Re: First boot with 20040908 changes

[Stephen J Smoogen <smoogen lanl gov>]

Steve G wrote:

> <rant> Its too late now, but I think allowing xattrs into ext3 was a big mistake
> from a backwards compatibility stance. It should have been ext4. Sure, the bugs
> in ext3 would still be there waiting to bite you, but you won't face them every
> single day.</rant>

Reading the kernel list.. I think that Linus has a similar opinion :).




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