CIFS will be strategic in some settings, but not included in kernel

[Albert Cahalan]

Martin Langhoff writes:

> In that sense, it is very simple - as a programmer, if I am going to
> spend significant time working on a feature like this I want it to
>
> 1 - work for the deployments - this is the most important thing!
> 2 - work for G1G1 users too - they are the donors and enthusiasts!
> 3 - work for the developers - otherwise it won't get attention and bugfixes
> 4 - work in as many places as possible
> 5 - not cause security trouble
> 6 - enable sharing across the internet if possible
>
> CIFS is only good on #2, and fails at all the other ones. It is a good
> solution for a very narrow set of scenarios.

Nope. CIFS meets them all. WebDAV fails at #2, #3, #4, #5.
CIFS sure does feel yucky, but it works pretty well. CIFS is
even done in userspace (GNOME's nautilus seems to have it).

A more Linux-oriented alternative would be NFSv4.