rfc: expectations for partitioning, Fedora.next

[Chris Murphy]

On Feb 22, 2014, at 3:58 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de> wrote:

> On 02/20/2014 12:55 AM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> 
>> So really, I'm fairly convinced at this point that what's needed is feature chop,
> 
> I do not agree on this.
> 
> In recent times, the number one complaint I have heard from users who were trying to install Fedora, which had prevented them from becoming Fedora users was:
> 
> "This crappy partioning GUI in the installer is does not give me the amount of control on partitioning desired by me."

I don't understand this. It's the most capable GUI partitioner + OS installer I've ever encountered, and I've used quite a few installers, yet maybe I'm missing something obvious?

Not even kickstart permits just anything to be done. Not only are many layouts ill advised, but there are many legitimate ways to achieve effectively the same result and it's just not resource feasible or efficient to enable everyone to play partition ninja.


Chris Murphy