Bonehead Move, LVM

[Mike McCarty]

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 20:17:30 +0100,
>   bram <bram at diomedia.be> wrote:
> 
>>Would it not be a good idea to add a checkbox in the installer wich says 
>>yes automic partitioning but no lvm.
> 
> 
> I think doing the custom layout covers that case adequately. I think for the

No, it does not. The *default* install should not be something that
is worse than useless to the *average* user.

> case where you let anaconda do it, having lvm so you can change things later
> easily makes sense. If you don't want LVM, then you really should pick the
> partition layout yourself.

I disagree most strongly with this position. The default install
should not be one which is inappropriate for most situations, as
is LVM in its current state. Have you studied reliability theory?

Anyway, we're getting into topic drift.

Mike
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