F15 Feature - online Ex4 defragmentatnion (Re: e4defrag support?)

[Eric Sandeen]

Michał Piotrowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 2010/10/6 Eric Sandeen <sandeen at redhat.com>:
>> OK gang, it's in e2fsprogs-1.41.12-6.fc15
>>
>> you have to invoke it with "-test" options to make it go ;)
>>
>> Word of warning, it's not had a lot of attention, and the whole
>> design could change in the future, but it's something to play with :)
>>
>> -Eric
> 
> Would it make sense to propose "online ext4 defragmentation" as a
> Fedora 15 feature?

At this time, I don't think I'll be able to commit to that work.

I'd usually sign up a feature for Fedora when it is reaching completion
upstream, rather than using Fedora as a driver for upstream priorities...

This might change but I'm not going to commit to it today, sorry.

-Eric

> Rationale - more people would point their attention to this feature -
> more people would test it.
> 
> Contingency Plan:
> None. Just delete feature from features page :)
> 
> I'm not sure how it is in other distros, but it's probably not very
> popular feature.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Michal