Re: Anaconda is totally trashing the F18 schedule (was Re: f18: how to install into a LVM partitions (or RAID))

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:58 PM, David Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard Hughes" <hughsient@gmail.com>
> > To: "Development discussions related to Fedora" <
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> > Sent: Wednesday, 31 October, 2012 6:35:14 AM
> > Subject: Re: Anaconda is totally trashing the F18 schedule (was Re: f18:
> how  to install into a LVM partitions (or
> > RAID))
> >
> > On 30 October 2012 18:45, Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> > > so if were to try and switch back to oldui at
> > > this point, we'd have to go through the whole process of adjusting
> > > the
> > > code for the changes to dracut again, quite apart from any other
> > > issues.
> >
> > I don't understand how fixing up the old anaconda with the dracut
> > changes would be so difficult. More than 140 man-hours? It's surely
> > going to be a lot less work than getting anaconda to a point where it
> > actually works with a consistent UI. Anaconda isn't the kind of thing
> > we can fix with a zero day update, and surely it should have been
> > developed in parallel with a release and then "switched on" just
> > after
> > branching rather than the situation we have now where there is major
> > design and development work being done *so close* to where we should
> > have everything locked down tight.
> >
> > I really don't see why the Anaconda team should be treated so
> > differently from every other team. If we ship anything close to the
> > Anaconda we've got now then F18 is going to get ripped apart by the
> > reviewers.
>
> Should we just skip F18? (like seriously).
>
> Dave.
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Or just push the release by 1-2 months, So there is time to beat anaconda
into shape, going back to oldui will not be very productive, then we will
have the same problems in F19

Tim
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