2012/3/12 Fredrik Staxeng <fst...@update.uu.se>: >>> >So you state that the fact that "if one chooses to use the whole disk, >>> >the whole disk is used" needs further documentation? >>> >>> Once upon a time, mkfs used to make a 10-second pause before starting. >>> That's the way you do it. >> >>That is an answer to the question "How?" (actually a bad one, as if the >>user didn't read messages before hitting [Enter], he probably won't do >>it after doing so), while my statement implied more of "Why?" you didn't >>address at all. > > I jumped into the middle here, I know. I think the 10-second delay is > a brilliant solution. Much better than an "are you sure?" question. > I think that there is a large probability that the user will spend that > time reading the message, and consider whether he really wants to do it.
And as soon as the first "I spent those 10 seconds reading the scrollback or web comics, and now my data is gone" has occurred, we make it 20 seconds. Then 30. And after that, thousands of installations are delayed by minutes each just to accommodate people that 1. don't think OS installations warrants backups when mixing and multibooting and 2. don't read what they answer anyhow... -- To our sweethearts and wives. May they never meet. -- 19th century toast
