Hello, Quoting Justus Winter (2014-09-02 19:22:57) > Quoting Theodore Ts'o (2014-09-02 18:56:58) > > > Probably not. We can switch to the Linux on-disk format once we can > > > store all Hurdish stuff in extended attributes though. > > > > Hm. When you do this, it would be good to simply stop using > > EXT4_OS_HURD in the superblock, > > Sure, that's the idea. But... > > > since we have a bunch of workarounds > > keyed off of that, and your patch will add another --- and I'm > > planning on adding still more to make sure a user doesn't accidentally > > turn on some ext4 features via mke2fs or tune2fs that use fields that > > the Hurd is using for its own nefarious purposes. Otherwise, the > > usage clash would lead to no good.... > > If an e2fsprog or Linux uses the Linux specific stuff of the OS > dependent fields without verifying the creator OS, then this is a bug. > Fixing such a bug is no workaround.
I can accept that you do not care about the Hurd, but I feel deeply saddened by the fact that you appreciate my effort to improve the software you maintain so little. Justus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
