possible mountroot regression

[Andriy Gapon]

on 14/10/2011 16:37 Marcel Moolenaar said the following:
> 
> On Oct 14, 2011, at 12:51 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> 
>> on 30/08/2011 13:01 Andriy Gapon said the following:
>>>
>>> So, just to re-iterate, I think that this is indeed a regression and the one
>>> that could be particularly unhelpful for a new release - the time when people
>>> are much more likely to end up at the mountroot prompt during an installation of
>>> a new system or an upgrade.
>>
>> Marcel,
>>
>> is there any chance that this regression can be fixed before the release?
> 
> Probably, yes. How do you want to fix this?

Simple: revert to the previous behavior.  If a user enters incorrect device name
(i.e. root mounting fails), then return back to the prompt instead of panicing.

> You haven't really expressed
> what you would like to see, other than mentioning that you think it's a
> regression from before.

I thought that what I wrote above was kind of obvious.

> Arguably, the previous behaviour had a lot to be
> desired for so since you're worried about the user experience, thinking
> this through is important.

I didn't see anything bad with the previous behavior in this respect.

>> If not, then maybe it would be proper to pull the change that introduced it out
>> of the release branch (r214006) ?
> 
> Don't be ridiculous.
> 


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Andriy Gapon