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Honestly the political situation will probably be a /good/ thing for long term stability, because I get a few months without any stupid arguments with upstream

Honestly the political situation will probably be a /good/ thing for long term stability, because I get a few months without any stupid arguments with upstream and finally get to write code in peace :) It sucks for users though, because now you have to get my tree if you want the latest fixes, and there's some stuff that should be backported for forwards compatibility with the scalability improvements coming soon [1]. [1]: https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-expensive-116975457 https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-expensive-116975457

chasil 2y ago
I'm hoping to use your filesystem when it's ready. Everyone wishes that this were easier for you.
mappu 2y ago
Echoing the sibling comment Kent, bcachefs is a really wonderful and important project. The whole world wants your filesystem to become the de-facto standard Linux filesystem for the next decade. One more month of LKML drama is a small price for that (at LKML prices).
homebrewer 2y ago
Don't worry about the users, we'll manage somehow, it's such a tiny burden compared to the actual development. I'm just really happy to see you're not discouraged by the petty political mess and keep pushing through. Thank you!
BlackLotus89 2y ago
I personally stopped compiling your code in my personal repo when bcachefs was upstreamed. It often was a pain to rebase against the latest hardened code and I'm happier since it's upstream. I use your fs for 7-8 years now and I hope your latest changes to the disk format will actually improve mount performance (yes I'm one of the silent "victims" you were talking about). I hope nothing breaks... Anyway thank you for your work and I wish you all the best on the lkml and your work.
gkmcd 2y ago
I switched back to the arch default kernel for my 32TB home media server, would you recommend going back to compiling your kernel for the time being?
- koverstreet 2y ago
  Not unless you've been hitting a bug you need the fix for
Herbstluft 2y ago
I've been running bcachefs on one of my laptops since it hit linux stable. Just wanted to say thank you for all your constant work on it.
wkat4242 2y ago
I have to say I do see Linus' point though. Mainline is for stuff that's production-ready and well tested. Having said that it's a great initiative and I hope it becomes ready for prime time. I think btrfs is taking too long and is infused with too much big tech interest.
MrDrMcCoy 2y ago
Hey Kent, I just wanted to thank you for all your hard work. For those of us that would like to use the code in your tree to get the latest fixes and help with testing, I was wondering how hard it would be to set up OBS to automatically build and package fresh kernels and userland tools for OpenSUSE/Debian/Arch/etc, nightly and/or for each tag. I think it would help adoption as well as comfort, knowing that your improvements will arrive as soon as they are available.

chasil 2y ago

I'm hoping to use your filesystem when it's ready. Everyone wishes that this were easier for you.

mappu 2y ago

Echoing the sibling comment Kent, bcachefs is a really wonderful and important project. The whole world wants your filesystem to become the de-facto standard Linux filesystem for the next decade. One more month of LKML drama is a small price for that (at LKML prices).

homebrewer 2y ago

Don't worry about the users, we'll manage somehow, it's such a tiny burden compared to the actual development. I'm just really happy to see you're not discouraged by the petty political mess and keep pushing through. Thank you!

BlackLotus89 2y ago

I personally stopped compiling your code in my personal repo when bcachefs was upstreamed. It often was a pain to rebase against the latest hardened code and I'm happier since it's upstream. I use your fs for 7-8 years now and I hope your latest changes to the disk format will actually improve mount performance (yes I'm one of the silent "victims" you were talking about). I hope nothing breaks... Anyway thank you for your work and I wish you all the best on the lkml and your work.

gkmcd 2y ago

I switched back to the arch default kernel for my 32TB home media server, would you recommend going back to compiling your kernel for the time being?

koverstreet 2y ago
Not unless you've been hitting a bug you need the fix for

Herbstluft 2y ago

I've been running bcachefs on one of my laptops since it hit linux stable. Just wanted to say thank you for all your constant work on it.

wkat4242 2y ago

I have to say I do see Linus' point though. Mainline is for stuff that's production-ready and well tested. Having said that it's a great initiative and I hope it becomes ready for prime time. I think btrfs is taking too long and is infused with too much big tech interest.

MrDrMcCoy 2y ago

Hey Kent, I just wanted to thank you for all your hard work. For those of us that would like to use the code in your tree to get the latest fixes and help with testing, I was wondering how hard it would be to set up OBS to automatically build and package fresh kernels and userland tools for OpenSUSE/Debian/Arch/etc, nightly and/or for each tag. I think it would help adoption as well as comfort, knowing that your improvements will arrive as soon as they are available.