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Jeremy Blosser (jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org) wrote [08.11.10 13:54]:
> On Nov 10, Jeremy Blosser [jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org] wrote:
> > On Nov 10, Ladislav Hagara [ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz] wrote:
> > > What to do?
> > > 1) Deprecate device-mapper, always install default lvm with device 
> > > mapper.
> > > 2) Update device-mapper to use sources of lvm, fixed lvm spell not to 
> > > install device-mapper (no idea how difficult it is).
> > > 3) Deprecate device-mapper spell and update lvm spell to ask user if 
> > > install only device-mapper or device-mapper with lvm.
> > > 4) Merge device-mapper and lvm spells into device-mapper-lvm spell and 
> > > ask user if install also lvm?
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > I am probably for 1, it is upstream.
> > 
> > Either 1 or 3...
> 
> (if 3, it should default to both, since that is upstream)
> 

Now I'm confused. Does (1) mean that the user doesn't get a choice about
having it installed? Originally I interpreted that (1) was (3) with a
default to yes. Perhaps I misinterpreted the use of "default" in (1)'s
description. If so, then I will opt for (3) instead, with the default to
yes, as Jeremy is suggesting.

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