Btrfs won't be supported in Maverick

The 'next-gen' BTRFS file stystem will not be supported in Ubuntu 10.10. The work needed to provide its inclusion will not be completed in time and, as such, has been deferred to Ubuntu 11.04.

It was hoped that support for BTRFS as an option would be available in Maverick with Ubuntu Foundations team member Scott James Remnant suggesting some months ago that it could even be the default file-system.

Whilst this decision may be criticised by those excited by the option of BTRFS it was evidently a logical decision.

 Tip | Jeremy

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Next-gen file system May be default in UBuntu 10.10

Scott James Remnant of the Ubuntu Foundations team has mentioned that the next-generation BTRFS filesystem could very well be the default filesystem for Maverick installs, stating in his blog post: -

“We are going to be doing the work to have btrfs as an installation option, and we have not ruled out making it the default.”

He does go on to list a number of caveats associated with taking such a decision meaning a hard slog will be required to head towards the goal – but it certainly doesn’t seem out of the ball park.

The current default filesystem is EXT4, the lead developer of which has previously called a ‘stopgap’ towards BTRFS.

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