Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 08:29:13 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> Cc: cem@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r341505 - head/share/man/man5 Message-ID: <20181206082913.GA76892@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <2b9783a8-9254-4b70-65c8-7e27b43b0726@FreeBSD.org> References: <201812042251.wB4MpE2m018782@repo.freebsd.org> <343a2f70-fb4c-bc5c-d32c-789e7797a628@FreeBSD.org> <44199325-5b07-5195-1157-63c197eb5f07@FreeBSD.org> <CAG6CVpUJH3Bj4Rd00EgDhNSZDSNR8RwLdj1nVZGViY06OncaUg@mail.gmail.com> <2b9783a8-9254-4b70-65c8-7e27b43b0726@FreeBSD.org>
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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
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