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| From | Marc Haber <mh+debian-boot@zugschlus.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.maint.boot |
| Subject | Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential |
| Date | 2026-03-31 17:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <MEJct-bG0l-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <MAJb4-8XWb-33@gated-at.bofh.it> <MEcgy-bkmK-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Hi, On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 09:18:23PM -0700, Jose R Rodriguez wrote: >Sorry I missed, too, your detailed email ;-) No need to be sorry about that. Things happen. >On 2026-03-20 07:29, Marc Haber wrote: >>Whenever I talk with people running mid-size to large numbers of >>Debian installations, people roll their eyes when one talks about >>the Installer, in particular its way to partition disks. I must >>admit that I am not partman's best friend either. > >A few years back there was an effort to introduce Growlight as a >Partman replacement. I even began to experiment by preliminary adding >reiser4/5 support to Growlight code at the time. Please see old >thread: >< https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/09/msg00401.html > How well would that be automatable? >Yet, I do not know what happen to the project as it went silent. >Probably the developer of Growlight might be interested in working >with you on such an ambitious project[?!] I do not plan to develop a new partitioner. I am intersted in small modifications to the installer that would allow more flexibility externally. I neither have the programming skills for a project that size nor do I have the time for that. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
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Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Marc Haber <mh+debian-boot@zugschlus.de> - 2026-03-20 15:40 +0100
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Jose R Rodriguez <jose.r.r@metztli.com> - 2026-03-30 06:20 +0200
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Marc Haber <mh+debian-boot@zugschlus.de> - 2026-03-31 17:30 +0200
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Jose R Rodriguez <jose.r.r@metztli.com> - 2026-04-01 07:00 +0200
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Marc Haber <mh+debian-boot@zugschlus.de> - 2026-04-01 09:30 +0200
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2026-04-02 12:40 +0200
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Marc Haber <mh+debian-boot@zugschlus.de> - 2026-04-02 15:30 +0200
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2026-04-02 16:00 +0200
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Marc Haber <mh+debian-boot@zugschlus.de> - 2026-04-02 16:30 +0200
Re: Feedback from bigger installations - installer improvment potential Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2026-04-02 17:00 +0200
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