Avuton Olrich wrote: >Hello, > >I just saw a thread on the LKML a minute ago asking about the state of >getting the patch into vanilla linux. I read Andrew Morton's post >about a month ago stating that it could happen soon, but was unlikely >due to there not actually being a need for it to go into mainline (no >major distro default, etc...). > Can you supply a reference to this post? The only distro which is not influenced by performance numbers when selecting a filesystem is RedHat, and most of the rest are just waiting to be sure that politics will not kill reiser4 inclusion. I am sure I can come up with a "we will support it if you let it in" petition of distros if such a silliness is needed.
> I was wondering, myself, earlier in the >day what the state of the patch was, if anything further has been said >about getting it into mainline. Was also wondering if there was a lot >of work going into it right now, or are people tied up doing other >things? > >If anyone has time for an answer it'd be appreciated by everyone I'm sure, > >Gratefully, > >avuton >-- > Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. > >
