On 5/31/22 10:31AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 08:51:40AM -0500, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
On 5/29/22 6:51PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
"Just because we can" isn't a good answer. The best code is code we
don't have to write and maintain. If it's a burden to maintain and a
barrier to progress, then we should seriously be considering
removing it, not trying to maintain the fiction that it's a viable
supported production quality filesystem that people can rely on....
I'm onboard to sunsetting jfs. I don't know of anyone that is currently
using it in any serious way. (jfs-discussion group, this is a good time to
chime in if you feel differently.)
We should probably get the mythtv people to stop recommending JFS.
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Setting_Up#Filesystems
Good point. Maybe not mission-critical, but introducing any new
potential file corruption can sure make for some unhappy people.
