From: Curtis Gedak <gedakc-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Hannes Reinecke <hare-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Cc: parted-devel-XbBxUvOt3X2LieD7tvxI8l/i77bcL1HB@public.gmane.org,
device-mapper development
<dm-devel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
serge.hallyn-GeWIH/nMZzLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
Phillip Susi <psusi-3tLf1voIkJTQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Debian LVM Team
<pkg-lvm-maintainers-XbBxUvOt3X2LieD7tvxI8l/i77bcL1HB@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] What is the deal with the partition separator?
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:54:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D5D52C8.3080706@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D5D3B34.4000005-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
On 11-02-17 08:13 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> So whichever way you proceed, you should avoid using a naming scheme
> which resembles the linux one.
From my perspective as a maintainer of partitioning software it would
be nice if given the device name and partition number I could easily
determine the partition name.
Unfortunately this is not easily done when there are deviations from the
linux model ("insert a 'p' between the device name and the partition
number when the device name ends in a number").
Each deviation from the linux partition naming model results in more
code to handle the deviation, and a corresponding increased number of
test cases to avoid errors.
Regards,
Curtis Gedak
(Maintainer of GParted)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-17 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-16 3:21 What is the deal with the partition separator? Phillip Susi
2011-02-16 7:38 ` Hannes Reinecke
[not found] ` <4D5B7ED9.20304-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-16 17:19 ` [dm-devel] " Curtis Gedak
[not found] ` <4D5C073F.3020502-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-16 19:33 ` Phillip Susi
[not found] ` <4D5C268B.6070507-3tLf1voIkJTQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-16 20:18 ` Curtis Gedak
2011-02-16 19:37 ` Phillip Susi
[not found] ` <4D5C2793.1020601-3tLf1voIkJTQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-17 7:29 ` Hannes Reinecke
[not found] ` <4D5CCE75.5090202-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-17 14:57 ` Phillip Susi
[not found] ` <4D5D375F.9070106-3tLf1voIkJTQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-17 15:13 ` Hannes Reinecke
[not found] ` <4D5D3B34.4000005-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-17 15:13 ` Phillip Susi
2011-02-17 16:53 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2011-02-17 16:58 ` Alasdair G Kergon
[not found] ` <20110217165332.GE28729-FDJ95KluN3Z0klwcnFlA1dvLeJWuRmrY@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-20 5:04 ` [dm-devel] " Phillip Susi
2011-02-17 16:54 ` Curtis Gedak [this message]
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