[Bug 238957] Re: partitioner should clearly show which partitions will be used

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  partitioner should clearly show which partitions will be used

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This issue is similar, but not identical to
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/215750

  When the 8.04 installer's Manual partitioning option is chosen, the
  partitioner code looks at the user's hard drive and then displays the
  list of currently existing partitions.

  See the attached screen snapshot for an example.

  The problem with this display is that an important piece of
  information is not as clear as it should be: which partitions will be
  used *and* which partitions will *not* be used.  To find out for
  certain if a partition is *not* going to be used, the user has to
  first select the partition from the list and then click the "Edit
  Partition" button in order to bring up an additional dialog.  Not very
  user friendly.

  Or, the user has to sort of infer from the "Type" column that if a
  partition does *not* have a value listed for "Type" then the operating
  system will not end up using that partition after the installation.
  That's not very precise.  Further, it appears that in at least one
  case, this approach is not always accurate.  If the "Type" of a
  partition is shown as "swap" the user can edit the partition and
  specify that the partition should not be used (and in fact, no entry
  will end up in /etc/fstab), but it will still be shown in this list
  with a "Type" of "swap."

  Seems like the solution would be to add another "Type" value to this
  display: "Not Used."  That way, the information from the pop-up dialog
  for "Edit Partition" would be available in this dialog.

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