Comment 13 for bug 156177

Thank You very much for the comprehensive clarification.

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:40:25 +0200, Evan Dandrea <email address hidden> wrote:

> As the description for this bug shows, there is no way to determine a
> size for /home and a size for / that will suitable for all users and
> will not cause problems for a large subset of users down the road.
>
> The manner in which we've implemented the ubiquity-preserve-home
> specification does not involve creating a separate home partition.
> Instead, when the user chooses to install Ubuntu on a partition without
> formatting it, we remove all of the system files that will be replaced
> during installation (so everything but /home, /opt, etc), then proceed
> with a regular install. This is a much safer approach, and one that
> does not trouble many users with concepts like partitioning that they
> already find confusing.
>
> Because we have purposefully chosen to not implement a separate /home
> partition option for the reasons stated above, I'm marking this bug
> invalid. Again, I'd just like to stress that the functionality exists,
> just not implemented in the manner that has been suggested here.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: Invalid => Won't Fix
>