Why does the default Ubuntu Install format the Hard Disk?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 03:05:05AM +1300, John C. McCabe-Dansted wrote:
> Apparently, it is no longer necessary to defragment before resizing, but 
> Ubuntu still uses v1.9.4. [1] below "highly recommends" we upgrade to 
> v1.12.0. 

We already have; Dapper includes 1.12.1.

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 - mdz