Re: F42 Change Proposal: Install Using GPT on all architectures by Default (system-wide)

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On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 05:44:02AM -0700, Neal Gompa wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 2:13 AM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
> <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 07:59:28PM +0100, Simon de Vlieger wrote:
> > > On 12/12/24 5:04 PM, Vojtech Trefny wrote:
> > > > The default we have in blivet actually applies only to systems
> > > > installed with Anaconda so this would not be true for many ARM
> > > > systems. The images used with arm-image-installer are different.
> > >
> > > While it is mentioned under scope the title of the change proposal reads as
> > > if it's targeting all images and architectures.
> >
> > Yeah, the Change page needs to be updated to describe the scope of the
> > change more precisely. In fact, the word "Anaconda" does not appear in
> > the title, Summary, or Detailed Description at all. One needs to read
> > until the very end to understand that this would only apply to images
> > created with Anaconda.
> >
> 
> Well, I'd rather we actually did the same thing elsewhere too.
> Consistency here is valuable wherever we can achieve it.
> 
> I was surprised to learn we can use GPT on IBM Z, so it's being
> explored to support it in kiwi:
> https://github.com/OSInside/kiwi/issues/2694
> 
> We already use GPT for x86_64 and Power systems. ARM is the fiddly one
> because ARM systems kind of suck in terms of platform coherence.
> 
> I'm also thinking ahead a bit with RISC-V to figure out if we're going
> to have problems here too. I don't think we will, but who knows...?

Sure, but let's not let aspirations get in the way of an accurate
description. If the proposal is extended to cover additional
areas — great. But in any case, we need to know what is and what
isn't in the scope.

Zbyszek
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