Re: libparted trashes reiserfs and enjoys it!

[Sam Liddicott]

Sven Luther wrote:

On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 01:58:21AM +0000, Sam Liddicott wrote:
  

Please don't use progreiserfs/libparted even though 
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ says it comes from namesys.com

I've just been talking to Hans Reiser and all after loosing a load of 
data using qtparted who pointed out that it is NOT written by them and 
is buggy as hell. (Enough to lose my data anyway). They are pulling it 
off their ftp site to avoid misleading people, but can I respectifully 
suggest you shell out to resize_reiserfs to do the dirty work of resizing.
    

Well, reiserfs has been known for eating filesystems for breakfast, as long as
i can remember, just don't use it.
  

How long is your memory? Does it still eat filesystems for breakfast? libparted certainly does!
Do you feel comfortable transferring your revulsion to reiserfs (which I find to be ok) to libparted which is most certainly not?

Now, code is welcome to use reiserfsprog library and reimplement the reiserfs
resizing support in libparted, but nobody seems to care enough about reiserfs
to actually provide code.
  

If I provide the code that causes libparted to shell to resize_reiserfs instead of used the "guarnteed to hose your data" "3rd party and unmaintained" progreiserfs is it like to be accepted?

Please search the mailing list archive for past threads on the subject.

Friendly,
  

Will do, thanks,

can we at least remove reiserfs support from libparted in the mean time?

there is no virtue in shipping dangerous code just because some people think namesys also ship dangerous code.

It's hardly a favour to trash my data "because reiserfs would have trashed it sooner or later anyway"

Sam