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Re:Windows on Btrfs by haileys on Saturday April 22, 2023 @12:36AM (#35663375)
The counterpoint to this is that ext4 can't change dramatically enough to cause problems without breaking compatibility with older kernels or older filesystems.
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Re:Windows on Btrfs by yellowapple on Saturday April 22, 2023 @04:45AM (#35664541)
Certain features (like case-insensitivity) already do break compatibility, as I found out the hard way trying to get GRUB to boot from an ext4 filesystem with said features enabled.
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