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Cc: Jeff Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org>, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support
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> Speaking with jeff, we agreed on what can be a possible compromise:
> remove the kernel support for NTFS and maybe take care of the FUSE
> implementation.
> What I now propose is a small survey which can shade a light on us
> about what do you think about this idea and its implications:
> - Do you use NTFS?

Sometimes.

> - Are you interested in maintaining it?

Nope.

> - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What
> the kernel counter part adds?

FUSE would be fine by me.  I didn't realize FUSE was available on FreeBSD --  
in the past I typically booted with a Knoppix livecd and then tar over 
netcat to get files back to my BSD machines.  I'll use FUSE on FreeBSD from 
now on.

> - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea?

Yep.

--
Matt Emmerton