On 18/09/2013 16:05, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 18 Sep 2013 14:52:30 Ralf Ramsauer wrote: > >> In my opinion, reiser is a bit outdated ... > > What is the significance of its date? I use reiserfs on my Atom box for /var, > /var/cache/squid and /usr/portage, and on my workstation for /usr/portage > and > /home/prh/.VirtualBox. It's never given me any trouble at all.
Sooner or later, reiser is going to bitrot. The ReiserFS code itself will not change, but everything around it and what it plugs into will change. When that happens (not if - when), there is no-one to fix the bug and you will find yourself up the creek sans paddle An FS is not like a widget set, you can't really live with and workaround any defects that develop. When an FS needs patching, it needs patching, no ifs and buts. Reiser may nominally have a maintainer but in real terms there is effectively no-one Circumstances have caused ReiserFS to become a high-risk scenario and even though it might perform faultlessly right now, continued use should be evaluated in terms of that very real risk. > Perhaps you meant that, say, ext4 has better all-round performance? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
