Re: [GIT PULL] Squashfs pull request for 2.6.29 [LWN.net]

From:		Andrew Morton <akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org>
To:		Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org>
Subject:		Re: [GIT PULL] Squashfs pull request for 2.6.29
Date:		Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:08:42 -0800
Message-ID:		<20090109140842.16ae7c8a.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc:		alan-AT-lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, hch-AT-infradead.org, phillip-AT-lougher.demon.co.uk, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel-AT-vger.kernel.org
Archive‑link:		Article

On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:56:54 -0800 (PST)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > > Of course, this assumes that someone will actually perform that testing
> > > and review.  Chances are that it'll just sit there, getting nothing more
> > > than compilation testing.
> > 
> > Almost every distribution ships the updated version and has done for ages
> > - exactly what kind of testing is going to beat that ?
> 
> Yes, if this is really in use by everybody, then not merging it is kind of 
> pointless. 
> 

Merge it!

We've long needed a filesystem named after a vegetable.
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Note Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox's reply

Posted Jan 9, 2009 23:13 UTC (Fri) by dwheeler (guest, #1216) [Link] (1 responses)

Linus notes:
You make a very compelling case.

Alan Cox adds:
And vegetables are much [healthier] than FAT ...

It appears that the humor cells are still intact :-).

Note Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox's reply

Posted Jan 10, 2009 11:29 UTC (Sat) by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164) [Link]

what, you doubted that? Just check the average release by linus or the
weekly quotes in the LWN Weekly, and you'll know they're still as insane as
ever ;-)

Re: [GIT PULL] Squashfs pull request for 2.6.29

Posted Jan 15, 2009 10:40 UTC (Thu) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]

Squash as a vegetable? Not everyone is a native English and would probably expect Squash (game with tennis racket and ball) first, which hits the idea of a compressed fs more.