default file system, was: Comparison to Workstation Technical Specification

[Ric Wheeler]

On 03/03/2014 11:29 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.
> 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...
>
> -Eric

The nice thing about choice is that - even for users who don't want to test new 
features - others can.

Making it not part of the normal drop down (hiding it in the custom 
configuration menu) seems to be quite reasonable to me.

Ric