Original is here:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/desk...@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54RIGULB4B2JCOPVRABSLFWNWEJXKDVA/

Future updates will be cross-posted.

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(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


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Chris Murphy
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