Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:41:51 +0100 From: "Attilio Rao" <attilio@freebsd.org> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Jeff Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support Message-ID: <3bbf2fe10802070241m6026ad63w78788d83acb48a8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080207071314.GO99258@elvis.mu.org> References: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com> <20080207071314.GO99258@elvis.mu.org>
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2008/2/7, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>: > * Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> [080206 17:00] wrote: > > As exposed by several users, NTFS seems to be broken even before first > > VFS commits happeing around the end of December. Those commits exposed > > some problems about NTFS which are currently under investigation. > > Ultimately, This filesystem is also unmaintained at the moment. > > > > 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? > > - Are you interested in maintaining it? > > - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What > > the kernel counter part adds? > > - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea? > > > My pragmatic view on this is that I think it's odd that something > that is sort-of working for a few people is going to be axed by > people that don't use it, while promising to replace it with something > better. > > Maybe a nicer way of saying/asking would be to ask: > > Is the FUSE replacement going to be tested to the point where it's > better than then current NTFS code? It is possible for you to reply without a flammable answer to any question? In particular in this case where it is just a polling... Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein
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