[Bug 1621865] [NEW] Please don't run by default on 16.04LTS !

[Bob Jones]

Public bug reported:

Could someone please explain to me the dumb decision to activate mdadm
by default in a default install of 16.04LTS ?

What's wrong with the obvious process that *IF* I want RAID, I can
either activate the service (and configure it accordingly) or install
the package.

Why on earth run it by default and waste un-necessary resources on the
system and fill up my dmesg and logs with un-necessary messages about
MDADM finding nothing ?

Sorry for the rant, but 16.04LTS has been a particularly frustrating and
buggy release. Not one of Ubuntu's finest hours !

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

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Title:
  Please don't run by default on 16.04LTS !

Status in mdadm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Could someone please explain to me the dumb decision to activate mdadm
  by default in a default install of 16.04LTS ?

  What's wrong with the obvious process that *IF* I want RAID, I can
  either activate the service (and configure it accordingly) or install
  the package.

  Why on earth run it by default and waste un-necessary resources on the
  system and fill up my dmesg and logs with un-necessary messages about
  MDADM finding nothing ?

  Sorry for the rant, but 16.04LTS has been a particularly frustrating
  and buggy release. Not one of Ubuntu's finest hours !

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