Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.file-systems.reiserfs.general,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.file-systems
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello!

On Mon 04-04-22 12:58:28, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > 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.

Yeah, I will write them and CC you. Thanks for notifying me.

								Honza
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Jan Kara <[email protected]>
SUSE Labs, CR
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