From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Brian C. Lane" Subject: Re: [parted-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Add nonfs partition type 0xda (#1263835) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 11:35:26 -0700 Message-ID: <20151009183526.GT2984@lister.brianlane.com> References: <1443654419-3714-1-git-send-email-bcl@redhat.com> <560EB887.6060302@ubuntu.com> <20151008214916.GK2984@lister.brianlane.com> <5617D701.1010109@ubuntu.com> <20151009162111.GR2984@lister.brianlane.com> <5617F80C.5050407@ubuntu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5617F80C.5050407@ubuntu.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Phil Susi Cc: parted-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Phil Susi wrote: > On 10/9/2015 12:21 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote: > > I think their thinking is that 0x80 implies a filesystem. > > > > I really don't see any harm in adding it, if you don't want to use it, > > don't. > > I don't like adding things that serve no purpose and only confuse users. > People end up running around with their hair on fire asking which type > they should use, and if it just doesn't bloody matter, why confuse them > and make the manual longer by giving them the choice? Keep it simple. > > To put it another way, seeing the option there makes people think they > need to use it for some reason, after all, why else would it be there? > And if that isn't true, then you have just created FUD. > It does have purpose, as described in the bug. And most users won't pay any attention to it. The vast majority of them care about 'boot' and that's it. -- Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)