Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-22 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 21 November 2016 at 17:54, Jay Wren wrote: > > I am happy that swap partitions are finally going away. > Note, no such decisions made for Debian. Debian still uses swap partitions by default, and I don't see that changing for the upcoming release. I'm simply working on

Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-21 Thread Jay Wren
On Nov 18, 2016, at 6:44 AM, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > > Package: wnpp > Owner: Dimitri John Ledkov > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: partman-swapfile > Version : 1 > Upstream Author : d-i team > * URL or Web page : d-i > * License

Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-19 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, Dimitri John Ledkov (2016-11-18): > I am not at all sure if this functionality is at all welcomed, needed, > or will generate any interest. I do not know if it's wanted to be > available by default in Debian's d-i. At the moment I created a git > repository in the d-i team,

Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-18 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 18 November 2016 at 11:56, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:44:25AM +, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: >>Package: wnpp >>Owner: Dimitri John Ledkov >>Severity: wishlist >> >>* Package name: partman-swapfile >> Version : 1 >>

Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-18 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 18 November 2016 at 12:02, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 18.11.2016 12:44, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: >> Another thing I am investigating is moving away from swap partitions to >> swap files, on non-lvm installations. This will involve tweaking the >> default partman-auto recipes

Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-18 Thread Philipp Kern
On 18.11.2016 12:44, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > Another thing I am investigating is moving away from swap partitions to > swap files, on non-lvm installations. This will involve tweaking the > default partman-auto recipes & the no-swap warning. Note that you should then also check that the

Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:44:25AM +, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: >Package: wnpp >Owner: Dimitri John Ledkov >Severity: wishlist > >* Package name: partman-swapfile > Version : 1 > Upstream Author : d-i team >* URL or Web page : d-i >* License : GPL >

Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-18 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
Package: wnpp Owner: Dimitri John Ledkov Severity: wishlist * Package name: partman-swapfile Version : 1 Upstream Author : d-i team * URL or Web page : d-i * License : GPL Description : add support for creating swapfiles I am working on minimising