From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS3215 2.0.0.0/16 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:4830:134:3::11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CFE31F404 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:38120 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp8NH-000756-65 for e@80x24.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:38:51 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51410) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp8N0-00074p-R7 for libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:38:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp8Mv-0005fe-US for libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:38:34 -0400 Received: from v-64-94-238-142.unman-vds.inap-atlanta.nfoservers.com ([64.94.238.142]:41352 helo=themusicinnoise.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp8Mv-0005fL-OR for libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:38:29 -0400 Received: from athena.localdomain (kite.riseup.net [198.252.153.226]) (Authenticated sender: nortega@themusicinnoise.net) by themusicinnoise.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 650D074EC for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:38:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:38:22 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Nicol=C3=A1s?= Ortega Froysa To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org Message-ID: <20180813083822.GA1179@athena.localdomain> Mail-Followup-To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org References: <1347238804.172808.1534117575793@connect.xfinity.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1347238804.172808.1534117575793@connect.xfinity.com> X-Info: Please consider encrypting e-mails. 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User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 64.94.238.142 Subject: Re: Dropbox vs. Linux X-BeenThere: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8090692602163720285==" Errors-To: libreplanet-discuss-bounces+e=80x24.org@libreplanet.org Sender: "libreplanet-discuss" --===============8090692602163720285== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z" Content-Disposition: inline --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 07:46:15PM -0400, Arthur Torrey wrote: > I will say that I am a bit perplexed by the description of what DropBox i= s supposedly doing. My understanding has always been that all the file han= dling was done by the O/S (Gnu/Linux or other) in a transparent manner - yo= u (a program) requests read/write on a file and the O/S handles it through = the file system driver such that it always looks the same to the requester.= =2E. If so, how how would DropBox even know what file system you were usin= g, let alone care??? When I heard the news I too was a bit confused. Generally, Dropbox shouldn't need to support anything. The only interfaces that I believe Dropbox would have to deal with are those involving file editing/creation/deletion, which do not change since based on filesystem because (as you mention) the kernel takes care of that. When I write a program in C, even if I want to do something ultra specific and therefore use some of the `sys/' header files, it would still be universal to every supported Linux filesystem. What is the most perplexing is that they're not using it as an excuse to drop Linux entirely (which would actually just mean it's a business decision and they needed a cheap excuse), but rather they plan to continue support for ext4, but 'not' anything else. It was pointed out to me that, perhaps, they are not getting enough GNU/Linux users that are paying for premium packages, and therefore it may have been a business decision to attempt to reduce the number of GNU/Linux users. I would actually be curious to see if, despite what Dropbox says officially, the software still continued to function on all other Linux filesystems. --=20 Nicol=C3=A1s Ortega Froysa https://themusicinnoise.net/ http://uk7ewohr7xpjuaca.onion/ Public PGP Key: https://themusicinnoise.net/nortega@themusicinnoise.net_pub.asc http://uk7ewohr7xpjuaca.onion/nortega@themusicinnoise.net_pub.asc --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEbA1Y/Gh3UJXwpPI6/scOO64uab8FAltxQ3cACgkQ/scOO64u ab85iA/9HXfTPjG5iBRF5WeCSsgFrx6Wzpd1s7OfVojF6mdzPwptJnwhbpXTHUTa ommVy2cB1AxDvfFGe5NvhUoYmWV06r7a3E85hAIinidyF4jnYv5GPeqZdDXm3urd QBP2mTT/MnURRYl8rWZ3swpk0RrbzAXplq1NlrFZYDMP3TUNyWQzCCBF+0UHtY7L 3DzX7MY+VAJbEHbfc/m+ZiyF2kT0pcV7iGdU8OkVUqhTlmnUQMxlKJkJDUuAsHx7 J14bBuiQDT0SFaoEzofXeXormr9sKVLz1o3sp77NLCvL19GwWiFA9KFdPwTan95i 5GHHiZu/LGkq/HlWvkmUZtDlsDv5wjPMAfGzCxgm7rAd9fFkVxo0tJUgCFTZJjOY aChxuzY5vm7BtrZVjHOivoNiAmk/kb1QrezU0VULkTGB3lyq4m7Ai0FIi4U8IDe8 nLo0ET6txD+vkRWQCVXfeblXTNrqRrl49dVPkFDD2QUy1eQXRxmdA585bXZlp+1F dUZ7puVHmicyABKK3EgoS5Y964P3qukbD0Ug8SeeiNMMvWxBdE+iSok4knP2ae3K evDbIhVKDZS0rTuHzgfzKg4nZVkXTExzMXdbvelirMt1UciPkBnW2AdZRXdGuJvP iLBPkeztTAs8OBbHvCQsgRb5Z21AxayxRL0JNSGaX/GxbOqXM1A= =O4bY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z-- --===============8090692602163720285== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss --===============8090692602163720285==--