[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#868883: schroot: btrfs-snapshot requires btrfs-snapshot-directory= but doesn't use it

[Philipp Kern]

On 07/23/2017 02:38 PM, Roger Leigh wrote:
> An unrelated FYI: On the schroot master branch, Btrfs snapshot support
> has been removed.  The repeated Btrfs filesystem unbalancing with
> intensive snapshotting made this feature unsuitable for production use.
> I will be replacing it with ZFS snapshot support.

Isn't there a hope that snapshot support in btrfs will improve
eventually? Or do you consider this an unfixable design flaw? Isn't it
essentially a function of technology (SSD) and size of the disk (to
ensure many block groups)?

Kind regards
Philipp Kern

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