Re: F19 Final criteria revamp

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On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 08:51 -0400, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Jun 11, 2013, at 3:37 AM, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson <johannbg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > here's what Adam sait about that " if ntfsresize fails for some reason, that wouldn't be a blocker." which kinda  beats the purpose of the criteria right ( since no factory install of windows comes with available free space so the user always has to resize before or during the installation phaze )
> 
> Users installing Windows into a discrete space that's less than max
> available is the minority case, but that doesn't obviate the need for
> the criterion. Further, historically the part of the criterion that
> causes hold ups is the boot loader aspect, not resizing problems.
> 
> If the anaconda team really considers resizing inherently risky and
> unpredictable, the operation needs to come with a warning to the user.
> Insofar as I'm aware, there is no such warning, or suggestion of
> alternatives: boot Windows and use its utility for resizing the file
> system. Then an install into free space is also possible.

I think the old anaconda did have a warning about resize operations. If
newUI doesn't, then yeah, maybe it should.
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