Re: btrfs versions compatibility and updates

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On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 17:47 +0000, Martin wrote:
> There's the very good idea of releasing the btrfs userspace tools with a
> version number that matches the kernel version... Good to see a good
> jump for what is considered 'stable'.
> 
> 
> What is the policy for maintaining compatibility with whatever range of
> kernel versions?
> 
> And what is the state of play now for the "Chris Mason" or whatever
> latest 'stable' branch of btrfs on git?
> 
> 
> In other words: Should we always update the btrfs userspace tools to the
> latest even though we may be running one or two kernels behind that?...

In a recent thread on this mailing list:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs/31536
it looks like the decision made was that the latest btrfs-progs should
support older kernels.

-- 
Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@xxxxxxxxxx>

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