Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:37:48 -0200 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Cheen Liao <cheen@synology.com>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Transaction File System - a replacement of JFS Message-ID: <3E2FB7EC.A7C21C29@newsguy.com> References: <20030114192634.75751.qmail@web13505.mail.yahoo.com> <20030117075118.GA3493@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <3E27DA7F.D5DBEFB@mindspring.com> <20030117222410.GA5449@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <001401c2be93$c36c7490$681adf3d@homexp> <xzpn0luwl6h.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3E2DCE86.4C416E28@mindspring.com> <3E2F0ADB.ACBAA0D6@newsguy.com> <3E2F2B64.A3F382AB@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > > Since the suggestion was to go directly to 5.0, which will be MUCH > > closer to the interfaces expected to remain stable on 5.x, the above > > remarks are not particularly relevant, however true they might be. > > See other posting. The 5.x kernel API is still in great flux. > At least with 4.x, there is a market for the product for a year > or more, which gives some breathing room for a port. Given > the developement effort involved, it's not worth having to always > look over your shoulder to see if there's a 5.1. When 4.8 comes > out, a 4.7->4.8 port will be trivial. When 5.1 comes out, a > 5.0->5.1 port is going to be a living hell. Mark my words. And, in a year, they'll have to do 4.8->5.1 or 4.8->5.2, which will be MUCH more of a hell than 5.0->5.1 or 5.2. The 5.x branch _will_ become stable. Anything not fitting the timeline will be bumped to 6.x. The question is... will their product be finished in three or four months, for the remaining life of 4.x to be of any use? -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@professional.bsdconspiracy.net Spellng is overated anywy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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