btrfs versions compatibility and updates
There's the very good idea of releasing the btrfs userspace tools with a version number that matches the kernel version... Good to see a good jump for what is considered 'stable'.
What is the policy for maintaining compatibility with whatever range of kernel versions?
And what is the state of play now for the "Chris Mason" or whatever latest 'stable' branch of btrfs on git?
In other words: Should we always update the btrfs userspace tools to the latest even though we may be running one or two kernels behind that?...
Thanks,
Martin
Quoted 8 lines · Martin
There's the very good idea of releasing the btrfs userspace tools with a version number that matches the kernel version... Good to see a good jump for what is considered 'stable'.
What is the policy for maintaining compatibility with whatever range of kernel versions?
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And what is the state of play now for the "Chris Mason" or whatever latest 'stable' branch of btrfs on git?
In other words: Should we always update the btrfs userspace tools to the latest even though we may be running one or two kernels behind that?...
In a recent thread on this mailing list:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs/31536
it looks like the decision made was that the latest btrfs-progs should support older kernels.
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