linux-ext4 - Re: [V2] tune2fs: edit dire warning about check intervals

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Date:   Sun, 23 Jul 2017 18:36:02 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:     "linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [V2] tune2fs: edit dire warning about check intervals

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:26:19PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Time & mount-count based checks have been off by default for quite some
> time now, but the dire warning about disabling them remains in the
> tune2fs manpage, which is confusing.  We did "strongly consider
> the consequences" and disabled it by default, no need to scare the
> user about it now.  Inform the user of the consequences in a more
> measured tone.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted