On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 11:03:28AM +1000, Finn Thain wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jul 2023, Dave Chinner wrote: > > > > I suspect that this is one of those catch-22 situations: distros are > > > going to enable every feature under the sun. That doesn't mean that > > > anyone is actually _using_ them these days. > > I think the value of filesystem code is not just a question of how often > it gets executed -- it's also about retaining access to the data collected > in archives, museums, galleries etc. that is inevitably held in old > formats.
t the very least, keep enough system around that the files in obsolete file-systems can be read and converted to current file-systems. -- hendrik
