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Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning



On Dec 16, Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:

> A configuration with everything in one partition needs no extra
> configuration; anyone who wants such a configuration will like what the
> guided partitioner comes up with.  A configuration with five separate
> partitions seems almost impossible to provide sensible proportions for
> that work for everyone without editing.  And getting the proportions
> wrong means people have to deal with strange and annoying cases like
> /var filling up when /home has tons of room, or / filling up when /usr
> has tons of room.
+1

> That line of reasoning would never let Debian remove *anything*, ever.
And is one of the causes of the stagnation and lack of innovation in
Debian.

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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