In a message dated: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:39:28 EDT
Kenneth Graves said:
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:11:47 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I'm told that [RedHat] 7.2 will install using ext3 journaling
> filesystem support by default. Would this be something worth
> waiting for?
>
>Call me a cynic, but I'd say it's something to avoid. RedHat has
>a tendency to release beta-quality code (including kernel modifications),
>then issue patches later. (I don't know about ext3 specifically, but
>I don't see it in the 2.4.3 sources. Or in a quick glance through
>the changelogs up to 2.4.9. Is it really ready for prime time?)
ext3 is still considered beta, though I've heard many, many reports
of people using it in production with no problems.
I'd be surprised if RH release 7.2 with ext3. They usually reserve
such major changes for their .0 release. The .2 releases have
traditionally been the "final stable" release of the X.y series
(i.e. 5.2/6.2 were the final/stable release of the 5.x and 6.x
series). Based on that, I would expect them to wait until 8.0 to
release with ext3.
Personally, I would wait until 7.2 came out, and if it gave you the
option of using ext3, I'd avoid it :)
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Seeya,
Paul
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