* Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> [240506 07:15]: > Am 06.05.24 um 12:35 schrieb Simon Richter: > > Hi, > > > > On 5/6/24 17:40, Michael Biebl wrote: > > > > > If we go with a/, then I think d-i should be updated to no longer > > > create /tmp as a separate partition. > > > > I think if the admin explicitly configures tmpfs as a separate file > > system, then that should be honored -- if there is memory pressure, > > tmpfs+swap is pretty much the worst file system there is. > > > > If you explicitly configure /tmp via /etc/fstab it will override the default > tmp.mount that is shipped by systemd. > > My point is a different one: If we enable /tmp-on-tmpfs by default, then > offering a partition layout in d-i that places /tmp as a physical partition > is confusing/inconsistent imho.
I don't think so at all, especially if the description of this option explains that if you don't choose this option /tmp will be a tmpfs. But either way, this is an option that is different from the default, and it doesn't seem either confusing or inconsistent to me. ...Marvin