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Not an opinion about ext3, but "I have many machines using it" does not mean a system is obsolete or not, for obvious reasons. Besides, with companies still run

by erez 15y ago

Not an opinion about ext3, but "I have many machines using it" does not mean a system is obsolete or not, for obvious reasons. Besides, with companies still running COBOL/FORTRAN software on decades old hardware, what is "obsolete"?

RexRollman 15y ago
In my opinion, obsolete software is software that is no longer maintained.
- jrockway 15y ago
  The current version of the "extended filesystem" is 4, not 3.
  - nknight 15y ago
    That doesn't mean ext3 is unmaintained. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Flinux.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=ext3 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Fl...
    - RexRollman 15y ago
      Exactly, and both JFS and XFS are still maintained as well. In fact, this is where all file systems should strive to get: stable releases with bug fixes only.