On 06/08/2018 08:52 AM, Rodney Baker wrote:
Personally, I don't have btrfs partitions, I don't want btrfs partitions and I never, ever intend to install btrfs on any hardware that I am responsible for, so I'd rather not have btrfsprogs installed either, but that's just personal preference - I like to be able uninstall unnecessary crud and keep only what's really needed.
That reduces the size of updates, too - no need to download 100's of MB of stuff for packages that are never used. Not everyone has big pipes to the internet. Yes, I know btrfsprogs is not that big, but all the little bits add up. I'd much rather have recommends than hard dependencies if possible.
What was the original Linux philosophy? (Oh, yes, I remember...) Many small tools doing a single job -- and doing it well. The argument for Gparted and the btrfs addons -- "it's in the kernel", the argument against "like rodney said -- never ever ever.." -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org