On 2017-09-20 14:49, Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink wrote:
Op woensdag 20 september 2017 14:39:34 CEST schreef Daniel Bauer:
Am 20.09.2017 um 13:40 schrieb Patrick Shanahan:
* Carlos E. R. <> [09-20-17 07:33]:
I don't trust it "not being dangerous" now.
Ah, a scientific approach. so if it is not used and never considered it becomes somewhat safe. and never will become "not being dangerous" as it is never again tried. where was it that the ostrich placed his head?
what would make you gain trust in it? using it w/o problems? or just summarily banning it's existence?
You cannot expect from everybody to take part in system testing, may it be for lack of knowledge, lack of time or lack of interest, or you must say that linux is only for a computer-freaky marginal group.
But I think linux is also for just "normal" users who simply decide whether they prefer windows, mac or linux and who, maybe, like the open source approach for many reasons but cannot take part in it's development. I believe these people are valuable users, too, and while their contribution is not actively testing or developing, at least they help spread the idea and increase the popularity of linux.
While I see that Carlos really knows a lot and helps a lot, others, like me, must just trust on the knowledge and responsibility of the people who make the distribution we use.
I would only change to a new file system, or system at all, if there is not much noise on mailing lists about that. About btrfs there is still a lot. I confess, that I do not understand the details, but the fact, that there is a lot of noise is enough for me to make me refuse the use of it until the occurrence of related problems calms down to a normal amount of obviously solvable things.
This would be the moment when I personally consider a file system "not being dangerous" anymore.
What's dangerous? IMNSHO sticking to certain things, knowing they'll be unsupported in the (near) future, is..... My 2 cents Noise? If the noise comes from just a dozen of people ??
He is not using reiserfs. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)