Release criterion proposal: live image persistence

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Fri Jun 8 04:17:05 UTC 2012


On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 17:14:05 -0700,
   Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>Thoughts? We could theoretically require only the whole-system overlay
>to work, not the separate /home overlay, but the separate /home overlay
>possibility exists for a good reason - the whole-system overlay is very
>easy to exhaust, so if you're going to try and use a persistent stick
>for long-term use, it's much better to also/only have a separate /home
>overlay, which is implemented in a way that's much less prone to space
>exhaustion. Thanks!

You can also rebuild the OS and OS overlay without overwriting the home 
file system, which allows you to update without wasting space or if you 
want you kernel updated.

I think Brian was going to try to have livemedia-creator as the primary 
live system for F18. It might be good to hear from him before commiting 
to something.


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