[Bug 1218676] [NEW] Warning dialog and shown partition conflict

[Len Ovens]

Public bug reported:

I have three disks (the USBstick shows up as another) when I select
installation type "Something else", I choose to install on sdd1. So I
select it and click on "change" which allows me to select size, FS type
and mount point. I select no size change, ext4 and /. A dialog comes up
warning me I will not be able to undo a resize (say what, I didn't ask
for a resize). The dialog does not confirm which partition it is talking
about, but the partition list behind the dialog redraws showing sda1 as
selected. Yikes! I don't want to touch sda at all, bail out and very
carefully select the right partition all over... same thing. In the end
the right partition is selected for install.

This is misleading.

The dialog should remind the user which partition they are destroying
and the selection box should not redraw but remain with the user's
selected partition, the one with the work being preformed on it,
showing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubiquity 2.15.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-2.1-lowlatency 3.11.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-2-lowlatency i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.336
Date: Thu Aug 29 16:53:27 2013
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntustudio.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Studio 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130829)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy ubiquity-2.15.15 ubuntustudio

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Title:
  Warning dialog and shown partition conflict

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have three disks (the USBstick shows up as another) when I select
  installation type "Something else", I choose to install on sdd1. So I
  select it and click on "change" which allows me to select size, FS
  type and mount point. I select no size change, ext4 and /. A dialog
  comes up warning me I will not be able to undo a resize (say what, I
  didn't ask for a resize). The dialog does not confirm which partition
  it is talking about, but the partition list behind the dialog redraws
  showing sda1 as selected. Yikes! I don't want to touch sda at all,
  bail out and very carefully select the right partition all over...
  same thing. In the end the right partition is selected for install.

  This is misleading.

  The dialog should remind the user which partition they are destroying
  and the selection box should not redraw but remain with the user's
  selected partition, the one with the work being preformed on it,
  showing.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-2.1-lowlatency 3.11.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-2-lowlatency i686
  ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.336
  Date: Thu Aug 29 16:53:27 2013
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntustudio.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Studio 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130829)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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