[parted-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Add nonfs partition type 0xda (#1263835)

[Brian C. Lane]

On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Phil Susi wrote:
> On 10/9/2015 12:21 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> > I think their thinking is that 0x80 implies a filesystem.
> > 
> > I really don't see any harm in adding it, if you don't want to use it,
> > don't.
> 
> I don't like adding things that serve no purpose and only confuse users.
>  People end up running around with their hair on fire asking which type
> they should use, and if it just doesn't bloody matter, why confuse them
> and make the manual longer by giving them the choice?  Keep it simple.
> 
> To put it another way, seeing the option there makes people think they
> need to use it for some reason, after all, why else would it be there?
> And if that isn't true, then you have just created FUD.
> 

It does have purpose, as described in the bug. And most users won't pay
any attention to it. The vast majority of them care about 'boot' and
that's it.

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