Re: Idea for making custom partitioning more accessible

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On Fri, 2013-10-25 at 16:44 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:

> Or, hell, we could just do disk selection and then send EVERYONE to the
> 'light partitioning' screen, with a simple bypass option for 'just
> auto-part into free space', a breakout to full-fat custom partitioning,
> and the relatively simple UI for simple operations on existing
> partitions for our 'middle way' use cases? I suppose then I'm kinda
> re-inventing Installation Options, only it's a single dialog (not four
> variants) with clearer workflows and the 'reclaim space' dialog folded
> in and enhanced.
> 
> Anyway...the more I write about this, the more I think it feels like a
> productive avenue to explore. Should I do some mockups?

So it's not exactly a mock-up, but here's some suggested wording for the
'Installation Options 2.0' screen described above (or rather, screens -
yeah...turns out we'd want two versions...):

Disk(s) empty
-------------

Your chosen disk(s) are empty. You can choose either to let the
installer choose a disk layout for you, using all the free space on your
selected disks, or use Custom Partitioning to decide a disk layout
yourself.

(buttons: "Partition the disk(s) for me" and "Custom partitioning").

Disk(s) populated
-----------------

The storage volume(s) on your chosen disk(s) are shown here. [shown only
if sufficient free space: If you simply want to leave your existing
volume(s) untouched and let the installer create a disk layout for
Fedora in the free space on the disk(s), click Done now]. You can delete
or shrink a volume to free up disk space, and you can choose to use an
existing volume as part of the Fedora installation, reformatting it or
keeping its current contents. Once you are happy with your selections,
click Done. Any required volumes you have not explicitly specified will
be created automatically for you once installation begins. If you want
to create new volume(s) for the Fedora installation manually, choose
Custom partitioning.

(buttons: "Done" and "Custom partitioning").

Too verbose, as my texts always are, but I hope it serves the purpose of
illustrating how the workflow could work?
-- 
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net
http://www.happyassassin.net

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