Changes/BtrfsByDefault

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Looks like a proposal. I guess it's yet to be decided as the default FS.

> Btrfs is a mature, well-understood, and battle-tested file system, used on both desktop/container and server/cloud use-cases.

Is that the consensus nowadays?

I thought Red Hat announced last year they were abandoning Btrfs and enhancing XFS with similar features.

> Red Hat supports Fedora well, in many ways. But Fedora already works closely with, and depends on, upstreams. And this will be one of them. That's an important consideration for this proposal. The community has a stake in ensuring it is supported. Red Hat will never support Btrfs if Fedora rejects it. Fedora necessarily needs to be first, and make the persuasive case that it solves more problems than alternatives. Feature owners believe it does, hands down.

I guess the dynamic here is that Fedora wants to convince Red Hat into supporting Btrfs by adopting it themselves.

Thanks! I didn't realize they were such distinct personalities.

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