Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: tag -1 wontfix Hello,
On 20 May 2016 at 22:48, Nicholas D Steeves <nstee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: btrfs-progs > Version: 4.5.2-1 > Tags: patch > Control: severity -1 severe > > Because btrfs-convert is known to fail, and is known to causes > data-loss that may take some months to manifest, we must provide a > warning, because data-loss is serious. This patch also includes a > contrib initramfs hook which is installed to > /usr/share/doc/btrfs-progs; it must be manually copied into place; > I've included it because this is the first place a sophisticated user > would look. > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas D Steeves <nstee...@gmail.com> Adding a btrfs-convert initramfs hook (albeit disabled) and warning not to use it, sounds a lot like negative suggestion encouraging people to use it. I do not want to ship btrfs-convert (nor provide suggestions) in the initramfs precisely because upstream discourages people from using it. I also fail to see how this is an RC bug. btrfs-convert is a crutch for people to toy and try out btrfs, and always has been. -- Regards, Dimitri.