Neal Pollack wrote:
> On 09/16/09 01:21 PM, Shawn Walker wrote:
>> Neal Pollack wrote:
>>> On 09/16/09 01:04 PM, Rich Reynolds wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shawn Walker wrote:
>>>>> I believe he was just indicating that the *icon* shouldn't appear 
>>>>> on the desktop; 
>>>
>>>
>>> Why not?   I thought there was so much positive discussion around
>>> providing a partition tool for OpenSolaris, especially one that could
>>> shrink existing NTFS laptops to make room,  that we would want this
>>> very obvious/visible/discoverable.
>>>
>>> Yes, we could leave it burried in a menu somewhere, but for my
>>> 2 cent "ease of use, good first experience" marketing opinion,
>>> I'd put the icon on the desktop very visibly next to the install icon.
>>
>> The goal here is simplicity I believe.  I think it's a reasonable 
>> assertion that most users won't be re-partitioning their system once 
>> it is installed.  For those users that are interested in doing so, the 
>> tool is available under the appropriate menu.
> 
> 
> Yes, agreed.  I agree with David Comay.  It should be considered for the
> live cd desktop, *NOT* for the installed system desktop.
> 

That has been the plan all along.

> Do we know if there is agreement and an R.E. to add the icon
> to the liveCD desktop?
> 

Agreement, yes.  Engineer, no, but it's a trivial change in the live CD 
package.

Dave

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