[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#986301: Bug#986301: README.Debian: zfs-initramfs is stable now

[Aron Xu]

Hi,

On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 1:03 AM наб <nabijaczleweli at nabijaczleweli.xyz> wrote:
>
> Source: zfs-linux
> Version: 2.0.3-4
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> d/README.Debian says this:
> -- >8 --
> 2. Use zfs-initramfs with caution.
> ----------------------------------
>
> Debian Installer's root installation support is being worked on,
> and zfs-initramfs is included here but still needs to be tested
> in detail. Since faulty operation on filesystem can lead to major
> loss of data, please use zfs-initramfs with caution.
>
>  -- Aron Xu <aron at debian.org>  Sat, 3 Aug 2013 03:23:11 +0800
> -- >8 --
>
> d-i doesn't support root-on-ZFS installations (and I doubt it ever
> will, considering the licensing), but that's beside the point:
> zfs-initramfs is stable now (i.e. 2.0.x and forward, after I got my
> hands on it, though even in 8.4.x it wasn't /too/ bad),
> as is zfs-dracut.
>
> It's probably best to remove outdated information like this.
>

Although it's supporting many use cases very well, I still want to
keep this warning for Debian, well maybe the wording could be updated
slightly to be not so scary - when the installer cannot help users
create a proper pool and dataset layout, users who're not very
experienced with ZFS might get bitten by the set up.

Cheers,
Aron