anyone wants to > do. So for all those reasons it made sense (in my view) to include it > in the man page also. > > Suggested compromise: how about I add a paragraph to the man page > cautioning Debian users about reiserfs' current not officially > supported status? Yep, that would be nice. Alternatively you (or someone else) could fix the reiserfs situation in libparted ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
