Bug#998627:

[Norbert Lange <nolange79@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2023, 06:52 Salvatore Bonaccorso, <carnil@debian.org> wrote:

Hi Norbert,

On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:44:47PM +0100, Norbert Lange wrote:
> It's been ages, why isn't this enabled by now? How should this driver
> mature when no one can test it (without going through the hassle if
> compiling the Kernel).

Thanks for asking back. NTFS3 driver is still not in astate making it
confident it's wise to enable it for a stable release.

https://lore.kernel.org/ntfs3/784f82c4-de71-b8c3-afd6-468869a369af@paragon-software.com/T/#me2324a967514564949f7ebcf3f9a5965f66921bf
is an example (it took from august to now, until the fix landed in
mainline).

I think thus the arguments from https://bugs.debian.org/998627#75
still holds.

Regards,
Salvatore 

Hello Salvatore,

AFAIK kernels receive a ton of patches in distros,

Backported and what not.

Is it not possible to atleast build the module but either blacklist it or offer it in a separate package?

If it's in a sorry state, then that would direct the complaints to the module, not to the configuration.

Thanks for the quick response.

Norbert