RE: silent semantic changes with reiser4

[David Dabbs]

> 
> I'm probably not the first to suggest this idea, and it's probably not a
> very good idea, but here's my idea anyhow:
> 
> You have a file "/usr/bin/emacs"
> with a metadata property in the overlaid namespace
> "/usr/bin/emacs/[[..]metas/]icon"
> 
> According to some, this could cause some confusion.  Howabout instead:
> 
> You have a file "/usr/bin/emacs"
> with a metadata property in a slightly separated namespace
> "/metas/usr/bin/emacs/icon"
>

Timothy, see my similar proposal at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=reiserfs&m=109511131923831&w=2 
which viro vetoed. I suspect this horse is quite dead.


David




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