Hello Andy, I am trying to stay with newest versions as long as it does not jeopardize stability.
I am using Mint LMDE2 with debian backports. So I do have kernel 4.4+71~bpo8+1 running. btrfs tools are from debian stable, which has version 3.17. I am wondering if it would make sense to also get the tools from the backports repo which has version 4.4-1~bpo8+1. I understand from your message that I should do that. Right? Matthias 4.4+71~bpo8+1 Am 16.04.2016 um 19:57 schrieb Andy Smith: > Hello, > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 01:35:20PM +0200, Luis Felipe Tabera Alonso wrote: >> Still btrfs is quite young, I am not sure if there are serious issues in >> 3.17, >> I would make some experiments before actual use. > > If you are going to use btrfs I would consider it essential to be > subscribed to the linux-btrfs mailing list. You will also need to > use a much newer kernel than 3.17, and you will need to commit to > continuing to use newer kernels for some time yet. > > I mention this because you need to be aware that you may still hit > issues where you need the help of linux-btrfs and that there is a > need to use newer kernels than you will find packaged in Debian > stable. > > I do myself run btrfs at home and I thought I had a stable > combination of kernel version and userland tools (btrfs-tools), but > when I came to need to replace a dead device I found that subsequent > developments in btrfs meant I needed a newer btrfs-tools, and that > in turn meant I needed a newer kernel. > > If the idea of having to upgrade kernel and some userland tools in > order to recover from a simple situation of a dead device does not > appeal to you then btrfs may not yet be for you. Things like this > are why I do not yet run it in production. > > Cheers, > Andy >
