From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262802AbVF3Edf (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:33:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262808AbVF3Edb (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:33:31 -0400 Received: from services106.cs.uwaterloo.ca ([129.97.152.164]:25539 "EHLO services106.cs.uwaterloo.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262802AbVF3Ed1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:33:27 -0400 X-Mailer: emacs 21.4.1 (via feedmail 8 I) To: Hans Reiser Cc: Horst von Brand , Kyle Moffett , David Masover , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Lincoln Dale , Gregory Maxwell , Jeff Garzik , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ReiserFS List Subject: Re: reiser4 plugins From: Hubert Chan In-Reply-To: <42C3615A.9020600@namesys.com> (Hans Reiser's message of "Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:04:58 -0700") References: <200506290509.j5T595I6010576@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <87hdfgvqvl.fsf@evinrude.uhoreg.ca> <8783be6605062914341bcff7cb@mail.gmail.com> <42C3615A.9020600@namesys.com> X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:reiser@namesys.com::Gk4MSeaYIyjqKBJB:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000XBU1 X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl::JezaYEbKEsOON5cB:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000rDB+ X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:mrmacman_g4@mac.com::WdTEI0tkqjwLzC6T:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000BhnE X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:ninja@slaphack.com::5MP38ms5fvqD+tlh:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000WiQY X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu::oMKuPF1bbjIgQbak:000000000000000000000000000000000000006TbX X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:ltd@cisco.com::KsdF/VVo2QduOroP:00011kMd X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:gmaxwell@gmail.com::4hRWRd6JqoRVseKC:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000knrZ X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:jgarzik@pobox.com::BAqtjXIkKn/lhNL6:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000KYQ0 X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:hch@infradead.org::Qcrk949HNsErI0aa:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000041C5 X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:akpm@osdl.org::Lomg6DC2Eqa5cIEo:0000AZOn X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org::MqGUFro2IbBcULZQ:00000000000000000000000000000000098Yv X-Hashcash: 1:23:050630:reiserfs-list@namesys.com::CG2HFiVT0hSUu523:0000000000000000000000000000000000006/7/ Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:33:10 -0400 Message-ID: <871x6kv4zd.fsf@evinrude.uhoreg.ca> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Miltered: at rhadamanthus with ID 42C37647.004 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:04:58 -0700, Hans Reiser said: > Ross Biro wrote: >> How is directories as files logically any different than putting all >> data into .data files and making all files directories (yes you would >> need some sort of special handling for files that were really called >> .data). > Add to this that you make .data the default if the file within the > directory is not specified, It's sort of like the way web servers handle index.html, for those who think it's a stupid idea. (Of course, some people may still think it's a stupid idea... ;-) ) > and define a stanadard set of names for metafiles, and you've got the > essential idea, and any differences are details. -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.