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[Emanuele <2115454@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Are you affected by bugs that were fixed in newer version? Are there
bug fixes that prevent data loss/corruption? Those would fit into the
requirements. Otherwise we won't update the package."

Yes, because the new versions include fixes and the removal of obsolete
features, which could therefore affect users’ filesystems. Upstream,
Debian has addressed this [1] and has restored the package to fix the
issues caused by the old version of btrfs-progs.

Ubuntu updates the "HWE" kernels and should maintain version parity with
btrfs-progs, since upstream updates it [2] almost immediately after the
kernel’s release.

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1088329
[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-btrfs/msg151833.html
[1] fix btrfs-progs 6.11: "properly detect inode cache and suggest removal by 'clear-ino-cache'"

[2] https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/releases

Thank you

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1088329
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1088329

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2115454

Title:
  btrfs-progs-6.6.3 in 24.04 1.5+ year old. Crucial for data integrity.
  lots of bugs fixed since. Please update

Status in btrfs-progs package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in btrfs-progs source package in Noble:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  btrfs-progs-6.6.3 in Ubuntu 24.04 is 1.5+ year old (v6.6.3 released 2023-12-14). 
  Lots of bugs were fixed since then. 
  As of Jun 2025 current release is 6.15.
  https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/CHANGES.html

  btrfs-progs is the MOST IMPORTANT package after the kernel b/c its the
  one that deals with all the data.

  There was NOT a single update of btrfs-progs in Ubuntu 24.04 (at least
  since the official release).

  Please update btrfs-progs in Ubuntu 24.04.
  Thank you.

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