ext4

[Kurt Wall]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hipp" <Michael at hipp.com>
To: "Linux tips and tricks" <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: ext4


> Collins Richey wrote:
>> Just a side note. Even the [b]leading edge distro I run (sidux -
>> debian unstable) has not yet moved to ext4. There's probably a good
>> reason for that.
>
> I read that the upcoming release of Ubuntu due in a couple of weeks was 
> using ext4 by default. And the word is that's it is utterly stable and 
> ready for primetime.
>
> I was kinda surprised by that and that's what prompted me to start this 
> thread.
>
> For something as critical as a fs I usually take the conservative approach 
> and let everyone else stumble upon the bugs. I figured it would be at 
> least another release cycle or two before any major distros would be using 
> it by default.

Ubuntu are bleating edge, or at least not conservative when it comes to what
they stuff into their releases. Sort of like Fedora in that regard, except 
that
Ubuntu haven't a stable product like RHEL for which the unstable one is the
proving ground.