[Bug 1163908] Re: Guided partitioning shortcut "max" gives minimum space instead

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

I did not try to run the test case precisely, but I did pick the resizer
after selecting a partition.

While the behavior may seem weird, it is consistent with the wording of
the dialogs in d-i, and in just about anywhere else: you resize the
selected partition to some size, and the free space will be
automatically partitioned (which will include / and swap, or other
partitions as defaulted in d-i). In other words, you're really working
on the selected, already-existing partitioned space and choosing to
resize it: "max" means keep the size as big as it possibly can, while
freeing up a bit of disk space for further use, and has to be this way
to maintain the same behavior as other d-i panels.

Given that as stated above, this is both consistent with other
partitioning dialogs in d-i and consistent with the way other
applications tend to approach resizing existing partitions, I'm not
tempted to change this.

Any reasonable suggestions for rewording the template are obviously
welcome, as are good patches which might rework this in a sane way.
Reassigning to partman-partitioning which seems to be the best option
for now. I'm keeping this bug open in case there are patches to improve
on the wording, if it can help users make more sense of this dialog.

** Package changed: debian-installer (Ubuntu) => partman-partitioning
(Ubuntu)

** Changed in: partman-partitioning (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Medium => Wishlist

** Changed in: partman-partitioning (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

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Title:
  Guided partitioning shortcut "max" gives minimum space instead

Status in partman-partitioning package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When installing the Alternate AMD64+Mac image in the guided
  partitioning, the short cut "max" actually gives the *minimum* amount
  of space possible. Leaving the unused partition with the maximum.
  These should be switched, so that the partition in use get the maximum
  amount of space and the unused partition gets the minimum.

  http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/264/builds/41203/testcases

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