[Mageia-dev] Are you sure? (no confirmation before proceeding to selected packages installation)

Fri May 4 16:19:10 CEST 2012

Mageia's installer has the same problem that bothers me in Mandriva. The type 
+install screen with KDE vs Gnome vs custom has no intermediate step prior to 
+the start of selected packages installation. Does this bother no one else?
+
+It seems to be a confirmation of some kind should follow exit from this 
+screen, maybe a popup saying "Are you sure you want to do this?" or "Packages 
+installation will begin when you click 'OK'", implying a contemplation period 
+where it may be realized something may have been forgotten that would be more 
+easily corrected sooner rather than later. Time and again I've forgotten that 
+this doesn't happen, clicked OK, and only then remembered why I didn't want 
+what I selected. But, the only way back is to abort the install entirely.
+
+The root of this situation for me is mostly two pronged:
+
+1-More often than not I'm doing a "test" install of an alpha, beta or RC. 
+That means I intend to test mainly things I could or would recognize as 
+working or not, including the installer itself. I want to get on with the 
+installation process without waiting for kitchen sinks, bathtubs and guest 
+houses and their wasted bandwidth to complete. The screen offering only the 
+KDE/Gnome/Custom options is too simplistic, hiding the minimal option as an 
+afterstep to "Custom", which amounts to the only way to do _any_ 
+customization when either a KDE or Gnome selection is also wanted, but 
+minimally, a sort of no-suggests. The Mandrake/Mandriva main selection screen 
+used to have a checkbox worded something like "individual package selection". 
+I miss it.
+
+2-There are no formatting options offered for /. Since I virtually always 
+install to a multiboot system, I require maximum cross-installation 
+compatibility. I can't have inode sizes, UUIDs and volume labels changed 
+willy nilly without having to go back and reconfigure every other 
+installation to conform to needless changes made by a new installation. 
+Format step really ought to offer selectable format options so that an 
+existing UUID, LABEL and/or Inode size could be preserved and yet the / 
+target really be empty.
+
+Is there any point in filing wishlist bug for either of these shortcomings? 
+Would the latter be treated like Fedora did? 
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808970
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