On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 11:58:33PM +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
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> On Fri, 2 May 2008 14:39:23 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > Quite frankly, if that's the case, I'd *much* rather see that worked on 
> > first, so that there aren't any format changes that are already known to 
> > be pending before it even gets merged.
> > 
> > Would it be at all possible to try to do that, or is it just "too far 
> > out"?
> 
> Definitely possible.  The last similar change happened in December and
> took until March until I ran out of stupid regressions from it.  Most
> likely there are still some I just haven't found yet.
> 
> The question is when to draw the line and say "This is useful as-is for
> a sufficient number of users."  I don't have a good answer to it.  I
> certainly expect more changes in the future, including format changes.
> And if we wait for them all to happen, it won't get merged this decade.

Why not merge it and mark it experimental then ? In fact, this is about
what you're looking for : reduced merge hassle and more testers.

Willy

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