Re: Installer of Debian Stable allows to use btrfs for /, does it mean it's mature enough to use safely?
german398@ya.ru wrote:
>I value stability of a FS over other considerations like shiny new features and performance. I know that
>Debian Stable includes only that versions of software that were considered rock-solid and mostly
>bug-free. But on the other hand I read documentation for version of a Linux kernel of Debian Stable and
>it says that btrfs is under heavy development and isn't suitable for any uses other than benchmarking
>and review. Proof-link:
>https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt?id=refs/tags/v3.16.36
>
>I'm really confused, I don't know whom to believe.
The installer allows lots of choices of things, not all of them are
recommended. But enough people find value in being able to play with
things like btrfs that we make it easy for people to do that. If you
want a stable system with sensible options, the defaults suggested in
the Debian installer will work fine for the vast majority of users.
As an aside: I *personally* don't want to use btrfs for anything at
all yet and wouldn't recommend it.
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