Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4498 mails)

[Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 14:11 -0600, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> On 11/13/06, Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >
> > BTW why would Suse drop Reiser just because the inventor is in jail.
> > Can't development continue without him?
> 
> from what I understand the community was very small, and very tightly
> controlled by his fanatical approach and demands. In other words,
> there was not broad community support or participation. If he is gone,
> the project is mostly gone.
> 
> That is not to say that, once the dust settles, others might pick it up.
> 

So keep it as it is and don't upgrade it.  Certainly that much of the
project is licensed and distributed.  I would hate to find 10.2 would
disallow my /home which is Reiser, 3.x I think.

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