[RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support

[Xin LI]

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Attilio Rao wrote:
> As exposed by several users, NTFS seems to be broken even before first
> VFS commits happeing around the end of December. Those commits exposed
> some problems about NTFS which are currently under investigation.
> Ultimately, This filesystem is also unmaintained at the moment.
> 
> Speaking with jeff, we agreed on what can be a possible compromise:
> remove the kernel support for NTFS and maybe take care of the FUSE
> implementation.
> What I now propose is a small survey which can shade a light on us
> about what do you think about this idea and its implications:
> - Do you use NTFS?

I use it occasionally when I need to copy files from the Windows partition.

> - Are you interested in maintaining it?

No.

> - Do you know a good reason to not use FUSE ntfs implementation? What
> the kernel counter part adds?

No, the only reason come to mind is that one don't need to install
separately, and thus might be good if you run -CURRENT.

> - Do you think axing the kernel support a good idea?

If nobody would maintain it, as long as the FUSE NTFS implementation is
usable I think it's a good idea to axe it in 8.0.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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