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> I wonder how Fedora started using btrfs as the default for their desktop version when RedHat had deprecated it years ago. Because the Fedora community wanted
by dralley 4y ago
> I wonder how Fedora started using btrfs as the default for their desktop version when RedHat had deprecated it years ago.
Because the Fedora community wanted to, basically. They're not obligated to go along with whatever Red Hat wants to do, although there is naturally some alignment there. Plus having a different default filesystem really isn't that big of a deal.
disclosure: I work for Red Hat.
- mekster 4y agoWell, I always hear about data loss incidents whenever btrfs shows up in HN comments, so I thought making it a default in Fedora desktop sounded like a big deal as there must've been a good reason on why RH dropped it.
- dralley 4y agoI know nothing about the reasons it was dropped (apart from what I've read on HN, ironically) but keep in mind this was years ago, when it was still deeply, deeply troubled and there was a lot of churn going on. "Churn" and "stable" kernels like RHEL don't mix well.
- sph 4y agoMaybe it's always the same stories. I haven't read of any happening in the past couple years. Of the two I've read in this thread, one happened ages ago, the other involves raid5 which AFAIK is not recommended for production use. Also, kernel bugs tend to get fixed, especially now that btrfs is recommended by a few distros.