On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 01:46:54PM -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > On 05/12/2018 12:41, Conrad Meyer wrote: > > The Linux model is that the current incarnation of the ext2/3/4 driver > > is named "ext4," and that's what Linux users expect. You can mount > > any ext2/3/4 filesystem with the Linux ext4 driver. For ext4, it was > > a result of wanting to keep ext3 stable while developing ext4 in-tree. > > (For a while, it was called "ext4dev"). ext4 is long-since stabilized > > and ext3 became fully redundant with ext4, so I guess they dropped it. > > From a linux user/marketing perspective you are right. > > Are we sure there will never be an ext5fs? I would hate to start moving > a filesystem in the tree every time a new release comes out.
+1. I really hate it how Linux stirs things around, including naming, and I'd advise against it. Current name is fine; update the manpage and move on. We do expect our users to read documentation, don't we? ./danfe _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
