Hi Ritesh, On 16 April 2016 at 04:46, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> wrote: > On Fri, 2016-04-15 at 21:14 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> >> As of btrfs-progs-4.4, they're "doing preparatory work for >> btrfs-convert rewrite" ( >> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Changelog#btrfs-progs_4.4_.28Jan_2016. >> 29 >> ). I agree that it's probably best to drop the unsafe binary we >> currently ship; earlier this year I updated the Debian btrfs wiki to >> warn against using it, because of data-loss level bugs mentioned on >> the btrfs mailing list. Once the rewrite is complete and people have >> tested it we can always add it back. > > I think it'd be much simpler if inclusion/exclusion of any such tool could be > handled through a knob. Just like initramfs-tools does. We can keep the > default > as whatever the current safe bet is.
That's a great idea! Sadly, I wasn't able to find what you're referring to in initramfs-tools. Could you please point me in the right direction? :-) Thank you, Nicholas
