On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 09:38:39AM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote: > [...] >> Whuzzz up with AUFS? >> Even there where massive changes to VFS and FS in 2.6.38+, there is an >> adapted kernel patch around (for example see Debian's 2.6.38 linux-2.6 >> packages in experimental branch). > > Do not cite the Debian kernel team as supporting aufs. ÂIt is included > only because Debian Live needs some kind of union filesystem, and only > until that appears in-tree. > Debian is using AUFS - that is a fact! That is exactly what I mean... as there is no *official* (and working! and really used) union-filesystem from kernel-side. Diverse distributions (and especially the embedded area) use AUFS (as overlay) and SquashFS (for compression) as an *unofficial* working solution for years. including Debian. SquashsFS and hopefully SquashFS-XZ is in the kernel, but not AUFS. So, I am interested in (a new discussion and) re-thinking what is the number #1 choice in that area. BTW, in the meantime Ric Wheeler asked for a comparison between Union-mounts and OverlayFS [1]. Let's see and read. >> From my POV OverlayFS is the new star at the skyline and should be >> promoted as 1st choice, now. > [...] > > This thread is for technical review, not marketing. > My POV is clear - I already gave some technical arguments contra union-mounts. An official and working(!) solution is needed and "promoted" from the big five in Linux kernel (filesystem) development. A decision what is the (next and new preferred?) standard union-filesystem in the kernel-world. Now, there is a new problem for union-mounts as one of its main maintainer stopped working on it. Even OverlayFS is young, it is already used as a working(!) solution in OpenWRT. People do not need and want a never-ending "technical preview" for years, they need and want a working(!) solution, that is/was mostly AUFS chosen *unofficially* (and remember rejected into mainline). Personally, I did not see/read union-mounts used by any distro or in the embedded world. - Sedat - [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg43345.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
