Susan Sohn wrote: > On 07/07/09 13:40, Dave Miner wrote: >> Susan Sohn wrote: >>> I have posted the requirements and scope for the Text Installer at: >>> >>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/TextInstallerProject/Text_Install_Reqts_Scope >>> >>> >>> >>> Please review and provide feedback by Wednesday, July 8 at 5pm Pacific. >>> >> I'm unclear on why you've separated VTOC slice management as being in >> scope, and VTOC slice preservation of data as out of scope, as I would >> expect any useful implementation of the first to imply the second. Can >> you clarify? > > First, just to clarify, it didn't say that slice preservation was out of > scope, > it said that it would be done in a subsequent phase. The thinking was that > we > wanted to get the basic functionality done first. If you feel that VTOC slice > management isn't useful without VTOC slice preservation, we'll include slice > preservation in the initial phase. Is that what you're saying? >
If I didn't have a preservation capability, then what would I be able to do with the VTOC management? Dave