ReiserFS Has Been Deleted From The Linux Kernel

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I will simply carry a patch reverting the deleting as long as it reasonably possible to keep it compiling to access old disks from storage or backups, ... https://t2linux.com

It'd be nice if there was a framework for running filesystems originating out of the kernel in userspace on FUSE. Then it wouldn't be so bad to retire filesystems.

[iustinp]

As long as the system in question either receives kernel updates or it's isolated. And eventually there will be no supported kernels.

Uh, but "running old kernels" wasn't intended as permanent solution. Boot old distro in a VM, access the filesystem, dump it into a tar.gz, done. You only need it to recover the data. There's no reason to "run" reiserfs for a long while.

[Quackdoc]

I will simply carry a patch reverting the deleting as long as it reasonably possible to keep it compiling to access old disks from storage or backups, ... https://t2linux.com

do you actually still have users on it? or is this something that could be adequately done in fuse?

[avis]

It'd be nice if there was a framework for running filesystems originating out of the kernel in userspace on FUSE. Then it wouldn't be so bad to retire filesystems.

FUSE is horrible and should be avoided as much as possible.

[cb88]

FUSE is horrible and should be avoided as much as possible.

FUSE never killed anyone AFAIK... its perfectly fine for what it is.

[Alexmitter]

bcachefs won't be getting the same fate anytime soon as they still need a scapegoat to blame everything for, and Kent is doing a good job with that.

Blame what? Kent being a lot less competent than his fanboys and girls make him out to be? Thats blatantly obvious to anyone having eyes.

[Quackdoc]

FUSE is horrible and should be avoided as much as possible.

while true, it's fine for getting data off of stuff, if anyone is still using reiserfs in prod... thats one old setup

[DanL]

Linux Foundation didn't like murderfs being in the kernel, it goes against the CoC.

Shut up.

[cjcox]

That last paragraph.... :-) hope events do not follow bcachefs wise that further mimic reiserfs and its players. I probably would of left that paragraph out.

[mb_q]

Linux Foundation didn't like murderfs being in the kernel, it goes against the CoC. The solution? Like everything else, remove it!

ReiserFS was just abandoned.

BTW, CoCs are not some anti-tech conspiracy but a compliance thing; many legislations have anti-harassment laws so the companies operating under them have to relay on CoCs to shield themselves from the liability. For instance, a company asks their employee to work on an OS project X and the employee gets harassed; without CoC, employee can sue the company for being asked to work in an unsafe conditions. With CoC, the blame can be deflected to the perpetrator.