On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:30:41PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Paul W. Frields
<stickster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:31:47PM -0500, Christian Schaller wrote:
>> Yeah, I think we definitely need to make the text part of the Fedora release
>> process as I would assume that we want to adjust the descriptive text over
time.
>> So maybe we can figure out a system where our design and marketing teams can
>> provide updated textual decscriptions for each release and in a format that
>> allows our translators to translate it before release.
>
> I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing, maybe I
> misunderstood?
>
> I was referring to the actual interface of the liveusb-creator. It
> features jargon such as "destructive (cp)"/"non-destructive
(dd)" and
> "persistence." I don't think that's going to work well for users
on
> their first experience procuring and installing Fedora.
Martin's message sounds like persistence is going away because it's buggy.
dd would be destructive, cp would be non-destructive.
I understand these options, but thanks. If these choices remain, it
would be better for them to be written in plain English. For example:
"Overwrite the entire USB stick (destroys all data)"
"Copy files to the USB stick (preserves data)"
dd is quite reliable since it keeps the ISO layout and bootloader
completey intact; whereas with cp the bootloaders will need to be
modified, which I still think is fraught with peril. I think the tool
should just use dd on the backend and inform the user very strongly
*ALL* data on the stick will be destroyed.
I tend to agree -- a more reliable tool is better, even if that means
sacrificing choice of options.
If the tool is using livecd-iso-to-disk on the backend, that seems
to
be pretty reliable on x86_64 for both BIOS and UEFI firmware types.
But my understanding is livecd-tools is going away in favor of
livemedia-creator. So...
+1, this would need to be checked and tested.
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