To those moving to Jaunty: Do not use the new ext4

[Matthew Flaschen]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I'm not blaming the ext4 developers nor am I blaming KDE, but there 
> exists a dangerous condition for using KDE under ext4:

It has absolutely nothing to do with KDE, except they are one example of
a app that expects more than POSIX has to offer.

> The /. article links to Launchpad bugs. I do not link to them
> directly because the /. comments are actually very important for this
> issue,

No, they're actually much less important that either the code (
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git;a=commitdiff;h=3bf3342f394d72ed2ec7e77b5b39e1b50fad8284,
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git;a=commitdiff;h=6645f8c3bc3cdaa7de4aaa3d34d40c2e8e5f09ae,
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git;a=commitdiff;h=dbc85aa9f11d8c13c15527d43a3def8d7beffdc8
) or the bug
report
(https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/317781).  If
you want a clear and concise comment, see
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/317781/comments/45
. Among other things, it notes that ext4's behavior in no way violates
the spec.  /However,/ it does conflict with application expectations,
and so we will be adjusted.

> and will be more informative than the flames and 
> responsibility-denying that I am sure will ensue here.

It's quite clear the coders are taking responsibility if you actually
bother to read the bug report.

> In short, don't use ext4 on Kubuntu Jaunty. In fact, I have argued
> before that end users should avoid ext4 or any new technology for some
> time after debut.

If this bug is an issue, it's an issue on all DE's.  And surely those
taking your advice will not be using development releases in the first
place.

Matt Flaschen