Alexandru Juncu ha scritto: > On 25 June 2014 12:08, Alessandro Selli<alessandrose...@linux.com> wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 24/06/2014 17:52, Ingo Wichmann wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> what has reiserfs to do with today's requirements? >>>> >>>> http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LPIC-1_Objectives_V4#104.1_Create_partitions_and_filesystems >>>> >>>> Ingo >>>> >>>> >>> LPI is often 3 to 5 yeasrs behind the curve - what is examined isn't >>> today's latest, greatest and best, it is rather yesterday's proven. >>> >>> There's probably a non-trivial number of reiserfs systems still out >>> there and employers except admins to deal with them. >>> >>> Having said that, a time will come when reiser is considered truly eof >>> for LPI purposes and it will be dropped from the exam. I don't know if >>> that time is now yet, but it's worth discussion. >>> >> I agree. Reiserfs is indeed legacy, but still in use. I might be >> wrong, but I think major distributions still offer reiserfs an an >> optional FS to format the installation media. > > Slightly offtopic, but I think LPI should reconsider the 'legacy' policy. > > I think that LPIC-1 at least should be more generic, with only the > things that are widely used (and the things that we know will be > widely used in a couple of years). > > And the things that 'are still in use' but with limited scope, should > be something for the more specialized LPIC-2. > > LPIC-1 is getting to more and more people. Training a lot of people on > things that are used in only a handful of situations, doesn't make > much practical sense. But I do agree that we need specialists that > know how to use some legacy things that are still critical. But that's > why LPIC-2 is an Advanced level and not a Junior level certification. > So detail things should be in LPIC-2 and not in 1.
Though I do not think you are wrong, I still think Reiserfs ought to be kept where it is now. The focal points are: 1) what do people want to be LPIC-1 certified for? 2) how few is too few? What is the current number of users? I think that many people who seek an LPIC-1 cert need it to have a chance of landing a job in a place where Linux is used as an Enterprise platform. There you are likely to find a good number of legacy technologies still used in a production environment. Do you remember how much some people complained when LiLO was removed from the objectives? I do not think that LPIC-1 should be targeted primarily to home/personal users who can switch to the latest solution with ease, even if it is still experimental. If many of the major distributions still offer Reiserfs as a filesystem at install time they must know a number of users sizable enough not to be scoffed at are still using it. I think LPI should not anticipate changes that are yet to happen/consolidate in the major distros, lest LPIC runs out of sync in some key areas with the actual relevant use of Linux in the business. Alessandro _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
