Re: [PATCH 0/7] overlay filesystem: request for inclusion

From: J. R. Okajima
Date: Sun Jun 12 2011 - 03:45:27 EST



Michal Suchanek:
> Anyway, as I understand it aufs is not going to be merged because the
> VFS maintainers don't want a filesyetem (like aufs) but do accept only
> mount (overlayfs or unionmount).
>
> So overlayfs is the only way forward now since unionmount development
> has stopped.

Actually overlayfs is union-type-filesystem as aufs, instead of
union-type-mount.
If the development of UnionMount is really stopped, then I'd ask people
to consider merging aufs as well as overlayfs.


J. R. Okajima
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