Comment 0 for bug 723849

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I'd like to request a feature freeze exception for the work on redesigning the first page of the partitioner in the desktop CD installer, and for the /home preservation and package retaining install functionality as listed in packageselection-foundations-n-update-manager-improvements. As they're both quite tied to each other, I'm making the request with this single bug.

This work is quite far along, having seen design from Daniel Fore, copy and UI work from Matthew Paul Thomas, apt code from mvo, and work from myself on changing the automatic partitioner to fit all of this; however, I'm going to need the weekend to finish integrating it all into the installer.