Bug#261448: Is it really necesary for the partitioner to check the swap space?

[Rick_Thomas <rbthomas@fileserver.rcthomas.org>]

Package: installation-reports:[powerpc][20040724]

OldWorld PowerMac

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: <Fill in date and from where you got the image>
	sid_d-i/powerpc/20040724/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso


Comments/Problems:

What does the partitioner do in it's "check the swap space" phase?

If it's just doing a media check, it seems a great waste of time.
It takes several minutes to complete for a 1GB swap area.
Maybe a media check was appropriate for the relatively unreliable
disks in use a decade ago when Linux was young, but not today...

Moreover, looking in /proc/swaps on the F2 console while the swap space
check is running indicates that that swap space in in use at the time!
This is probably dangerous -- especially on systems with small RAM.

Rick