Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by thestoicattack » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 2:44 PM UTC

Is it time to remove reiserfs?
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Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by dzqhz » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:00 PM UTC

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Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by HideousKojima » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:02 PM UTC

dzqhz wrote: post #2

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I'm not seeing the snark in the email? Reiser was infamous for murdering his wife, and I'm guessing Wilcox doesn't want the discussion derailed by Reiser's sordid history.

Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by dzqhz » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:03 PM UTC

HideousKojima wrote: post #3

dzqhz wrote: post #2

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I'm not seeing the snark in the email? Reiser was infamous for murdering his wife, and I'm guessing Wilcox doesn't want the discussion derailed by Reiser's sordid history.

>Does reiserfs still have a large install base that is just very happy with an old stable filesystem? Or have all its users migrated to new and exciting filesystems with active feature development?

Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by torgoguys » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:03 PM UTC

dzqhz wrote: post #2

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What was snarky in the email? (Maybe it went over my head since I only have no reiser knowledge).

EDIT: ignore. Sibling asked the same while I typed my question.

Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by tptacek » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:04 PM UTC

dzqhz wrote: post #4

HideousKojima wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not seeing the snark in the email? Reiser was infamous for murdering his wife, and I'm guessing Wilcox doesn't want the discussion derailed by Reiser's sordid history.

>Does reiserfs still have a large install base that is just very happy with an old stable filesystem? Or have all its users migrated to new and exciting filesystems with active feature development?

That's... not snark?

Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by marcellus23 » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:06 PM UTC

dzqhz wrote: post #4

HideousKojima wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not seeing the snark in the email? Reiser was infamous for murdering his wife, and I'm guessing Wilcox doesn't want the discussion derailed by Reiser's sordid history.

>Does reiserfs still have a large install base that is just very happy with an old stable filesystem? Or have all its users migrated to new and exciting filesystems with active feature development?

Can you point out what you think is snarky there?

Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by anxrn » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:06 PM UTC

I presume by personality they're referring to Hans Reiser, the creator of ReiserFS, also a convicted murderer.

Past HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2131221

Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by stefan_ » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:07 PM UTC

dzqhz wrote: post #2

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That's not asking for "no snark", but you are also wrong on there being snark previously.

Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Post by marginalia_nu » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:08 PM UTC

ReiserFS does have its benefits in highly specific use-cases.

I have a filesystem with an absurd number of tiny files in it. I host a statically rendered wikipedia mirror. Tens of millions of gzipped html-files with a filesize in the range 1-5 Kb.

ReiserFS is the only filesystem I know that deals even the slightest bit gracefully with this thanks to tail-packing.