On 05/08/12 03:43, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 08/04/2012 10:49 AM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: >>> David, you are fairly active on the mailing lists, and it's amusing that >>>> you totally missed the discussions related to the removal of AIF a few >>>> weeks ago. >> More to the point, as a maintainer of a fairly complicated set of packages, >> he should be following important announcements rather than shooting of >> emails when he personally encounters the changes. Or at least looking at >> the front pages >> > > Both points well taken. I do follow - to the greatest extent possible - the > changes with arch. Even scanning the dev list, I completely glossed over the AIF > removal, thus the email. After having completed the install without it, I can > say, AIF is sorely missed. > > The install guide that is currently in the wiki, does a good job, but it is > extremely terse. The install can be done with the install wiki, but it takes an > additional level of effort and Linux understanding than with AIF (and that had > no training wheels). The current install is silent on 'swap'. I wanted a 500M > swap, so I created on with cfdisk during install and added it to fstab. Simple > issue, but it was things like that that AIF did that really helped cut down on > the time/thought required for install. > > What is the current Arch policy for swap creation? Is it still recommended? If > so, for what systems? (RAM <X, other criteria?) Let me know and I'll add it to > the install wiki. Even if it is "Arch doesn't recommend swap creation", that > should still be there for all users that historically have come to expect a swap. > You're welcome to create an improved guide for installing. And as taken from the Archwiki "To summarize: Arch Linux is a versatile and simple distribution designed to fit the needs of the competent Linux® user." So anyone who wants to install Archlinux should be able to set up a partition and know how to set up a swap partition. -- Jelle van der Waa
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