2008/2/7, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>:
quoted text > * Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> [080206 17:00] wrote:
> > As exposed by several users, NTFS seems to be broken even before first
> > VFS commits happeing around the end of December. Those commits exposed
> > some problems about NTFS which are currently under investigation.
> > Ultimately, This filesystem is also unmaintained at the moment.
> >
> > Speaking with jeff, we agreed on what can be a possible compromise:
> > remove the kernel support for NTFS and maybe take care of the FUSE
> > implementation.
> > What I now propose is a small survey which can shade a light on us
> > about what do you think about this idea and its implications:
> > - Do you use NTFS?
> > - Are you interested in maintaining it?
> > - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What
> > the kernel counter part adds?
> > - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea?
>
>
> My pragmatic view on this is that I think it's odd that something
> that is sort-of working for a few people is going to be axed by
> people that don't use it, while promising to replace it with something
> better.
>
> Maybe a nicer way of saying/asking would be to ask:
>
> Is the FUSE replacement going to be tested to the point where it's
> better than then current NTFS code?
It is possible for you to reply without a flammable answer to any question?
In particular in this case where it is just a polling...
Attilio
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