Ingo Molnar wrote:
Distro makers did not dare to do this sooner because some kernel
developers came forward with these mostly bogus arguments ... The impact
of atime is far better understood by the kernel community, so it is the
responsibility of _us_ to signal such things towards distributors, not
the other way around.
Pretty much.
AFAICS there was never a "policy decision" on the part of distro makers
to begin with. The kernel had its default -- atime -- and the distros
ran with that.
Jeff
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