Re: Root password and the location of the done button

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On Oct 12, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:

> On 10/12/2012 03:50 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> The Done button location is not ideal.
>> 
>> The problem with Root password and Minimal Install I don't understand. But the need to set a password isn't made clear for no-GUI package sets. But you can boot in Rescue/single-user mode and set the root password.
> 
> The password dialog has been removed from the main hub and put into the actual installing widget and currently is not working there or is working on a whim.

OK I haven't had that experience yet in the ~ 12 Minimal Installs I've done in vbox, or the 4 I've done in KVM. *shrug*

> You or any designer can try to make the argument here like you are doing that reporters can always workaround the lack of root password by adding various kernel command line switches but that is not true for example

This is not my first day at the rodeo. I've done a lot of testing in my day, and therefore I'm used to dodging non-show stopper bugs, making a report, and testing other things.

> The harder it gets for reporter to actually test the distribution the fewer and far between they come and shorter they stay ( which is not something we want or need in the project )…

Testing takes time and patience. When agitation sets in, take a day or two off. Poking a big badass snake with a stick is probably not the best idea I've heard this week.


Chris Murphy

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