Re: Alternative filesystems for Hurd
On Sun, 8 Aug 1999 cbbrowne@godel.brownes.org wrote:
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> > > GA> I don't think that this is due to happen until Sept. at the
> > > GA> moment. They are also still working on the licensing AFAIK.
> > > GA> However, if it's not GPL I'm not sure that it's acceptable for
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In case anyone missed it, SGI released "most" of XFS under GPL yesterday
(or the day before) ... I think the missing bits are the "AT&T SYS VR4"
parts (there was a reference to some other proprietary parts as well).
I hope someone qualified (not me) could take what's been released and
put in the missing pieces ... I expect SGI may be doing this themselves.
> > I think ReiserFS is also a very nice file system.
>
> It would make a LOT of sense to take a look at integrating ReiserFS
> into Hurd; it has a GPL license, which is certainly compatible.
>
It would make sense to have both. ReiserFS looks very interesting ...
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