Re: BTRFS dropped by RedHat

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On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Przemek Klosowski
<przemek.klosowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The release notes for RHEL 7.4 announce that RedHat gave up on btrfs:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/chap-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7.4_Release_Notes-Deprecated_Functionality.html
>
> Btrfs has been deprecated

This is a statement on RHEL 7.  It does not reflect on Fedora.

> This is a pity---BTRFS features looked attractive:

What is a pity is that the attractive looking features and the
stability of the filesystem did not line up as one would hope.  Btrfs
works well for some use cases, but for others it can be error prone
and result in data loss.

> Are people who care about mass storage issues aware of RedHat's plans and
> are OK with the situation? Are there any other options apart from what
> RedHat is planning?

Btrfs remains enabled in Fedora.  Realistically, it will remain
enabled and selectable as an option for installs for the foreseeable
future.  Whether a user wishes to use it or not remains up to them.

josh
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