On Thu, 2014-02-27 at 09:17 +0100, Vratislav Podzimek wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 11:46 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 11:17 +0100, Karel Zak wrote: > > > > > Don't try to be smart to everyone, it does not work. IMHO all you > > > need is to support one or a very few scenarios (complete scenarios > > > without customization) and a way how to switch from installer > > > to manual partitioning by parted/fdisk/mdadm/mkfs/etc. > > > > > > The anaconda partitioning UI will never be smart enough for > > > advanced users and it also does not make sense to duplicate effort, > > > we *already have* tools to create all the unusual crazy disk layouts. > > > > We don't, really. Well, we do, but it really is "tools" plural, and some > > of them don't have GUIs at all. blivet and its anaconda GUI really is > > one of the most advanced partitioning tools in existence. There's no > > one-stop graphical tool that does everything blivet/anaconda does, > > AFAIK. gparted can't do anywhere near the LVM, RAID and btrfs stuff that > > blivet does: it really only does *partitions*. > Just to let you know -- a guy from Prague Technical University is > working on a bachelor thesis [1] focused on starting the development of > a GUI partitioning/LVM/RAID/BTRFS tool based on blivet that should be > embedable into other applications, Anaconda included. The omitted link: [1] https://thesis-managementsystem.rhcloud.com/topic/show/180/a-tool-for-storage-configuration-on-gnulinux-os -- Vratislav Podzimek Anaconda Rider | Red Hat, Inc. | Brno - Czech Republic _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
