Talk:FAT32

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: I am not big on sections that say things like "Should" or "you must", or directives on what to do with the formats - it seems out of scope, unless you can instead point to referenced documents outside the wiki discussing this subject. A huge WARNING doesn't make any sense because '''most''' of these formats are craptastico for long-term storage. --[[User:Jason Scott|Jason Scott]] ([[User talk:Jason Scott|talk]]) 04:20, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 
: I am not big on sections that say things like "Should" or "you must", or directives on what to do with the formats - it seems out of scope, unless you can instead point to referenced documents outside the wiki discussing this subject. A huge WARNING doesn't make any sense because '''most''' of these formats are craptastico for long-term storage. --[[User:Jason Scott|Jason Scott]] ([[User talk:Jason Scott|talk]]) 04:20, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
  
: Agree. But there should at least be some directives about what to use or what not to use. In my daily work I run into so much misunderstanding that I've learnt to be very specific and crude. But a specific warning might indeed be out of scope of this wiki. [[User:Maurice.de.rooij|Maurice.de.rooij]] ([[User talk:Maurice.de.rooij|talk]]) 04:27, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
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:: Agree. But there should at least be some directives about what to use or what not to use. In my daily work I run into so much misunderstanding that I've learnt to be very specific and crude. But a specific warning might indeed be out of scope of this wiki. [[User:Maurice.de.rooij|Maurice.de.rooij]] ([[User talk:Maurice.de.rooij|talk]]) 04:27, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

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Let's discuss this proposed section:

Warning

It is not recommended to use FAT32 as a filesystem for any long-term-storage solution as it lacks basic features such as permission control and journaling.

I am not big on sections that say things like "Should" or "you must", or directives on what to do with the formats - it seems out of scope, unless you can instead point to referenced documents outside the wiki discussing this subject. A huge WARNING doesn't make any sense because most of these formats are craptastico for long-term storage. --Jason Scott (talk) 04:20, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Agree. But there should at least be some directives about what to use or what not to use. In my daily work I run into so much misunderstanding that I've learnt to be very specific and crude. But a specific warning might indeed be out of scope of this wiki. Maurice.de.rooij (talk) 04:27, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
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