Re: [PATCH 0/8] Introduce offline fsid/chunk tree uuid change for btrfstune.

[Anand Jain <anand.jain@oracle.com>]

On 05/22/2015 12:30 AM, David Sterba wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:42:57PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 05/13/2015 09:43 PM, David Sterba wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:00:28PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:
>>>>     I strongly recommend this feature to be part of btrfstune as
>>>>     of now, as originally planned by Qu. When its time to move
>>>>     to btrfs cli we could. If we do it wrongly now it would stay
>>>>     there forever.
>>>
>>> I agree with that now. The code to change the uuid is straightforward,
>>> we'd got stuck on getting the interface right. At the moment it's more
>>> likely to get it wrong because the properties are not finalized.  A
>>> standalone tool for the uuid change is IMO not the right way either,
>>> btrfstune is usually packaged already.
>>
>>    How about placing the new sub-cli like below, until it finds its
>>    final home.
>>
>>    btrfs unstable <sub-cli>
>>    or
>>    btrfs experimental <sub-cli>
>
> You probably remember this
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs/27396

  yes I remember it vaguely. thanks for pulling it out.
  I didn't anticipate this context of uncertainty in naming
  of sub cli before. you were right this is useful.

Thanks, Anand


> I'll revive the integration branches and merge the unfinished features
> there.
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