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On 03/03/2014 04:29 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 3/3/14, 3:16 PM, Matthias Clasen wrote:
>> On Mon, 2014-03-03 at 16:16 +0200, Ric Wheeler wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I am fine with something like what is proposed by Steve above -
>>> let users have the GUI present an option that gives preference
>>> to the default without totally hiding other options.
>> 
>> You and Josef are sending mixed messages here: "btrfs is fine,
>> but just not ready to be the default" and "don't make it the
>> default, but we still need users to install it so it can get
>> better, so don't take away the option". I don't think that is
>> reasonable - either it is ready to be widely used, ie the
>> default, or it isn't in which case it shouldn't appear in the
>> UI.
> 

"Appear in the UI" can mean different things. I agree with you that it
should not appear in the "guided" install. I don't think we should
remove it from the completely manual "you're on your own here" custom
partition UI. Anyone that goes there is already aware that they get to
pick up the pieces when things break.


> The combination of those requirements would seem to mean that only 
> the default filesystem may appear in the UI...
> 
>> I'm pretty firmly against filesystem choice in the workstation 
>> installer.
> 
> Ah!  I guess that is how you feel.  :)
> 
> We do need _some_ mechanism for willing users to test more
> cutting-edge code on a real install, or everything besides the
> default may wither and die, as nothing else can get any real-world
> exposure...
> 



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