Bug#987503: swap partition only 1 GB instead of at least 1 x RAM size

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

Control: severity -1 wishlist

Hi Martin!

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 04:14:16PM -0400, Martin wrote:
>Package: debian-installer
>Version: bullseye-rc1
>Severity: important
>Tags: d-i
>
>I installed using the graphical UI and selected automatic
>partitioning with encrypted LVM, with all files in '/'.
>RAM size is 16 GB, SSD has 1 TB.
>
>To be able to hibernate the system, a swap partition of at least
>1 x RAM size is necessary. d-i did this correctly since many
>releases, but in bullseye it is broken at the moment.
>
>Please restore the correct formula, thank you! (Or even allow
>users to chose a swap size for the auto-partioner (e.g. if a
>users already plans to upgrade the RAM, see #780208).

There is no such thing as a "correct" formula, though. The old formula
was similarly causing lots of hassle for people installing on servers
who didn't want to waste hundreds of gigabytes on swap space.

We could probably do with an "is this a server or a desktop" up-front,
but we don't have that yet.

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