> It would be nice to fix up mounts so that you didn't need to be root > and all that crap, and then make it the default, but I doubt Linus > would let it fly. I get the feeling that private namespaces are viewed > like chroots: a security feature no one but pros needs. Unfortunately > not many linux devs seem to care about plan 9, and that has a negative > impact on how much stuff can happen. Hopefully we'll gradually wear > them down, or keep a minifork/patchset.
i think if the linux folks really appreciated what one could do with namespaces, a number of the container bolt-on things could be implemented in terms of namespace. (then again, i have a feeling the same could be said of plan 9.) it's quite interesting to see how taking the seemingly- conservative approach at every turn can take you much further from v7 than even pretty radical breaks like plan 9. - erik
