On Feb 26, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 15:32 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
>> It is kind of a significant convenience, though, and I agree Josh kinda
>> underplayed it. Losing the ability to install alongside full-disk
>> Windows installations without asking the user to do some pre-flight work
>> themselves would be a significant loss.
>
> The question was about XFS's lack of ability to shrink. Not Windows.
> In that context, and in the context Pete is talking about, XFS being
> able to shrink really isn't a factor. Windows is already installed,
> and you'll be shrinking that filesystem to make room for a Fedora
> install, not the other way around.
yeah, I noticed the context switch in my follow-up email, sorry. I do
think the 'user wants to install something else alongside Fedora' case
is worth caring about at least a little bit, but having custom part
available is probably good enough.
Most users don't know XFS isn't shrinkable. Most of the target market for the easy
path is likely used to ext3/4, NTFS, and HFS+ all of which are shrinkable. And yet a
minority would choose a shrinkable file system if they knew the default was not
shrinkable.
So I opine it's not a factor in whether XFS should be the default file system. But it
is a factor in helping the user make the best choice for them, in advance, rather than
them having an oh crap moment later.
Docs should consider adding it as a virtual tooltip in the quick install guide. And maybe
it's possible to have a real tooltip in the installer.
Chris Murphy