Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:58:28 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs? |
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Hi!
> > But I believe userbase is bigger than you think and it will not be > > possible to remove reiserfs anytime soon. > > I was about to say the opposite until I noticed that one of my main > dev machine has its kernel git dir on it because it's an old FS from > a previous instance of this machine before an upgrade and it turns out > that this FS still had lots of available space to store git trees > :-/
:-).
> So maybe you're right and there are still a bit more than expected out > there. However I really think that most users who still have one are in > the same situation as I am, they're not aware of it. So aside big fat > warnings at mount time (possibly with an extra delay), there's nothing > that will make that situation change. > > At the very least disabling it by default in Kconfig and in distros > should be effective. I really don't think that there are still users > who regularly update their system and who have it on their rootfs, but > still having data on it, yes, possibly. The earlier they're warned, > the better.
I guess we should start by making sure that distributions don't use it by default. Big fat warning + delay is a bit harsh for that, talking to them should be enough at this point :-).
Someone start with Arch Linux ARM. Pavel -- People of Russia, stop Putin before his war on Ukraine escalates. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | ![\](/images/icornerr.gif) |