On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:34:14 -0500, David Masover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> Lares Moreau wrote:
>> I'm looking into it because I am looking into doing a masters
>> focusing on distributed file systems.  There was a mention of reiser5
>> being distributed.
>> I'm intruiged by the plugin system of reiser4, and I am looking into
>> generating a distributed plugin.

That would be great if you could get something implemented.  I think
that Linux needs a good distributed filesystem.

> I think that's the definition of reiser5.  I think that 4, 5, and 6
> (at least, maybe there's a 7?) are defined not in terms of when they
> will actually be done, but what features they will contain.  If I
> remember correctly, 6 might not need 5 to be implemented first (but
> both need 4 for its plugin architecture).

I believe that is true.  6 and 5 are orthogonal in terms of features,
and I remember Hans saying that 6 might come first, depending on what
kind of funding they get.

> Or, in other words, the version number refers to a major, sweeping
> feature.  4 is plugins, 5 is distributed, and I don't remember
> understanding 6 very well -- but I was young when I read about it.

IIRC, 6 is when we get the fancy Future Vision querying.

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