Re: r62959 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-base: . debian init.d

2010-04-29 Thread Frans Pop
Colin Watson wrote:
 I agree that it would make sense to ask this at (probably) medium
 priority, although I'm not sure when I'll have time to make this change.
 Perhaps somebody could file a reminder bug?

#579625


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Re: r62959 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-base: . debian init.d

2010-04-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:00:29PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
 On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Otavio Salvador wrote:
  You rarely ought to need to touch it and in this case it being available
  by preseeding or low priority looks to be the sanest way to go.
 
 Agreed. But I see no reason why this should be available through preseeding 
 only. This type of question is exactly why we have expert mode.
 
  In modern machine the default ought to be the most logical option and
  ought to work fine (and even provide some performance benefit in some
  cases) so this shouldn't be so easy to mess with it IMO.
 
 So it should not be asked at default priority and have a very clear 
 description.
 
 IMO having at as a regular question at default prio with a good description 
 also allows to document the issue better (or at least, makes the
 documentation more accessible).

I agree that it would make sense to ask this at (probably) medium
priority, although I'm not sure when I'll have time to make this change.
Perhaps somebody could file a reminder bug?

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Re: r62959 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-base: . debian init.d

2010-04-20 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Colin Watson (cjwat...@alioth.debian.org):
 Author: cjwatson
 Date: Tue Apr 20 15:33:42 2010
 New Revision: 62959
 
 Log:
 Allow preseeding partman/alignment to cylinder, minimal, or
 optimal; cylinder restores old alignment behaviour for the benefit
 of those with crotchety BIOSes, while optimal is the default.


Doesn't this need an addition in the installation manual appendix?




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Re: r62959 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-base: . debian init.d

2010-04-20 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Christian PERRIER wrote:
 Quoting Colin Watson (cjwat...@alioth.debian.org):
  Allow preseeding partman/alignment to cylinder, minimal, or
  optimal; cylinder restores old alignment behaviour for the benefit
  of those with crotchety BIOSes, while optimal is the default.

 Doesn't this need an addition in the installation manual appendix?

I would even say it should be an option that's available during regular 
installs, either at medium or low prio. And it should also be documented 
in the Using D-I chapter of the manual.


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Re: r62959 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-base: . debian init.d

2010-04-20 Thread Otavio Salvador
Hello,

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote:

 On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Christian PERRIER wrote:
  Quoting Colin Watson (cjwat...@alioth.debian.org):
   Allow preseeding partman/alignment to cylinder, minimal, or
   optimal; cylinder restores old alignment behaviour for the benefit
   of those with crotchety BIOSes, while optimal is the default.
 
  Doesn't this need an addition in the installation manual appendix?

 I would even say it should be an option that's available during regular
 installs, either at medium or low prio. And it should also be documented
 in the Using D-I chapter of the manual.


You rarely ought to need to touch it and in this case it being available by
preseeding or low priority looks to be the sanest way to go.

In modern machine the default ought to be the most logical option and ought
to work fine (and even provide some performance benefit in some cases) so
this shouldn't be so easy to mess with it IMO.

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Re: r62959 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-base: . debian init.d

2010-04-20 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Otavio Salvador wrote:
 You rarely ought to need to touch it and in this case it being available
 by preseeding or low priority looks to be the sanest way to go.

Agreed. But I see no reason why this should be available through preseeding 
only. This type of question is exactly why we have expert mode.

 In modern machine the default ought to be the most logical option and
 ought to work fine (and even provide some performance benefit in some
 cases) so this shouldn't be so easy to mess with it IMO.

So it should not be asked at default priority and have a very clear 
description.

IMO having at as a regular question at default prio with a good description 
also allows to document the issue better (or at least, makes the
documentation more accessible).


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