NTFS-3G Driver For FUSE-Based NTFS Support Updated For Security Fixes

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NTFS-3G Driver For FUSE-Based NTFS Support Updated For Security Fixes

Tuxera has issued its first new release of the NTFS-3G FUSE driver for NTFS read/write support on Linux and other platforms since last August's prior stable release. This new version was issued last week in order to ship security fixes...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NTFS-3G-2022.5.17

[ehansin]

I think I was confused on the past by "NTFS-3G" and "NTFS3" names, the former being the FUSE driver and the later the now in-kernel driver. Looking up NTFS on Wikipedia, it also looks like the latest Windows version is at 3.1. Anyway, I get it now

[timofonic]

What happened to NTFS3 maintenance beyond mailing list promises by Paragon developers?

[ClosedSource]

What happened to NTFS3 maintenance beyond mailing list promises by Paragon developers?

Probably one of their big customers wanted it mainlined and so they pushed to do it. Nothing more. Unless another customer pays them to update it, they probably won't actively maintain it upstream.

[zexelon]

Probably one of their big customers wanted it mainlined and so they pushed to do it. Nothing more. Unless another customer pays them to update it, they probably won't actively maintain it upstream.

The one huge critical flaw with FOSS... if money cant be made at it some way... its the first to be dumped.

[reavertm]

Huge critical benefit of FOSS on the other hand.. if there is user base among developers, it will be maintained.

[ClosedSource]

Huge critical benefit of FOSS on the other hand.. if there is user base among developers, it will be maintained.

To be fair, Linus should never have allowed it mainlined. He's very timid and even his past aggression was just passive aggression. Now he tries to cover it up with jokes like two unmaintained ntfs drivers are not much worse than one.