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Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs As Now "Externally Maintained" - Phoronix
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Kind of weird. Lead developer wanted to keep the filesystem working no matter what. Linus wanted compliance to the release schedule.
Linus has more to worry about than a single experimental FS in a kernel that runs the world. Kent can go have his drama off by himself for a while.
Oh sure. But it seems like the proper response should have been to reject the last minute changes instead of breaking user space by throwing out an entire filesystem that has been in the kernel for 10 years.
Besides this change not breaking user space, the "don't break user space" rule has never meant that the kernel cannot drop support for file systems, devices, or even entire architectures