[fnj]

> I disagree with the use of the word "deprecating"

Then you disagree (literally) with Red Hat's official statement as a matter of fact (not opinion). From Chapter 53, RHEL 7.4 release notes: "Btrfs has been deprecated ... Red Hat will not be moving Btrfs to a fully supported feature and it will be removed in a future major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux."[0]

Pretty definitive.

[0] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterp...

[cyphar]

The context that deprecated is used is "as a technical preview" which is different than saying that "in our opinion, btrfs is a deprecated technology and people shouldn't use it". So, while Red Hat did use that word, if you don't follow it up by explaining in what way support was deprecated then you're misleading people who aren't aware of the whole situation.