Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 1st Aug 2008 15:32 UTC, submitted by Daniel Sieger
Today, support for metadata journaling has been added to NetBSD's implementation of the Berkeley Fast File System (FFS), eliminating the need for lengthy file system checks after a crash or power failure. Support for converting existing file systems to use the new journaling capabilities is provided as well. See the official announcement
for all the details.
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My understanding has been that soft-updates was a fairly complex feature to implement. More so than journaling. It may very well be that the maintenance overhead outweighed any possible technical advantages it may have had. The BSDs have always been a bit out in right field, in my opinion, on this issue.