"Are you affected by bugs that were fixed in newer version? Are there bug fixes that prevent data loss/corruption? Those would fit into the requirements. Otherwise we won't update the package."
Yes, because the new versions include fixes and the removal of obsolete features, which could therefore affect users’ filesystems. Upstream, Debian has addressed this [1] and has restored the package to fix the issues caused by the old version of btrfs-progs. Ubuntu updates the "HWE" kernels and should maintain version parity with btrfs-progs, since upstream updates it [2] almost immediately after the kernel’s release. [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1088329 [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-btrfs/msg151833.html [1] fix btrfs-progs 6.11: "properly detect inode cache and suggest removal by 'clear-ino-cache'" [2] https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/releases Thank you ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1088329 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1088329 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debcrafters packages, which is subscribed to btrfs-progs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2115454 Title: btrfs-progs-6.6.3 in 24.04 1.5+ year old. Crucial for data integrity. lots of bugs fixed since. Please update Status in btrfs-progs package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in btrfs-progs source package in Noble: Triaged Bug description: btrfs-progs-6.6.3 in Ubuntu 24.04 is 1.5+ year old (v6.6.3 released 2023-12-14). Lots of bugs were fixed since then. As of Jun 2025 current release is 6.15. https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/CHANGES.html btrfs-progs is the MOST IMPORTANT package after the kernel b/c its the one that deals with all the data. There was NOT a single update of btrfs-progs in Ubuntu 24.04 (at least since the official release). Please update btrfs-progs in Ubuntu 24.04. Thank you. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/btrfs-progs/+bug/2115454/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~debcrafters-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~debcrafters-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
