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HFS/HFS+ File-System Driver Support For Linux May End Up Being Maintained


Just a few days ago there was talk of potentially removing the Apple HFS and HFS+ file-system drivers from the Linux kernel considering they had been orphaned for a decade and beginning to cause a maintenance burden

Just a few days ago there was talk of potentially removing the Apple HFS and HFS+ file-system drivers from the Linux kernel considering they had been orphaned for a decade and beginning to cause a maintenance burden. Debian developer John Paul Adrian Glaubitz in turn also expressed his willingness to help co-maintain the HFS/HFS+ code in testing/reviewing patches. In turn sent out today was this week's VFS fixes pull request ahead of the Linux 6.15-rc3 release on Sunday.

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