On 11/24/2013 05:55 PM, Jonathan Steel wrote: > On Sat 23 Nov 2013 at 18:41, Dave Reisner wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 08:45:02AM +0000, Jonathan Steel wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would like to propose including clonezilla [1][2] in the installation >>> media. It provides an ncurses menu for backing up and restoring >>> partitions/disks using partclone, which is already included (I maintain >>> both). >> >> I'm of the opinion that our ISO is already way too big. Adding a tool >> which doesn't provide any functionality we don't already have seems like >> a waste. > > It, along with drbl (dependency) would bring extra functionality, I > belittled it calling it just a "menu"; it is more than that. I would not > suggest this would it not just make a few MB difference. I think of the iso > as a recovery tool as well as installation media; maybe we need both or to > decide on one. In terms of "installation media only" the inclusion of > software would be obvious; "do you need this during installation?", but > while it includes useful software for other purposes, I believe > clonezilla/drbl would be a good addition. > >>> As well as being a small and useful tool, I have another motive for getting >>> it added. >>> >>> Clonezilla currently offer live media iso files of Debian and Ubuntu-based >>> operating systems running clonezilla. By including clonezilla in our >>> installation media they are happy to add it as an alternative version, >>> offering an Arch-based iso that you can run clonezilla on. >> >> I don't understand why this is motivation. What's the benefit to Arch? > > To make Clonezilla more convenient/more accessible; currently if an Arch > user wants to use clonezilla, they will most likely need to use archiso to > generate their own iso and boot that (partitions need to be unmounted), or > use Clonezilla's Debian or Ubuntu versions. I see this benefiting Arch > Clonezilla users, and potentially bringing Clonezilla users to Arch. >
I will add this for next archiso, since there are no big objections. -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1
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