Re: (reiserfs) Re: New Linux 2.5 - 2.6 TODO (Alan Cox suggests delaying reiserfs integration)

From: Lars Marowsky-Bree (lmb@suse.de)
Date: Mon Jun 05 2000 - 07:48:34 EST


On 2000-06-05T13:26:54,
   Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:

> Rik is probably right. One thing we try very hard to do is to ensure you can
> always go backwards. 2.2.15 for example does nothing to your box that means
> you cannot go back to 2.2.0.

I don't disagree here. 2.4.x and 2.4.y should always have compatible disk
formats - barring real hard bugs - for any x or y.

However, as long as that is warranted, I don't see any problem with 2.x having
a different disk format than 2.y. (As long as such is clearly advertised)

Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@suse.de>
    Development HA

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