Public bug reported: e2fsprogs 1.44 landed in Debian unstable on March 8, missing feature freeze / Debian import freeze by about a week. Per upstream (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/+bug/1365874/comments/17), 1.44 includes two new not-enabled-by-default features which would be good to have available in the 18.04 userspace: largedir, and ea_inode.
This is a rather stable and well-maintained codebase with stable interfaces, so I believe the risks are small to taking this post-FF. The one known change in behavior relative to Ubuntu 16.04 is the enablement of metadata checksums by default, which is a change we already have via the 1.43.9 package, so shouldn't count against an FFe. The main (but still small) risk to the release from taking this change would be disruption to image builds / installation as a result of broken tools. This would be detected fairly quickly through our automated image testing, and if any regressions are introduced we should roll back the e2fsprogs update immediately. ** Affects: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756177 Title: FFe: e2fsprogs 1.44, support for largedir and ea_inode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/+bug/1756177/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs