Colony 3, Test report

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 11:49:52PM -0400, Alvin Thompson wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 17:33 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > Because that would force every user to answer an additional question on
> > every install.
> 
> what's wrong with that if the question's important enough?

I don't think it is.  Consider that it is already possible to run an
integrity check before installing, but almost nobody does (unless the
install fails first, and often not even then).  Forcing this question on the
user doesn't buy us much in terms of diaganostics (users will choose the
default unless they have a problem).

It's often surprising sometimes how much difference a question makes in the
overall user experience, especially a non-obvious one.

> the first time i tried to install ubuntu i had a bad disk and the install
> failed seemingly without any explanation. i assumed ubuntu just didn't
> like my laptop and went with my next choice--suse. it wasn't until later
> that i tried to install again and figured out the cd was bad.

Another person would have been unhappy about the install taking so long: the
check is very slow, especially on certain hardware.

You already have a choice as to whether to run the check.

-- 
 - mdz