quota deadlock on 6.1-RC1

Mike Jakubik mikej at rogers.com
Thu May 4 05:55:13 UTC 2006


Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:41:57AM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote:
>   
>> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>     
>>> You missed the part where snapshots have caused deadlocks under
>>> varying conditions since day 1.  They have never worked 100% reliably,
>>> and despite our best efforts that will remain true with 6.1.
>>>
>>> Kris
>>>  
>>>       
>> Then why utilize a known non-functional technology?
>>     
>
> Because again, the benefits have been judged by the decision-makers
> and found to outweigh the drawbacks.  Perhaps that's just a difficult
> concept for some people to understand if they're used to thinking of
> everything in binary terms.
>   


Yes, i am sorry, but i fail to understand why i would want to use 
something that i know does not work correctly. I think there are quite a 
few of those "drawbacks" that are pissed off.



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