Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:25:23PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 09:21:12AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 08:38:56AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > tags 272029 +upstream
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > Please get feature-patches merged upstream before bugging us, thanks.
> >
> > Upstream rejected them untill they're "a lot more commonly used", which can
> > also be read as "supported in major distributions like Debian". Considering
> > your opinion then the patches should go to /dev/null?
> >
> > Where are we going? FATX support is non-disruptive (Separate module from
> > vfat. It won't even be loaded at all unless the user wants it). What are
> > the problems with it? If your concern is with the release process, I can
> > understand, and don't mind leaving this as post-sarge.
>
> I would suggest making a kernel-patch package.
> That seems to be the correct vehicle for new features to me.
And getting the FATX patches merged into 2.6 would also be a good
precursor to getting them merged into 2.4 or Debain's kernel package.
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