Re: RedHat 7.4 Release Notes: "Btrfs has been deprecated" - wut?

I haven't seen active btrfs developers from some time, Redhat looks
put most of their efforts on XFS, It is time to switch to SLES/opensuse!


On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Brendan Hide [off-list ref] wrote:

The title seems alarmist to me - and I suspect it is going to be
misconstrued. :-/

From the release notes at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/chap-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7.4_Release_Notes-Deprecated_Functionality.html

"Btrfs has been deprecated

The Btrfs file system has been in Technology Preview state since the initial
release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat will not be moving Btrfs to a
fully supported feature and it will be removed in a future major release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The Btrfs file system did receive numerous updates from the upstream in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 and will remain available in the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7 series. However, this is the last planned update to this feature.

Red Hat will continue to invest in future technologies to address the use
cases of our customers, specifically those related to snapshots,
compression, NVRAM, and ease of use. We encourage feedback through your Red
Hat representative on features and requirements you have for file systems
and storage technology."


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