Richard Braun <rbraun@sceen.net> writes: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 08:37:54PM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: >> > 1. The installer uses ext2. >> … >> > Regarding (1), ext2 seems a bit unusual in 2019, but it may be a >> > design decision. It may be worth noting ext4 is a journaled file >> > system and ext2 is not. >> >> The reason for ext2 is that this is not just an ordinary ext2, but one >> which supports setting passive Hurd translators on nodes (started on >> access to the filesystem node). > > The real reason is history. Noone did work to get ext4 in, but ext2 > on the other hand was there from the start. How can people imagine > this is a design decision at all ? I thought that was clear from my post, but see now that it isn’t. The simple reason is that ext4 needs to be adjusted, to be used. I hope someone will do that, but it hasn’t been done yet. Someone has to step up and do it. Best wishes, Arne -- Unpolitisch sein heißt politisch sein ohne es zu merken
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