> >Try v4. > >> My original xattr >> implementation added another item type, but oh -- wait -- it turns out >> that the file system isn't quite as extensible as claimed.. or, well, AT >> ALL. Adding another item results in an incompatible file system change >> that when mounted on another system, will panic the node. That's >> friendly! There's not even any way to identify which items are in use on >> a particular file system to issue a warning/error on mount. Outstanding >> job "architecting" there. > >Well, if you had an obsessive desire to not use V4, you could fix this >in V3 instead. > >Might be easier to use V4... > >> Users >> wanted ACLs and xattrs on reiser3, but you said, "wait for v4, it'll be >> out soon, and it'll have them." That was 4 years ago. Reiser4 still >> isn't completely stable
My word here is done: While reiserfs3 actually got ACLs, xattrs and quota support by now, reiser4 still lacks them. Something must be very wrong to suggest V4; at least when it comes to these three things. Jan Engelhardt --
