Re: Btrfs as default filesystem for Fedora 23?

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On 23 June 2015 at 18:40, Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 23 June 2015 at 14:15, Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> As I recall, Josef Bacik mentioned that he'd be pushing for Btrfs
>> >>> becoming the default in Fedora 23
>> >>>
>> >>> . At this point, I'm personally convinced that it is certainly ready
>> >>> and
>> >>> doable for F23.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Well actually he said his "plan" was to push for F23.  I've been using
>> >> btrfs raid 6 for several years now and have been lucky I haven't
>> >> encountered
>> >> any issues - but if you subscribe to the mailing list you'll see others
>> >> haven't been quite as lucky.  I'm sure he'll propose it once he
>> >> believes it
>> >> is ready.  When proposing a default change it is prudent to be
>> >> cautious. In
>> >> the meantime it's there to use for early adopters; and the more people
>> >> who
>> >> test the faster issues will be identified and corrected.  Just be sure
>> >> you've taken the proper precautions.... ;-)
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> > Certainly, but with none of the features in Btrfs actually emitting
>> > scary
>> > "experimental" warnings anymore, and even all features working in btrfs
>> > RAID
>> > 5/6 now, I think we should really start pushing it to more people. Or at
>> > least develop some kind of test plan to prove the "worthiness" of using
>> > it
>> > as default. We must have something, ne?
>> >
>>
>> So if there are problems who is going to deal with the users, diagnose
>> the issues and fix them? Those are going to be the people who will
>> need to push for this feature if they think it is ready or not. I
>> would start by finding out who they are, talking with them and then
>> looking at what time frame they think the feature would be ready.
>
>
> That is precisely why I'm asking on this list. I don't know who those people
> are, and this is really the best place I know of to start contact and those
> discussions.
>
>

My apologies.. my tone was not helpful. You are correct that asking
here is where to start. I think the groups who would be able to help
answer would be

1. Kernel team
2. QA team
3. Anaconda team
4. Workstation/Server/Cloud or just one if it were to be only on one product.

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