Linux 5.18 Moves Ahead With Deprecating ReiserFS

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 5.18 Moves Ahead With Deprecating ReiserFS

Following the recent developer discussions around deprecating and removing the ReiserFS file-system from the mainline kernel, the in-development Linux 5.18 kernel is going ahead and deprecating it...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.18-Deprecates-ReiserFS

[NateHubbard]

I still don't understand why they didn't just fork the code and call the newer versions something else. There isn't any reason to keep Hans Reiser's name attached to it.

[RahulSundaram]

I still don't understand why they didn't just fork the code and call the newer versions something else. There isn't any reason to keep Hans Reiser's name attached to it.

Forking it wouldn't have changed anything technically, the only reason it is deprecated is because it is unmaintained.

[NateHubbard]

Forking it wouldn't have changed anything technically, the only reason it is deprecated is because it is unmaintained.

My point was that if it was called something else entirely, and newer versions are significantly better (presumably), then they might have had better luck finding developers willing to work on it and industry backers willing to support it.

In short, maybe this wouldn't have happened.

[RahulSundaram]

My point was that if it was called something else entirely, and newer versions are significantly better (presumably)

Your point doesn't make any sense. Newer versions weren't significantly better because it was unmaintained, so rest of the assumptions aren't relevant. Changing the name also breaks userspace compatibility and Linux kernel has a clear policy about not doing that. So it isn't happening.

[Sin2x]

Hans will be a free man in 2023, so that's not a big deal. I am ready to invest in Namesys with him at the helm.

[tildearrow]

Hans will be a free man in 2023, so that's not a big deal. I am ready to invest in Namesys with him at the helm.

Why don't you understand that the reason for this deprecation has nothing to do with its creator?

[GreenReaper]

Well, perhaps when he's out, it will be maintained again. But I can understand the kernel team not wanting to rely on that happening, or having to maintain it meanwhile.

[Sin2x]

Why don't you understand that the reason for this deprecation has nothing to do with its creator?

Why don't you understand that when Hans is out, ReiserFS will get corporate backing and maintenance, both the original and 4/5?

[bitterseeds]

Why don't you understand that when Hans is out, ReiserFS will get corporate backing and maintenance, both the original and 4/5?

Are you kidding me? In today's culture? If you think some famous dude pulling his junk out will get him canceled ... what do you think having been in prison and convicted of killing his wife will get him ... nothing, that's what. If Stallman can cause the amount of uproar that he has and he's just kind of a d*** ... what reaction do you think Reiser will elicit?