Jeff Garzik writes:
Theodore Tso wrote:And I'd also dispute with your "weren't really suited for the originalAlthough not the only disk format change, extents are a pretty big
ext2-style design" comment. Ext2/3 was always designed to be
extensible from the start, and we've successfully added features quite
successfully for quite a while.
one. Will this be the last major on-disk format change?
You keep making "straw that broke the camel's back" type arguments
without saying why this particular straw (rather than the other
compatibility-breaking features that are already in ext3) is the one
that must not be allowed. Is it a matter of taste, or is there some
objective threshold that extents cross?