On Feb 26, 2014 7:24 AM, "Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > - Other than lack of shrink support in XFS, I'd say XFS is suitable for Workstation as well. Would the Workstation WG have concerns about the lack of fs shrink support in the default file system? [1]
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> I don't think shrink support is a factor at all for Workstation.
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> josh
Filesystem shrinking should be a *requirement* for Workstation. I'd love to see Fedora as everyone's primary and only OS, but that's a long term goal. As the flagship desktop offering, Fedora Workstation will be the first choice for inexperienced or casual users, the class of users that boot multiple OSen. The class of users that would switch primary distributions in frustration on discovering that they are forced to reinstall to gain a bit of unallocated space.
Such users may not be the target audience for Workstation, but they still represent mindshare and a pool of potential contributors. Consider carefully on decisions that would alienate this group. "We warned you in the Release Notes, you should have changed the default filesystem " gains no favor.
--Pete
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