Original is here: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/54RIGULB4B2JCOPVRABSLFWNWEJXKDVA/ Future updates will be cross-posted. ------- (This first update is big. Subsequent updates should be smaller.) Changes: + Anaconda defaults to Btrfs for automatic partitioning for all desktop installation media + libvirtd patches have landed that will set 'nodatacow' (chattr +C) on VM image containing directories when on Btrfs, by default: virt-manager, GNOME Boxes, Cockpit, et al, will benefit from this directly; minimally tested OK, needs some further testing + Numerous btrfs kernel patches, related to Fedora concerns and requests have landed on upstream linux-btrfs@, including new 'rescue=all' mount option to better tolerate read-only mount despite file system damage + anaconda fix for Silverblue on Btrfs, set "rootflags" boot parameter so startup succeeds + various compose related fixes for non-ISO images; PR submitted, not yet merged into production (consequence is, these Rawhide images are not being created right now for armhfp: Workstation, KDE, Xfce, LXDE, MATE, Sugar) + btrfs driver is now built-in to the kernel, rather than as a module + Red Hat CKI (Continuous Kernel Integration) have added btrfs to their regular xfstests and will report failures upstream Communication: + Fedora Magazine article(s) are in the idea and specification phase. https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/162 https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/btrfs-by-default/22020 https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/us/216?kanban-status=280 Documentation: + Draft material available for review, organization and content development in-progress. https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/158 + Clarification is needed to what degree effort should be spent on updating upstream wiki so it doesn't conflict with Fedora reality; versus Fedora specific content focus. Noteworthy bugs: + Btrfs corruption tracked down to bad RAM (confirmed with memtest86+); will result in improvements to 'btrfs check --repair' to better handle this case; does also expose the difficulty with Btrfs only stating the facts rather than pointing the finger at the cause. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1857996 + Btrfs tracking bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1851166 -- Chris Murphy _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
