Bug#1143565: Debian should default to XFS

On 04/08/2026 at 15:57, Jose R Rodriguez wrote:
> On 2026-08-04 05:50, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>
>> Maybe the default filesystem could be made conditional to the 
>> architecture, memory size, partition size... ?
> 
> And whether user selected d-i Expert Installation option [?] then XFS 
> should be the default.

I disagree. Expert install is intended to ask more questions, not change 
defaults. Or did you mean manual partitioning ?

> After all, users who subsequently resize their 
> partitions likely are novices who have not planned their partitioning 
> and likely would not appreciate XFS/Reiser4, either.
But I often have to tell such users to use expert install in order to 
see some low-priority question.