ReiserFS Proposed To Be Removed From Linux In 2022
'Linux kernel developers have discussed on the kernel developers forum to remove ReiserFS from the kernel starting in 2022. ReiserFS was added as Linux's first journaling file system 21 years ago with SUSE using it as the default filesystem until 2006. However, since Hans Reiser was sent to jail 15 years ago for murder, there has not been much development or interest in it. Noting that there have been no user-spotted fixes since 2019, longtime kernel developer Matthew Wilcox also cited that ReiserFS was only block for some kernel changes he wished to implement. These days there are better alternatives like EXT4, Btrfs, XFS, and OpenZFS.' -- source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/02/23/0537213 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 (office) +64 (7) 577-5304 (home office) https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 09:23:54AM +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'Linux kernel developers have discussed on the kernel developers forum to remove ReiserFS from the kernel starting in 2022.
Given it was once a widely used filing system it seems less than desireable to completely remove it from the kernel, the point being that someone may have the need to access a legacy drive that uses the reiserfs. One wonders whether they could remove most of the reiserfs to get the desired benefits, but leave enough in the kernel so that one can at least mount and read a reiserfs partition, even if it can't be modified in any way. Cheers, Michael.
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 09:23:54AM +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'Linux kernel developers have discussed on the kernel developers forum to remove ReiserFS from the kernel starting in 2022.
Given it was once a widely used filing system it seems less than desireable to completely remove it from the kernel, the point being that someone may have the need to access a legacy drive that uses the reiserfs.
One wonders whether they could remove most of the reiserfs to get the desired benefits, but leave enough in the kernel so that one can at least mount and read a reiserfs partition, even if it can't be modified in any way.
I agree, just read support would be sufficient to keep around. Otherwise you will need to keep an old rescue disk with ReiseFS support handy... Cheers, Peter -- My Open Source Blog - http://open.fracpete.org
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