On Monday 11 June 2012 16:01:10 Aneurin Price wrote: > On 10 June 2012 19:31, Thomas Goirand <z...@debian.org> wrote: > > On 06/11/2012 12:06 AM, Don Armstrong wrote: > >> swap file on / [...] is > >> really the direction that we should be going > > > > NO ! > > > > Does this need to be explained? :/
Hi, > Not quite sure what you're objecting to. If you are against the use of > swap files rather than swap partitions then yes, it does need to be > explained, because as far as I am aware a swap file is the better > choice in virtually all situations (and is what I've been using > exclusively since Linux 2.6 removed the downsides). data point: a swap file would not work with btrfs [1]. [1]https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Does_btrfs_support_swap_files.3F -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201206111630.53595.danc...@spnet.net