Re: First draft list of 2.3.x "Things to fix"

[Mark Hahn]

Alan said:
> > * ext3 (Depends on whether it's remotely close to something of a beta, at
> > least... (CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL would be nice here, at least))
> 
> There is a lot of work to be done to get the journalling layer nicely arranged to do
> the right things and to do them right for XFS, ext3 and Reiserfs - not 2.4 material
> by any means.

that would be a real shame.  having *some* journaled FS in the official
distribution would make a HUGE difference in mindshare.  if ext3 is 
usable now, it should DEFINITELY go in 2.3.  getting three journaled FS's
to play together sounds like something to fix in 2.5, but 2.4 definitely
needs at least one.

it's not as if kernel changes to support journaling have wide 
(that is, user-space, or touches-every-driver) repercussions...

regards, mark hahn.