Re: [PATCH 0/7] arch/*: config: Remove ReiserFS from defconfig

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Sep 19 2023 - 12:03:00 EST


Hi Peter,

On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 5:58 PM Peter Lafreniere <peter@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2) Stops building an obsolete and largely-unused filesystem unnecessarily.
> Some hobbyist targets like m68k and alpha may prefer to keep all filesystems
> available until total removal, but others like arm and UML have no need for
> ReiserFS to be built unless specifically configured.

As UML is used a lot for testing, isn't it actually counter-productive
to remove ReiserFS from the UML defconfig? The less testing it
receives, the higher the chance of introducing regressions.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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