Re: Release criterion proposal: live image persistence

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On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 11:17:05PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 17:14:05 -0700,
>   Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >Thoughts? We could theoretically require only the whole-system overlay
> >to work, not the separate /home overlay, but the separate /home overlay
> >possibility exists for a good reason - the whole-system overlay is very
> >easy to exhaust, so if you're going to try and use a persistent stick
> >for long-term use, it's much better to also/only have a separate /home
> >overlay, which is implemented in a way that's much less prone to space
> >exhaustion. Thanks!
> 
> You can also rebuild the OS and OS overlay without overwriting the
> home file system, which allows you to update without wasting space
> or if you want you kernel updated.
> 
> I think Brian was going to try to have livemedia-creator as the
> primary live system for F18. It might be good to hear from him
> before commiting to something.

The overlay stuff should work the same with lmc created images.

Eventually I'd like to merge livecd-iso-to-disk's features into a cli
version of liveusb-creator if possible.

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