Experimental Reiser5 File-System Patch Updated For Linux 5.12

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Experimental Reiser5 File-System Patch Updated For Linux 5.12

Back in April the out-of-tree Reiser4 file-system was updated for Linux 5.12 compatibility while now with Linux 5.13 being right around the corner, Edward Shishkin has updated the experimental Reiser5 file-system code for v5.12 compatibility...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Reiser5-Unstable-For-Linux-5.12

[Vistaus]

[DanL]

"Ubuntu's seemingly fading interest in OpenZFS"

Since when?

[Michael]

"Ubuntu's seemingly fading interest in OpenZFS"

Since when?

It isn't seeing much work lately and a growing number of open bugs.

Also others reporting same feeling as well... https://twitter.com/castrojo/status/1405560015138734084

[DanL]

It isn't seeing much work lately and a growing number of open bugs.

Well, that is ZFS as root, which was experimental. But if Canonical keeps offering ZFS options in their installer, I'd say they're still interested in it.

[sdack]

Why the stall, man? They should just put ReiserFS5 under the GPLv3 and send the patches to the FSF to include it into Hurd.

[szymon_g]

it really wouldn't hurt to list the differences between rfs5 and 4, as well as between those two and ext4/xfs and even never, fancier ones like btrfs

[rene]

somehow entirely pointless time spend on something there is near zero interest nor need, ... :-/

[hipower]

Wow, looks like Reiser5 has some killer features.

[tildearrow]

Wow, looks like Reiser5 has some killer features.

Like? Reiser has been outperformed by other file systems...