Re: Dropping i686 media for F24

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On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 08:39:33AM -0600, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 08:34 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > I understand these options, but thanks.  If these choices remain, it
> > would be better for them to be written in plain English.  For
> > example:
> > 
> > "Overwrite the entire USB stick (destroys all data)"
> > "Copy files to the USB stick (preserves data)"
> 
> I don't think that's sufficient. Presented with a choice to destroy
> data or preserve data, why would anyone want to destroy data for no
> apparent reason? It'd be silly to click "destroy" and not "preserve."
> 
> Please, just pick one mode or the other. I agree, we should probably
> force users to dd; I trust Adam that we will have fewer problems that
> way.

Agreed.  Notice the "If" statement in my original statement. :-)

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