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Bug#1119643: Default name for root subvolume on BTRFS partitions

From	Nicholas D Steeves <sten@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.boot
Subject	Bug#1119643: Default name for root subvolume on BTRFS partitions
Date	2025-10-30 20:40 +0100
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Hello João,

João <joao@jguerra.dev> writes:

> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 13.1.0
>
> Hello, when creating a BTRFS partition for /, the installer names the root subvolume as @roofs.
>
> The name @ has been popularized by many other distributions for /, and as become sort of a standard. Several tools expect this nomenclature, such as Timeshift and others.

Would you please share the list of tools that expect this?


Regards,
Nicholas

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Bug#1119643: Default name for root subvolume on BTRFS partitions João <joao@jguerra.dev> - 2025-10-29 18:40 +0100
  Bug#1119643: Default name for root subvolume on BTRFS partitions Nicholas D Steeves <sten@debian.org> - 2025-10-30 20:40 +0100
    Bug#1119643: Default name for root subvolume on BTRFS partitions João <joao@jguerra.dev> - 2025-10-31 11:50 +0100
      Bug#1119643: Default name for root subvolume on BTRFS partitions Nicholas D Steeves <sten@debian.org> - 2025-11-08 03:40 +0100
        Bug#1119643: Default name for root subvolume on BTRFS partitions João <joao@jguerra.dev> - 2025-11-08 10:00 +0100
          Bug#1119643: Default name for root subvolume on BTRFS partitions João <joao@jguerra.dev> - 2025-12-29 12:50 +0100

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