fedora-workstation

#485 Consider returning to ext4+LVM as the default file system
Closed: Won't fix by mclasen. Opened by violetstone.

Closed: Won't fix
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With the recent batch of kernels, Btrfs has proven itself to still be too unreliable for daily use. User data corruption is serious and unacceptable in a stable operating system. Consider returning to ext4+LVM as the default file system.

Is there a bug report?

How would we ensure integrity of user data with ext4? I don't think we should consider any alternatives to btrfs unless they can provide at least basic data integrity guarantees.

I haven't seen any bug reports come by. I know that @chrismurphy, @borisb, @josef, and myself are watching for these as part of the Btrfs SIG, and we haven't gotten any such reports.

Metadata Update from @catanzaro:
- Issue tagged with: meeting-request

The working group discussed this in the meeting on September 23 and decided that we don't want to do this.

Metadata Update from @mclasen:
- Issue close_status updated to: Won't fix
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

Metadata Update from @catanzaro:
- Issue untagged with: meeting-request

This issue has been migrated to Fedora Forge:
https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/485

Please continue any further discussion there.
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