This is normal. The positive things don't need to be talked about. It is extremely unlikely that bcachefs will be merged as-is. This is true for anything of it

This is normal. The positive things don't need to be talked about. It is extremely unlikely that bcachefs will be merged as-is. This is true for anything of it's size. (These days... There have been large subsystems in the past that were merged in unacceptable state with the promise that eventually they will be fixed. They usually weren't. Which is why the bar is so high now.) But this just means that there will need to be debate and work to hammer it into a shape that is acceptable for the kernel. This can be a long process, but I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong in bcachefs that would exclude it.