On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 14:38 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote:

> click 1 and click 2= get to Manual Partitioning. Click 3= reveal your 
> partitions. Click 4= choose the partition you want to reuse. Click 5= choose 
> a mount point. Click 6= reveal custom options. Click 7= check reformat which 
> is not actually custom or an option, it's a requirement by anaconda.
> 
> Why am I required to reformat? It prevents me from using file system options 
> set at format time.
> 
> The basic user who simply wants to reuse a partition or volume needs to go 
> through 7 really non-discoverable clicks, and the expert can't even do what 
> he wants unless he learns kickstart. Both requirements solved by point and 
> shoot to a valid partition/volume, presented and selected in a single window.

I'm not sure that your assumption that 'basic users' just want to reuse
a partition really holds true. It's not a hugely common use case in my
experience, and tends to be more popular among *experienced* users, who
have a favourite partition scheme or tool or whatever. But without any
data, we're just comparing theories...
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