[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] Remove versioning information

Mark Fasheh mfasheh at suse.de
Mon Dec 2 16:06:35 PST 2013


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 05:37:27PM -0600, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> The versioning information is confusing for end-users. The numbers
> are stuck at 1.5.0 while the tools version have moved to 1.8.2.
> 
> I suggest removing the versioning system in the ocfs2 module and let
> the kernel version be the guide to debug issues. However, if
> you think versioning is still required, please state the reason and
> modify the version string in the *ver.h files.

Thanks for this. Once upon a time the versioning helped us but these days
it's just outdated info

I would keep the module description if you don't mind. Something short and
straight forward:

MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ocfs2 cluster file system");

I don't know that we really need a description for the other two modules.
	--Mark

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Mark Fasheh



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