Reiser4 filesystem for /var: Is it stable enough?

I've read horror stories about the new reiser4 filesystem, where users have encountered significant data loss, alongside others who have used it for quite some time without issues.  So I thought I'd start this thread to spark a little discussion about if this new filesystem is mature and robust enough to actually use on a regular basis.  I plan on replacing my reiserfs-formatted /var partition with reiser4 if you guys think it's a worthwhile feat.  If it isn't ... well ... I know what y'all have to say about the importance of keeping a clean /var/lib/pacman/local ...
BTW - I thought I would also mention that I split up my drive into many partitions like a more "traditional" linux OS, using ext2 for /boot, ext3 for /home (so windows ext3 drivers can r/w), reiserfs for /var, and ext4 for /, and the advantages are awesome.  It's lovely to have access to my files in windows (especially /boot/grub/menu.lst), and the response time with pacman is very noticable!  I can run circles around my Pentium 4 machine that I have yet to convert, and this machine is a 1 GHz P3 mobile-based laptop with an IDE disk, wooo
Last edited by synthead (2009-12-02 15:54:53)

It's been stable for me.

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