Re: [gentoo-dev] reiserfs

[Mark Bainter <mark-gt@cymry.org>]

Alexander Gretencord [arutha@gmx.de] wrote:
> As said earlier, it's ok to tell the people that reiser is not stable in your 
> opinion, but tell them _why_! That's my whole point, nothing about being 
> emotionally attached to reiser (tho I use it and am happy, but I also use XFS 
> and am happy)

Just as a point of interest, I'm not attached to it either.  I'm currently
using XFS on my laptop, as I tend to keep a standard enough kernel there
that I can manage any conflicts that do come up.  I've not really had time
to research JFS.  

In general, I don't think it's necessary to warn people about using it.  If
someone is interested in using a filesystem it's their responsibility to 
read about it first and make an educated decision.  It's not the place of a
few people to tell you what you shouldn't run, with the exception of proper
labelling of experimental software.  Giving links to more information about
a filesystem is one thing, warning them away from using it seems to me a 
bad idea.

Unless of course you are shooting for the "Stupid User" segment of the
population.  However, I think there are more than enough distributions to
covering that already.