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Backport frankenware is probably the biggest reason I wouldn't recommend Debian. They do not have the time and resources to figure out every inevitable configu
by happymellon 6y ago
Backport frankenware is probably the biggest reason I wouldn't recommend Debian.
They do not have the time and resources to figure out every inevitable configuration, and they end up supporting a mishmash of unsupportable software.
Backported ZFS just brings fear in my eyes, these filesystems have to have many decades of testing before people are comfortable with it, and Debian finds it acceptable to make a custom patched version. Not cool.
If you want to store all your data on that configuration then by all means, but I'm afraid I won't run a distro that plays games to avoid changing a version number.
- 3np 6y agoJust to be clear, the backporting part was just hearsay that it was under debate, so don't take my word for that one.
- happymellon 6y agoThey backport all sorts of things, the fact that this is even a discussion point is bad enough.
- happymellon 6y agoI'm sorry I misread this. > the backporting part was just hearsay that it was under debate I guess if it is just hearsay then thats something else. Does Debian have guidelines about what they wouldn't backport?
- 3np 6y agoI'm not certain about guidelines, but zfs 2.0.1 has landed in bullseye \o/ https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/zfs-dkms https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/zfs-dkms