Re: [PATCH 0/7] arch/*: config: Remove ReiserFS from defconfig
Peter Lafreniere <[email protected]>
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On Monday, September 18th, 2023 at 19:41, Segher Boessenkool <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 05:56:09PM +0000, Peter Lafreniere wrote: > > > ReiserFS has been considered deprecated for 19 months since commit > > eb103a51640e ("reiserfs: Deprecate reiserfs"). However, there are > > several architectures that still build it into their defconfig kernels. > > > > As ReiserFS will be removed in 2025, delete all ReiserFS-related options > > from defconfig files before the filesystem's removal. > > > This is essentially equivalent to deleting the filesystem now. Why do > this? Is there such a hurry? This is not equivalent to deleting the filesystem. The filesystem can still be configured into kernels, and few distros use a defconfig kernel anyway. > > > Segher Cheers, Peter Lafreniere <[email protected]>