Bug#1036400: partman-jfs: JFS is on its way out, please remove from the installer
On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 07:35:36AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> (2023-05-20):
> > The JFS filesystem is deprecated in the kernel: on life support since 2009
> > and with talks of removal altogether. Thus, we really shouldn't offer to
> > format new setups with it. There are people who kind-of remember JFS being
> > the fastest back in the day, and it's irresponsible to set them for failed
> > upgrades past Bookworm.
> >
> > Thus: please remove JFS from the installer.
>
> It doesn't seem reasonable to do that weeks away from the release, without
> any kind of heads-up. That can be done during the Trixie release cycle,
> e.g. in Alpha 1.
Aye, sorry for having distracted you during the most busy time. I filed the
bug when I learned about plans of giving JFS the axe.
> Feel free to ping this bug report a few weeks/months into the next release
> cycle
So... it might be a better time now.
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