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  • From: Jeremy Blosser <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] lvm and device-mapper
  • Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:18:16 -0600

On Nov 10, Eric Sandall [eric AT sandall.us] wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:12:34 +0100 (CET)
> "Remko van der Vossen" <wich AT stack.nl> 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?
> > > ...
> >
> > How about:
> > 5) Update device-mapper to use sources of lvm, conflict lvm with
> > device-mapper, have device-mapper and lvm provide DEVICE-MAPPER and
> > change any depends on device-mapper other than lvm itself to
> > DEVICE-MAPPER.
> >
> > Remko
>
> I like this approach best. :) Otherwise I'd say #2 or #1, in that
> order.

Upstream has decided a package "device-mapper" no longer exists. Why
should we create (and maintain) one?

#2 is one of the worst IMO, it's completely off track with upstream.

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