From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268470AbUHZJsG (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:48:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268163AbUHZJjD (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:39:03 -0400 Received: from c002781a.fit.bostream.se ([217.215.235.8]:18573 "EHLO mail.tnonline.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268378AbUHZJhq (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:37:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:40:28 +0200 From: Spam Reply-To: Spam X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1939276887.20040826114028@tnonline.net> To: Wichert Akkerman CC: Jeremy Allison , Andrew Morton , torvalds@osdl.org, , , , , , Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 In-Reply-To: <20040825234629.GF2612@wiggy.net> References: <20040824202521.GA26705@lst.de> <412CEE38.1080707@namesys.com> <20040825152805.45a1ce64.akpm@osdl.org> <112698263.20040826005146@tnonline.net> <1453698131.20040826011935@tnonline.net> <20040825163225.4441cfdd.akpm@osdl.org> <20040825233739.GP10907@legion.cup.hp.com> <20040825234629.GF2612@wiggy.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Previously Jeremy Allison wrote: >> Multiple-data-stream files are something we should offer, definately (IMHO). >> I don't care how we do it, but I know it's something we need as application >> developers. > Aside from samba, is there any other application that has a use for > them? Yes, for example documents, image files etc. The multiple data streams can contain thumbnails, info about who is editing the file (useful for networked files) etc. Could be used for version handling and much more. Also, just because we do not see all the benefits right now, doesn't mean there won't be any. ~S > Wichert.