Comment by Santosh83

   As the person who tested the latest ntfs3 patchset, and had tested
   many of those iterations in the past, I would really like to see
   this *finally* land in Linux 5.14.
  
   However, I get the feeling it's not going to make it for 5.14 *or*
   5.15, and it seems like Paragon became discouraged by the lack of
   feedback on the latest revision.
   
   I know that compared to all you awesome folks, I'm just a lowly
   user, but it's been frustrating to see nothing happen for months
   with something that has a seriously high impact for a lot of people.
   
   It's a shame, because the ntfs3 driver is miles better than the
   current ntfs one, and is a solid replacement for the unmaintained
   ntfs-3g FUSE implementation.

Seriously, such a well funded, high profile project like Linux should be more receptive to key QoL improvements and drivers. NTFS is the de facto filesystem for portable data storage, much as I wish an open alternative was there. I hope they speed up the merge of ntfs3 into the mainline.