[Bug 89357] Re: Editing partitions is slow

[Bob/Paul]

It still refreshes the partition table after every change, which seems
unnecessary. In GParted I can setup 15 partitions one after another
without delay, the click apply and let it do it's thing. In Ubiquity I
make 1 partition, wait, make another partition, wait, and still nothing
is actually written to the disk until I click next, when I have to wait
yet again.

In the past, partitioning with Ubiquity was absolutely painful. Now it
doesn't seem painful, but I do still have to wait needlessly between
steps; my hardware is just 3+ years newer.

What's been fixed exactly? That I have a Core2 Quad instead of an Athlon
XP? That sounds like a workaround.

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Title:
  Editing partitions is slow

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  I am testing Herd5, though the issue is not new...

  Probably because I have 9 partitions to look after, and probably because I use Ubiquity a lot ;-) to test the advanced partitioner mostly, I get more and more annoyed at the slowness of the partitioner. That is, for each and every partition, no matter what I do on it (disable it, or select a mount point, or format it), it takes a little while to complete the operation, and also pops up a "Scanning disks" progress bar".
  I can understand that it needs to scan the hard drives when launching the partitioner, obviously, but why does it need to scan them 20 times ? If I select a mount point or tick the "format" check box, why does it need to scan the disks all the time ?
  It's particularly annoying, considering that the text installer, which I thought now was the new base of the graphical installer, IS NOT slow, nor does it pop up any progress bat or anything. 

  Here is hoping you can do some magic in time for the final release !
  ;o)

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