Hi all, On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 1:50 PM Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> wrote: > whats the status of dmraid? Do you have dmraid hardware or is this > merely on life-support? Please note dmraid upstream is dead for more than ten years. I might find an old i386 hardware that needs it. But yes, it's only on life-support.
> * Paul Gevers <[email protected]>: > > What would you say about this? Even if d-i would not need it anymore, we > > would need work to drop the dependency chain via > > libblockdev/udisks2/gnome-control-center. Do these have real use of dmraid, tested from time to time at least? > I'm wondering if we should remove dmraid support from the d-i as a > first step. AFAICT Intel Software RAID is supported by mdraid, not > sure if the other RAID platforms are still sold. Sounds like a good idea. This will show users early Debian doesn't plan to ship it anymore. > If its gone from di-i, at least no new installs can spring into > existence "by accident", i.e. where mdraid would have been the > better choice. Exactly. Regards, Laszlo/GCS
