Comment # 5 on bug 909912 from Olaf Hering

(In reply to Bernhard Wiedemann from comment #4)
> before systemd, a timeout would just let the boot continue 
> without the crypted partition mounted (giving you a chance to mount it over
> ssh).
> maybe to get a similar behaviour now, try the "nofail" mount option

How would one enter anything via ssh? I'm sure the system just stops booting
way before network is available.

Looks like timeout=0 + nofail shows the graphical prompt longer.

Still, why is that not the default? The current way of handle encrypted stuff
appears to be very unfriendly, even if its done that way since forever...