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[Remko van der Vossen <wich AT stack.nl>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 07:13:31PM +0100, Robert Figura wrote:
> "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.
> 
> Now i've got a question: Could a simple cast lvm break my system?
> 
> If not then why go though the hazzle of #5? 

There's more that uses devmapper than lvm, the package clearly supports
only installing devmapper, so why not create a spell for that? It's not
like it's difficult or anything...

Remko.

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