From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brian Neu Subject: Re: snapshot-removal - timeline ? Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 08:02:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <44663.24759.qm@web51910.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <7EC11C2E-889E-42A4-80D8-EA7E80F4963D@karlsbakk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: linux-btrfs Return-path: In-Reply-To: <7EC11C2E-889E-42A4-80D8-EA7E80F4963D@karlsbakk.net> List-ID: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> is there a timeline for snapshot-removal > ? > >>>> > >>>> i did intensively play with btrfs about a > year ago and was really > >>>> impressed, but i quit due to the lack of > snapshot removal. > >>>> (i tried btrfs mostly because of the > snapshot feature) > >>>> > >>>> has there been some progress on this or is > there a timeline when > >>>> this feature will be available ? > >>>> > >>>> i wonder if it`s just so hard to implement > or if it`s just too low > >>>> priority on the todo list..... maybe both > ? ;) > >>> > >>> Its a little of both ;) The plan is to > have this in 2.6.32 > >> > >> > >> Last I heard, someone was saying .31... Is it > being moved? > > > > Yes, it was delayed so we could finalize the other > changes in .31. > > > It's strange that such a small thing should be delayed so > much. If snapshot removal was working, I'm quite sure we > might get more users and thereby more stable code faster. > > roy > -- I don't know whether it's small in required effort, but I know as a user the feature would be big. I actually have a non-critical, redundant backup system that I was set to install with .31, betting on the snapshot removal. You can't please all the people all the time, but I thought I'd write to voice an opinion for prioritizing it for .32. Thanks.