> > Could you please explain in plain english? The only part I get out is > > "propietary API", and I don't see anybody advocating such here.
Proprietary was a poor choice of words on my part. > I don't understand it much, but I think the point being made is that ... > So, for instance, if I want to grab all mp3s with Artist "Paul > Oakenfold" and change the genre to "techno" (can you do that?), I can > use Beagle's search tool to find all mp3s by Oakenfold, but to change > the genre, I have to use some separate tool to manipulate id3 tags, Yes, this is basically what I was getting at, although I was thinking more in terms of the reiser5/6/whatever set theoretic semantics, which, from my point of view at least, reiser4 is simply the first step towards building the enabling infrastructure of. But the fact that reiser4 semantics + trivial shell scripting enables, as illustrated by David, the rough equivalent of set-theoretic semantics, demonstrates how reiser4 is in fact a step in this direction. > > moment the case of system-wide or network-wide shared data, > I.e., something like 90% of the use of Linux here. OK. 90% of *what* exactly? 90% of what machines deal with, or 90% of what humans interact with? > > users needs. In fact, I believe there is currently a JSR in > > progress to develop a more sophisticated Java packaging model. > > Presumably based on ReiserFS 4, which then has to be ported to > whatever platform you want to run Java on ASAP? Great for you! Wait a > bit, and you'll get what you want then, even across the board! No, obviously that's not what I was saying. But the need for these kinds of domain-specific packaging/metadata formats, each requiring their own tools to work with, would be alleviated if there were simply a more powerful filesystem semantic. Clearly forcing reiser on the world is a non-starter, but try extending your imagination a little bit to a future in which there's a 'new POSIX' specifying a set-theoretic filesystem model. So-called 'database-filesystems' ARE coming, whether from Microsoft, Apple, or us. Who gets there first will determine who gets to make the rules. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
