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Add SteamOS Btrfs #30
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As an aside, I'm not sure the existing issue templates are well suited to this project. |
Hey there! Thank you kindly for filing an issue. |
Do you think a simpler template will be more suitable? |
Accidentally closed after merging the PR, sorry! |
Yeah. The templates concern "bugs", "feature requests", and "security vulnerabilities", which are not applicable to this sort of repo. This repo should basically only concern itself with additions to the list, and removals/replacements from the list. You basically just need two questions for an addition: "What do you want to add, and in what section?" and "What benefit does it provide Steam Deck users?" You may want a separate template for a removal/replacement: "What do you want to remove or replace, and from what section?" and "What happened to the project that necessitates its removal or replacement?" |
You're totally right. Usually I use a predefined template for all my repositories. |
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
No problem.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add SteamOS Btrfs to the Software section: https://gitlab.com/popsulfr/steamos-btrfs
Describe alternatives you've considered
I don't believe any alternatives are available to provide btrfs support for
/home
and SD cards on SteamOS.Additional context
This project will convert the
/home
partition in SteamOS to the btrfs filesystem, and allow SD cards to use that filesystem as well. This has several benefits, like the potential for space savings via transparent compression and deduplication, as well as the use of subvolumes and snapshots for more technical applications. The project also provides an optional weekly deduplication service that is particularly helpful for compatdata.It is not without drawbacks, though: btrfs does not support casefolding like ext4 does, so Proton and Wine have to use the slower fallback codepath, which could hypothetically impact applications that make frequent filesystem accesses. I haven't run into any games that do that yet.
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