Re: BTRFS in 2012?

> If BTRFS is used by default on boxes, then file system snapshots
> insturmented in RPM's (or URPMI's) state machines become possible.
>
> (aside)
> There's a closely related usage case in build systems based on
> populating a chroot which then uses a depsolver to populate
> the chroot based on BuildRequirements. In the build system
> case, reverting to the original chroot snapshot is (perhaps:
> a measurement is needed to say for sure) an efficient implementation
> to return to the original image (yes I am making an assumption that
> each chroot is also a mount point.)
>
> Is BTRFS being considered in 2012? If not, then RPM/URPM
> using snapshots is less important than otherwise.
>
> 73 de Jeff
>

for mageia, me and tmb are looking at btrfs, but it's just not good enough
yet imho...