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Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes



On Mon, 2017-05-15 at 17:37 -0300, Kolmar Kafran wrote:
> On Mon, 15 May 2017 21:26:28 +0100 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk
> > wrote:
> 
> > It is in the nature of an installer that it is capable of
> > overwriting
> > existing data.  Based on your instructions, I think the installer
> > already makes it quite clear what's going to happen.
> 
> The documentation defines that:
> 
> > The severity levels are:
> > critical
> >     makes unrelated software on the system (or the whole system)
> > break, or causes serious data loss, or introduces a security hole
> > on systems where you install the package.
> 
> Since it is not possible to advance with the installation without
> formating the partition, based on the severity levels definition, I
> think this should be marked as critical.

You always have the option to do nothing.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Humour is the best antidote to reality.

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