From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from reimari.net (mail.phpoint.net [212.63.10.62]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8702ABD53 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 15:42:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from rosa (mpy-81-138.adsl.reimari.net [212.246.81.138]) by reimari.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id XAA09111 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 23:42:06 +0300 (EET DST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Mikko Moilanen To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] reiserfs Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 20:39:20 +0000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <23DFAA462CC6A64487613B0E242D9FF706EC65@mercury.phoenix-interactive.com> <200205141907.20610.arutha@gmx.de> <20020514124914.O5849@firinn.org> In-Reply-To: <20020514124914.O5849@firinn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200205142039.20600.baldor@surfeu.fi> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 9db5a3ed-b0e9-47f1-ab15-3bc888647e92 X-Archives-Hash: 23230cd2837a7209c38ecb458529eac2 On Tuesday 14 May 2002 17:49, Mark Bainter wrote: > 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 t= o > 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 pr= oper > labelling of experimental software. Giving links to more information a= bout > a filesystem is one thing, warning them away from using it seems to me = a > bad idea. Its their responsibility to use it or not to use it. If somebody kindly w= rites=20 so exact and clear documentation he can say his opinions about things, an= d I=20 think it is _very_ nice if he actually does so. He has right to do so. I= ts=20 good if he does do so. My and others responsibility is to judge them and = make=20 choises. Otherway nobody would document nothing more than have to at minimum and t= hat=20 would be catastrophic. > 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. Nobody knows everyting already nor nobody have time or resources to seek = out. =2E.and your opinions were important too. --=20 Mikko