Josef Bacik <josef <at> toxicpanda.com> writes: > ... > We've reached the point where we really need wider user > testing, because no amount of testing we do will ever be able to match > up to the crazy things users do.
Please understand - convincing people (technical and non-technical) to install a regular Fedora with a new fs is always tricky. Just a prospect of having your machine work for a month or so and accumulating confidence and data ... and suddenly stairing into a black ... is a bit unnerving :-) Now just a loud thinking ... Have you thought about first preparing a CD (even a live CD) with BTRFS and some extra preinstalled software like VirtualBox etc just for testing ? This way you would address your need for wider testing and have a receptive audience to do just that on their own terms. Also, it would be a great way to assure testers/users (and discover some "crazy behavior" effects) before making BTRFS a default fs in Fedora. Btw, we do understand that you put a lot of time and effort into it, really. And we appreciate it, really. But sometimes, technical people have a problem with selling the fruits of their work to the "unwashed" masses who are not aware of all technical details but are confronted with the prospect of being testers/users of still risky technology (and their assets at risk ...). Anyway, we wish you well and hope that you make BTRFS avaiable to us when ready. JB -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
