Blueprint changed by Dustin Kirkland: Whiteboard changed to:
Discussion Points: * (At least) the 3rd UDS where this has been discussed... What are the blockers? * time/resource to do it? * hibernation/resume? * Originally, I was thinking about offering swap files as an option, in addition to swap partitions; does this make sense? Would it be better to just default to swap files now, and allow for swap partitions in manual partitioning schemes? * What about GUI/command-line utilities for management of swap files? * a slider to dynamically adjust the size * a checkbox for encryption (see encrypted swap spec) * Server vs. Desktop installer -- should this be handled any different between the two? (I think not) -- Dustin Kirkland One common item is a multiboot setup. If this were implemented, and it would do a mkswap for official swapfiles when activating them, I could share large, contiguous files (e.g. windows PAGEFILE.SYS) among the systems instead of having several large files, one for each OS. If in the installer, there is a partition going to be mounted, allow the user to select a file. As a post-install, add a swapfile manager where files can be selected, created, or removed. scott - I'm not touching the installer ;) -- Support Swapfiles at Installation https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/server-karmic-swapfile-in-the-installer -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
