On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:22:21 +0100 Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote:
> Adam Wilson <mox...@riseup.net> (2016-01-11): > > This is somewhat off-topic, but why was ReiserFS support removed > > from d-i? I am a big fan of Reiser3 personally, but I use XFS now. > > In linux's changelog: > | linux (3.10.1-1) unstable; urgency=low > | […] > | * udeb: Remove obsolete and unsupported drivers and filesystems > | - Remove ppa from scsi-modules > | - Remove floppy-modules, irda-modules, parport-modules, > plip-modules, | qnx4-modules, reiserfs-modules, ufs-modules > | […] > | -- Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:06:53 > +0100 > > It seems it was already being phased out in d-i a few years before > that: https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2010/20101030 That is interesting. I distinctly remember the 'ReiserFS' filesystem option being present in the Wheezy d-i. The description went something like this: 'Journaling filesystem created by Hans Reiser' or something along those lines. Your research has revealed otherwise- but I have my suspicions. I'm sure I didn't make up that experience. Perhaps I somehow inadvertently customised my copy of d-i or did an advanced install or something, but I doubt it. I was even more inept a year ago than I am now. Why was Reiser3 phased out? It wasn't *grossly* unstable or anything, and despite lack of maintenance it was still a good little filesystem that could have stayed for longer. And why UFS? It may be obsolete, but I should think it would be relatively stable. Surely a filesystem should only be removed when it is actually a steaming wreck, not just when the devs don't like it anymore.
