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[PATCH] doc: Suggest Btrfs with compression instead of ext4 for root partition.

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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 40236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#40236] [PATCH] doc: Suggest Btrfs with compression instead
 of ext4 for root partition.
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:00:14 +0200

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Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> By the way in your patch you did not document the syntax (options
>> "subvol=...").
>
> Are you sure you are looking at the right patch series
> (https://issues.guix.info/issue/37305#16)? I documented usage examples
> for a root file system using Btrfs subvolumes.

I was looking at the wrong patch indeed, sorry about that! :)

>> Is it supported nonetheless in your patch?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Is it supported in current Guix?
>
> Not currently; the patch set is in review :-).  I have it running on 3
> machines and there's a system test which shows it working as well, so
> don't be afraid to try it!

Does this go on master or core-updates?
Does it rebuild the world?
I don't have much hardware to build anything at the moment, so I can only test
this if it's a small build ;)

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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