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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27228 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2023 21:29:13 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Jan 2023 21:29:13 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ACA442444; Thu, 19 Jan 2023 07:29:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-f42.google.com (mail-pj1-f42.google.com [209.85.216.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FD5B42440 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2023 07:29:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-f42.google.com with SMTP id n20-20020a17090aab9400b00229ca6a4636so2969842pjq.0 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:29:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kev009.com; s=google; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ze3KqiPhSOjB01xZUHMdM9E+NOPFdq7w6AfnUnkkL7k=; b=Ay8Tf8BnTU3xsDAl5rT94PQ/uB81CpYCbiGCQlxCPqJimjANLGlD93Oj5P4sMbWSHV IPY5bAV11cwMSUnClzr2s2AAwlbLXmJvzhvLsUtaD+Dngh+P929v/Kh7Ha80jqWCqdsB 5tHCga/jnAPuwtylk5BPY/MpcerOEDqUVQqn8= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=ze3KqiPhSOjB01xZUHMdM9E+NOPFdq7w6AfnUnkkL7k=; b=6KKTdr1kMOeVDCbIfJzawm69OPSyCYSjKqnjBKHntGxsjZka1bQdxBQ9/a0BLj0gt8 1Dw0bo/kt2JlxZdVCQQUVSacFgjWzmpV+9al0rNfNZtuYJizKwr6634xdKv6KBLz/8gS +geZKtYqM4vLG3W8OeVVTc1PsIWvMBaNniFYrC8e/xEp39vM2OHwoCkHt4Tud9ouw3t5 F6pswRb4GD8l6r2Fz0OBRCbwr4/EBGJg+tayLGPIGJVyWk+I0BmEes0sDFXiJJ0r6Rgx r1/yBNXkvKLg/Gx8rBASbYzN+DVnLhuJbFFuZ8Z8PcL33+gD/09EFxp3RbOS+F9yvUCJ ZPfA== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kretV5iBrtHPCnbeuAhm3QYrY/8aR7IijSiJ1ib+4/T+URN5GMY 5wOuLPOUuyw+I1AFq7Ui5rglh4RE9UF7MBTlOdoyW2Z+7QTXFA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXsK5Tzz/P5T/B5mgsC0aBB5etHl+MKdlL7fQDPPhhGFIfnCiBjUHLAOMFt049Z39v1pnfuBgsC4aOPXLK9dOz4= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:8a07:b0:223:3c41:ca74 with SMTP id w7-20020a17090a8a0700b002233c41ca74mr951084pjn.127.1674077283976; Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:28:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202301180943.30I9hrOw030485@freefriends.org> In-Reply-To: From: Kevin Bowling Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:27:50 -0700 Message-ID: To: "Theodore Ts'o" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: CDPDVFREQU4HU2FSXXS4VDBAUUIFYLF4 X-Message-ID-Hash: CDPDVFREQU4HU2FSXXS4VDBAUUIFYLF4 X-MailFrom: kevin.bowling@kev009.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: AIX moved into maintainance mode List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 2:20 PM Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 02:43:53AM -0700, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > > https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/17/unix_is_dead/ > > Just coincidentally, there is currently discussion in Linux kernel > circles about whether it's time to drop support for JFS. JFS was > originally from OS/2 and then ported to Linux and AIX, although JFS > for Linux and JFS2 for AIX have diverged. JFS has been in maintenance > mode in 2008, and the number of users is close to zero at this point. > > - Ted I had really good experiences with that in the early to mid 2000s, great performance and never lost data. By the time ext4 came out it was no longer much differentiated (extents) and the upgradability and larger user base of ext4 made it obsolete.