On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 11:57:29AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > A related question, will the partitioner preferences be decided on a > > per-architecture basis? There are special considerations on some > > architectures (e.g., BSD disklabels on alpha, GPT on ia64?) that need to > > be taken into account before partman can serve as a reasonable default > > on all ports. > I don't know if the Menu-Item-Number stuff can vary by architecture. I > think it can, with some difficulty. > I hope partman is flexible enough so modules can be added to address the > things you mentioned.. I hope so too, but it does underscore the need for partman to be tested on multiple architectures before it can be made a default anywhere (unless we want to endure the per-architecture menu-item-numbers). Cheers, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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