From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:19:33 -0800 From: "Roman V. Shaposhnik" In-reply-to: <5d375e920901211102h539280e7h18ec960fcc88e2ea@mail.gmail.com> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-id: <1232767173.22808.45.camel@goose.sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <87b90d8b1794b7b63737e9b0815d1288@quanstro.net> <1232502224.11686.63.camel@goose.sun.com> <5d375e920901211102h539280e7h18ec960fcc88e2ea@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Changelogs & Patches? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 86238f94-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 20:02 +0100, Uriel wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Roman V. Shaposhnik wrote: > > Sure, but I can't really use venti without using > > fossil (again: we are talking about a typical setup > > here not something like vac/vacfs), can I? > > > > If I can NOT than fossil becomes a weak link that > > can let corrupted data go undetected all the way > > to a venti store. > > Fossil has always been a weak link, and probably will always be until > somebody replaces it. There was some idea of replacing it with a > version of ken's fs that uses a venti backend... > > Venti's rock solid design is the only thing that makes fossil > minimally tolerable despite its usual tendency of stepping on its hair > and falling on his face. After spending sometime reading the sources and grokking fossil I don't think it is a walking disaster. Far from it. There are a couple of places where things can be improved, to make *me* happier (YMMV), and I'll try to focus on these in replying to Andrei's email. Just to get some closure on this discussion. Thanks, Roman.