default file system, was: Comparison to Workstation Technical Specification
Josh Boyer
jwboyer at fedoraproject.org
Wed Feb 26 15:20:42 UTC 2014
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Michael Cronenworth <mike at cchtml.com> wrote:
> Josh Boyer wrote:
>>
>> I've yet to actually advocate against this majorly, but I'm pretty
>> against using btrfs as the default for any product. At least in the
>> F21 timeframe. It's simply not ready.
>
>
> What about when it is ready?
Then we can use it as default? I don't understand the question there really.
> Ext4 has its btrfs conversion tool. Changing from ext4 to XFS, for arguably
> negligible benefits for Workstations, will make it more difficult for Fedora
> users to transition to btrfs.
I agree switching from ext4 to XFS is likely not worthwhile. I
wouldn't in a million years advocate for people to convert an ext4 fs
to btrfs though. Back the data up, do a fresh install.
josh
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