From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22537 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2021 23:40:38 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Feb 2021 23:40:38 -0000 Received: from 5ess.inri.net ([107.191.111.177]) by 1ess; Tue Feb 16 18:34:20 -0500 2021 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([107.207.65.229]) by 5ess; Tue Feb 16 18:34:19 -0500 2021 Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:34:17 -0500 From: Stanley Lieber To: 9front@9front.org In-Reply-To: <86ft1wobop.fsf@cmarib.ramside> References: <9B3F5E0F-C779-4528-BE3A-172ABF7B7072@stanleylieber.com> <86ft1wobop.fsf@cmarib.ramside> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: virtual deep-learning hardware-aware factory plugin Subject: Re: [9front] Re: feature request: log rotation Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk On February 15, 2021 11:53:42 PM EST, magma698hfsp273p9f@icebubble=2Eorg wr= ote: >Stanley Lieber writes: > >> a machine sitting still should not fill up its own disk=2E let's design >> a sane default=2E > >Isn't that the whole idea behind the WORM filesystem paradigm? Never >delete anything, just add more storage=2E Right? > i have seen many worms filled without human intervention=2E that's what i'= d like to prevent=2E i can roll my own log rotation, but why not provide a sensible default? note: not all systems have a worm partition or are running dumps=2E the wo= rm actually makes the problem worse=2E sl