https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439725 User sh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439725#c1 Stefan Hundhammer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |aschnell@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Stefan Hundhammer 2008-10-29 07:48:54 MDT --- For one thing, at this stage of the project (post-Beta3) it is neither possible nor desirable to do any major design changes to something as important as the partitioning workflow during installation. That would invalidate all installation testing so far; it would throw us back to the early Alphas stage. For another, it's never half as easy as you might think. What are the requirements for a simple partitioner? Flatten the complete hard disk and do an automated partitioning layout that takes one Linux system into account? Sure, that's the most basic thing. Allow users to keep an existing Windows on that machine alive, i.e., resize an existing Windows partition? Sure, most PCs come with Windows preinstalled, and very few users are ready to give up Windows completely. Support a second internal hard disk? Sure. Support hotplug USB or Firewire hard disks? Sure. USB sticks? Sure, while we are at it. Support mirroring to make use of that RAID controler that so many main boards have? Yes, very desirable. Enable users to add more hard disk space as they run out? Sure; you need to be flexible these days, and hard disks are cheap; but reinstalling is time consuming and thus not desirable. OK, so add support for tools like LVM and EVMS. Allow non-trivial scenarios to use all that together: Multiple disks with RAID and LVM or EVMS? Sure; not supporting that would be to not do that final logical step. Uh - with all those requirements, you get exactly what we have now... There is no such thing as a simplified approach to partitioning that does not severely cut down on features that would hurt at least some users badly. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439725 User romain.pelissier@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439725#c4 --- Comment #4 from Romain Pelissier 2008-10-29 19:29:47 MDT --- Don't woory I was pretty sure that this bug repport will be a wontfix but my point is not to add functionalities to the partitioning system but its easy of use during the install time. In my opinion, it is actually less easy and understandable that the previous version. I know that it could not exist a system where all users (basic and advanced) will be happy with. Still, I think there could be a solution to make it more understandable. I know that you have do a good job with this, but I think about a newby that want to install opensuse and want to partition/resize/mount its disk/partition and I think it will really be lost. I work as a linux sysadmin right now (be honest, a newby linux sysadmin) and even I know what I want and how to acheive my partitioning, I really found your utility way to complex for a setup system: it took me 3 times to be sure that all my settings were correct. I don't think it is too late to modify the partitioning system since, i think, the stuff is already there (no more functionalities). I am pretty sure that since Release Canditate, you can do a more simpler system even if it is not perfect. I really prefer the old one as it was. Again thanks for you job. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.