[Bug 259919] Re: checkfs.sh should report fsck errors as bugs

[Steve Langasek]

We don't want to be collecting this kind of data about all users'
filesystems.  The vast majority of errors *will* be hardware errors, and
we won't be in a position to sift through the reports to make use of the
information about those that aren't.  So, wontfix.

** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  checkfs.sh should report fsck errors as bugs

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: sysvinit

  So far as I can tell, regular filesystem checks (every N
  mounts/months) are intended as a safety measure to protect against
  bugs in filesystem drivers or errors in hardware.  Filesystem errors
  are serious bugs that should be reported, while hardware errors should
  be handled by some as-yet-unwritten application warning you about
  potential drive problems.

  Reporting errors detected during regular FS checks will give us
  valuable feedback about what (if any) bugs exist in Linux filesystems,
  and will give us a picture of what hardware errors affect our users.
  Discussions in ubuntu-devel-discuss [1], [2] about how to improve
  users' experience around fsck'ing tend to founder on a lack of
  evidence about what sort of bugs it actually catches in the real
  world, so even a list of ignored bugs would be a useful tool the next
  time this discussion comes up.

  These reports can be sent via apport - although it's intended for use
  with crashes, it's well suited to this use case.  checkfs.sh can
  simply create a report in /var/crash/ as soon as that directory is
  confirmed to be writable, and apport will handle the rest of the
  process.

  [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-August/005129.html
  [2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2007-September/001762.html

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