Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> (2013-09-01): > On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 01:31:38AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > Like the 'Cancel' button? I did write more than that, I quoted a changelog entry, which contains bug references. If you had read the whole *four* lines of #381898… > > Mraw, > > KiBi. > > Yes, there's a cancel button, but that might take me back to the > partitioning process and then I'd have to start again perhaps - or > does it just cancel the wiping stage? It's not clear, and I'm a > little reticent to try, having been sitting here for so long already. > (It's currently at 87% ;-) Happy waiting then. > It seems to me (as a naïve user who's not looked into the installer > process in detail) that before embarking on a disc wipe, it would be > good to offer a choice: "Do you wish to wipe the disc before > installing Debian? This has the advantage that ..., but it could take > about NNN hours. Yes/No". Then either call blockdev-wipe or skip > that step, depending upon the user's choice. I didn't object. Mraw, KiBi.
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