[ubuntu-us-ut] ext4 (was ext3 or XFS)

[Mike Basinger]

I think ext3 will be the default, but ext4 will be an install option.
That will be decided in May.

Mike

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:08 AM, BJ Cardon <bj.cardon at gmail.com> wrote:
> This page: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4468/ posted to just a few
>  days ago seems to suggest that it is not. Looks like people think ext4
>  is as ready as KDE4 (which makes no sense considering it was released
>  before Feisty, near the end of 2006 (!)).
>
>  I guess you're saying though that it should be in Ubuntu 8.10? If so,
>  that's nice enough for me. I'd like to try ext4 but the sad reality is I
>  probably wouldn't have any time to mess with it until then anyway ;)
>
>  BJ
>
>
>
>  Mike Basinger wrote:
>  > It should be in Ibex. The techboard did not want to add a new and
>  > untested filesystem in a LTS release.
>  >
>  > Mike
>  >
>  > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Aaron Toponce <aaron.toponce at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >> BJ Cardon wrote:
>  >>  > Is ext4 something that is coming to the next versions of the kernel
>  >>  > then? So will we see this in Ubuntu before too long?
>  >>
>  >>  I figure rather than hijack Mike's thread, I'll fork it.
>  >>
>  >>  Ext4 is already in the kernel.  You just need to compile it with
>  >>  support.  It was released over a year ago, it just hasn't hit mainstream
>  >>  yet, because ext3 is so stable.  I'm not sure if it's in the Ubuntu
>  >>  kernel or not.  If not, it should be filed as a bug. :)
>  >>
>  >>  Aaron
>  >>
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