From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:53311 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751661Ab3D1I3Y (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:29:24 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UWMz2-0001DQ-E6 for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:29:20 +0200 Received: from 50-0-67-239.dsl.static.fusionbroadband.com ([50.0.67.239]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:29:20 +0200 Received: from rogerb by 50-0-67-239.dsl.static.fusionbroadband.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:29:20 +0200 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Roger Binns Subject: Re: data DUP Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:29:13 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20130420204814.GN7639@carfax.org.uk> <20130420212311.GO7639@carfax.org.uk> <1367098836.14073.5.camel@ayu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 27/04/13 19:53, Alex Elsayed wrote: > When using btrfs, run a recent kernel :P. Every software developer says that of what they produce. Newer is almost always better in many different axes. > Honestly, even leaving aside the lack of backporting, there are other > benefits to a recent kernel - things like cross-subvolume reflinks, > btrfs device replace support being far more efficient than > add/balance/remove/balance, and a bunch more. Those are all "features", none of which I use or have had to use yet. If it will make you feel better I did upgrade some systems today to the most recent Ubuntu release which meant going from kernel 3.5 to 3.8. Roger -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlF83dUACgkQmOOfHg372QQeDACgz0oBnrYeg6fO5tFxUy9qonE9 HYIAoJWjT8z2sJ356YAph1NAyLKhcEBz =ySAg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----