On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 9:02 PM Alvin Starr via talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/03/2017 02:53 PM, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 2:13 PM William Park via talk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 05:52:12PM +0000, Dhaval Giani wrote: >> > On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 1:41 PM William Park via talk <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > > Now, I read (it's an old news, though) that BTRFS is being >> "deprecated" >> > > by Redhat, and presumably others will follow. >> > >> > Where have you read this news? As far as I know btrfs is actively being >> > developed and no one is stopping development. >> >> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/16/red_hat_banishes_btrfs_from_rhel/ >> >> >> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/chap-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7.4_Release_Notes-Deprecated_Functionality.html >> >> >> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Red-Hat-Deprecates-Btrfs-Again > > > Still doesn't say that upstream development has stopped. > > Dhaval > > > True enough. > But with Redhat voting with their feet it will make the uptake of BTRFS > much slower if at all. > Redhat was never a major contributor to btrfs. The folks who are on btrfs like it and will continue fund its development. We might see a btrfs v2 similar to ext3 and ext4. But only time will tell. Please let's not equate red hat with upstream kernel development. There are a lot of us who are unrelated to red hat doing it as well. Thanks Dhaval > Remember Reiserfs? I was a great filesystem at least for my use. Much more > reliable then the equivalent ext systems but non-technology related issues > killed it. > > There may be an open GPL version of ZFS(Open ZFS). > There is bcachefs. > > > > -- > Alvin Starr || voice: (416)585-9971x690 > Interlink Connectivity || fax: (416)[email protected] > || > > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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