• 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
    52·
    2 hours ago

    Man, I really want bcachefs to do well; it’s so nice, and while I’m happy with btrfs, I would really like to be able to have more RAID options in it.

    Years ago, I used to do the LVM + FS dance, but after a couple of incidents I discovered it’s a kind of jenga tower that’s difficult to rebuild of things go really caterwumpus. Since then, I avoid LVM and have been waiting for stable RAID5/6 support in btrfs, but have come to the conclusion that it may never arrive; it seems to be either not a priority, or impossible (or exceedingly difficulty), because the years creep by with no apparent progress and the RAID warning increasingly looks as if it’s written in stone.

    So bcachefs is really interesting to me. But I’m getting Hans Reiser vibes from Overstreet; what is it with filesystem developers and oversized egos?

    • azuth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      You do know Hans Reiser murdered his wife right?

      It’s very improbable that this guy will also murder someone despite being an asshole. You should probably get your vibes re-calibrated if it conflates murder with flame wars.

    • BB_C@programming.dev
      54·
      2 hours ago

      I’m getting Hans Reiser vibes from Overstreet

      You would do good on a CoC board.

      Friendly Advice: If you hang out in microblog platforms, especially mastodon, do it less. The echo chamber discourse there is not good for your sanity. This is general advice, not just for you, really.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
      4·
      2 hours ago

      Yeah, I wonder about this.

      There’s being blunt, and there’s abuse. Linus attacks code, not people. Maybe it’s seems like a distinction without a difference, but Linus would say “stop submitting stupid patches,” instead of “stop being stupid.” Or maybe, “the quality of your patch is dumb” versus “you’re dumb.” But, I don’t follow the LKML so maybe he does ad hominem attacks.

      I do know he’s mellowed over the years and the CoC was introduced after his daughter called him out about abusive behavior, and he seems to have listened to her. So you may be right: if the CoC had been introduced 20 years ago, maybe he’d have already been kicked out.

      My final thought is that there’s a bit of “rules for thee, not me.” Linux can probably now survive without Linus, but he’s still a guiding force and probably the foremost authority on the core kernel, and I have a hard time imagining his lieutenants kicking him out.

      • doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de
        4·
        2 hours ago

        There’s being blunt, and there’s abuse. Linus attacks code, not people.

        Maybe today, but certainly not in the past. I don’t doubt that Linus always had the best intentions for the kernel, but he nevertheless told other developers they should be retroactivly aborted. It’s hard for me to imagine that this version of Linus and a Linux CoC could’ve existed at the same time.

        But I also get the impression that he did change quite a bit since then, now being blunt instead of abusive as you said. This shouldn’t be inherently incompatible with a CoC.