RE: EFS and gnome/kde (was Re: Request: Test suite for EFS.)

[Sri Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

Could you cross-post to gnome-devel?  Or do I have to subscribe to both
list? (sigh, I guess I might as well or the KDE guys won't even see my
responses)

	sri

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 bob@thestuff.net wrote:

> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 16:02:01 -0600 (CST)
> From: bob@thestuff.net
> To: Ali Abdin <ALIABDIN@aucegypt.edu>
> Cc: Svanberg Liss <lisss@ydab.se>, gnome-devel-list@gnome.org,
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> Subject: RE: EFS and gnome/kde (was Re: Request: Test suite for EFS.)
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> Guyz, could you move it to gnome-kde-list@gnome.org so that the kde guys
> could join in the discussion?
> 
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Ali Abdin wrote:
> 
> > > > I think this is Havoc's 'backseat coder' analogy. Unless you have 
> > > > actually coded or have experience or have benchmarks with this tarfs/EFS 
> > > > then you can make comments about it. Otherwise, just leave it up to the 
> > > > GNOME hackers to sort out.
> > > 
> > > It was a question.
> > > Dont call me a "backseat coder".
> > > Btw, I DO have experience from coding filesystems.
> > > However I DON't have experience from EFS or tar.
> > 
> > By calling somebody a backseat coder - well i don't mean it as an insult. 
> > I just mean it as in "dont comment if you're not knowledgeable about the 
> > topic" (i.e. EFS or tar) - I'm sure the people who have hacked on EFS and 
> > tar have more knowledge than you or I. And as long as there are tools to 
> > read/write to EFS I don't see what the problem is. (As long as its fast 
> > and efficient). 
> > 
> > Anyway, my apologies for calling you a "backseat coder" if you take 
> > offense at it.
> >  
> > > I think this is rather a "no one that isn't coding on my project, should
> > > talk about, or have questions about it" analogy.
> > > GNOME is an open project, right?
> > > And I do have rights to ask questions about an open project, whithout being
> > > told to shut up, or am I wrong?
> > 
> > Yes - but asking questions that have /just/ been awnsered will not get a 
> > response from the usual people. I've just been /browsing/ the thread 
> > lightly and your question was /just/ discussed and awnsered. I figure 
> > that if you wish to comment on the topic, then read the whole thread first.
> >  
> > > Im sorry that I didn't realize that EFS was a TRUE filesystem, but you could
> > > have told me so in another way.
> > 
> > Like I said, my apologies. I didn't mean it in an "offensive" way - I 
> > just noticed a lot of people bashing EFS without being very knowledgeable 
> > about it (i.e. "its new", "why not <X>", "why not <Y>") and i fear that 
> > many of these people have not looked at EFS - They just want something 
> > that they know/understand rather than something new.
> > 
> > Again sorry :)
> > 
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