[gabrtv]

Actually they're removing AuFS because it has awkward kernel dependencies and prevents Docker from running across all Linux distros. The move to device-mapper layers means Docker no longer requires a 3.8 kernel or an AuFS patch.

[drdaeman]

I haden't any problems with running AuFS on "stable" 2.6.x kernels (on Debian, Arch and Gentoo, and can't see why other general-purpose distros won't work) several years ago. I read, due to not being a part of kernel itself, it has problems with keeping up-to-date with very recent (3.10/3.12) kernels, but that's about it.

Not sure if enterprises wants to run the very bleeding edge software for sustainable mission-critical business-to-consumer yada yada.

[jamespo]

Enterprises don't, but they often do want to run Redhat or Suse