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[Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>]

Canonical doesn't employ any ext4 engineers, and as far as I know, no
Ubuntu developers contribute to ext4 development.   So the fact the
release notes might get a few things wrong shouldn't be surprising.
Canonical simply doesn't have any file system developers on staff, as
far as I know.

If you are willing to try out Metadata checksumming, testers who report
bugs are always appreciated.   The way to get a feature out sooner is to
get more people to contribute to those features.    If you are ranting
about the lack of a feature, I wonder how much more you would rant if
the feature was released before it was ready and your data got damanged
or lost?

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365874

Title:
  Ubuntu 14.04 does not support ext4 metadata checksumming

Status in “e2fsprogs” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In the Trusty release notes "Metadata checksumming" is listed as one
  of the tech highlights of kernel 3.13.

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes#New_features_in_14.04_LTS

  However, the userland tools do not support this kernel feature. To the
  best of my knowledge this will be supported in 1.43, and won't be
  backported to 1.42.

  IMHO this is very misleading. It's like a car salesperson sold you a
  sports car with an V8 engine. After you drove it home, you opened the
  hood and realized only 6 cylinders are working because 2 of the spark
  plugs were not included, and you have to buy aftermarket ones.

  <rant>BTW, I've been following the development of e2fsprogs for over a
  year. 1.43  release has been in limbo for God knows how long :(
  </rant>

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