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I'm a ReiserFS user as well, and dislike the switch of 'default' to ext3. I lay most of this at the feet of Mr. Reiser. His attitude towards improving 3.6 and providing a clean upgrade path from 3.6 is probably as much a cause of this as anything. He has also ruffled quite a few feathers with Reiser4, in particular with the kernel developers. I suspect any fair minded person would conclude he is being treated like a red-headed stepchild by those same developers. That same person would also find that a good bit of blame should be laid on his doorstep as well. I find it particularly galling that ext4 has been accepted to the development kernel, while Hans has been fighting for over a year to get Reiser4 into the kernel. I know it's inevitable, but I hate to see the spectre of politics and buddy networks raising their ugly head in what should be a purely technical consideration. Hans is brilliant, but like many brilliant people his drive for excellence can come off as arrogance and antagonism.

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