As the description for this bug shows, there is no way to determine a
size for /home and a size for / that will suitable for all users and
will not cause problems for a large subset of users down the road.
The manner in which we've implemented the ubiquity-preserve-home
specification does not involve creating a separate home partition.
Instead, when the user chooses to install Ubuntu on a partition without
formatting it, we remove all of the system files that will be replaced
during installation (so everything but /home, /opt, etc), then proceed
with a regular install. This is a much safer approach, and one that
does not trouble many users with concepts like partitioning that they
already find confusing.
Because we have purposefully chosen to not implement a separate /home
partition option for the reasons stated above, I'm marking this bug
invalid. Again, I'd just like to stress that the functionality exists,
just not implemented in the manner that has been suggested here.
Thanks.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Won't Fix
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offer to create a separate /home partition
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156177
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