Re: Fedora 32 System-Wide Change proposal: Enable fstrim.timer by default

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 12:25:24PM +0100, Miro Hrončok wrote:
> On 19. 12. 19 22:42, Ben Cotton wrote:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/EnableFSTrimTimer
> > 
> > == Summary ==
> > Enabling fstrim.timer will cause fstrim.service to execute weekly,
> > which in turn executes `/usr/sbin/fstrim --fstab --verbose --quiet`
> 
> 
> Could we please have a summary that contains at least some generally used
> terms such as "flash storage devices" or "discarding unused blocks"?
> 
> Because for users not familiar with fstrim, this summary translates to:
> 
> "Enabling something will cause something to execute weekly which in turn
> executes something."

 +1, for example:

 Enabling fstrim.timer will cause fstrim to execute weekly. fstrim is
 used on a mounted filesystem to trim blocks which are not in use by
 the filesystem. This is useful for solid-state drives (SSDs) and
 thinly-provisioned storage.

    Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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