Re: Deprecation of Anaconda boot parameters without inst. prefix

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On Thu, 2020-08-13 at 09:22 -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 08:58, Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 2:16 PM <jkonecny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > > 
> > > Anaconda team has decided to deprecate use of Anaconda kernel
> > > boot
> > > parameters without 'inst.' prefix. As you may already know you
> > > can
> > > specify Anaconda kernel boot parameters both with and without
> > > 'inst.'
> > > prefix (e.g. 'inst.repo=' or 'repo='). This deprecation means
> > > that when
> > > you use Anaconda option without the 'inst.' prefix you will now
> > > get a
> > > warning. We are *not* disabling parameters without a prefix yet.
> > > 
> > > The reason for this is keep running into parameter conflicts with
> > > other
> > > projects. As an example there is 'debug' parameter for both
> > > kernel and
> > > us, so when you want to enable kernel debugging in installation
> > > environment you will also enable Anaconda debug mode.
> > > 
> > > Because of this I have created the following pull request for
> > > Anaconda:
> > > 
> > > https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2786
> > > 
> > > 
> > > In case you have any objections please start discussion either on
> > > the
> > > pull request or here.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > > Jirka
> > 
> > This may be a stupid question, but why are parameter namespaced
> > with
> > "inst." and not with "anaconda."? Is this a historical artifact?
> > "inst" is a pretty generic term as well, and "anaconda" would
> > definitely not lead to parameter overloading on the kernel cmdline.
> > 
> 
> I think inst was meant to be universal so that debian etc could use
> it. However I will say if I have to type 20 anaconda.<item>=<flag> on
> a serial terminal like I have to for the inst.<item>=<flag> I will
> quickly be looking for any other installer to use. I regularly end up
> with enough redraw problems because the line went over whatever SOL
> or
> the HTML-console thinks a line should be and clearing the entire line
> so I can't see what I am typing.

I wasn't in the team when the decision to use `inst.` was made.
However, I agree with Stephen that it's just shorter and some people
have to write this a lot and lot of times. Also, it could be used for
multiple installers if they want to.

Jirka

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> Stephen J Smoogen.
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