linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hfs{plus}: add deprecation warning

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Message-ID: <0e27414d94d981d4eee45b09caf329fa66084cd3.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:29:06 +0200
From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To: Viacheslav Dubeyko <Slava.Dubeyko@....com>, "djwong@...nel.org"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] hfs{plus}: add deprecation warning

Hello Viacheslav,

On Wed, 2025-04-16 at 17:56 +0000, Viacheslav Dubeyko wrote:
> I contributed to HFS+ file system driver more than 10 years ago. And I was
> completely discouraged because nobody maintained the HFS+ code base. But I would
> prefer to see the HFS+ in kernel tree instead of complete removal. As far as I
> can see, we are still receiving some patches for HFS/HFS+ code base. Nowadays, I
> am mostly busy with CephFS and SSDFS file systems. But if we need more
> systematic activity on HFS/HFS+, then I can find some time for HFS/HFS+ testing,
> bug fix, and pathes review. I am not sure that I would have enough time for HFS+
> active development. But is it really that nobody would like to be the maintainer
> of HFS/HFS+? Have we asked the contributors and reviewers of HFS/HFS+?

If you're willing to step up as a maintainer, I would be happy to assist you by
testing and reviewing patches. I have PowerMacs available for testing and it's
also possible to just install Debian's 32-bit and 64-bit PowerPC on an emulated
PowerMac on QEMU using the "mac99" machine types to test booting from an HFS/HFS+
partition [1].

I am Debian's primary maintainer of these PowerPC ports in Debian (not to be confused
with the little-endian PowerPC port) and I can also easily build various test images
if needed.

Please let me know if you're interested in working together on the HFS/HFS+ driver.

Adrian

> [1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2025-04-01/

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