On 2018-11-19 10:08 a.m., KatolaZ wrote:
> We are not saying we will ask the question to all the users. The
> "knob" will be probably available only in expert install, once we are
> sure that there are no major issues there, and the default will most
> probably be non-merged-usr. For testing purposes it makes sense to
> keep the question there, anyway.
>
> Any help with testing stuff that might break in a non-merged /usr
> environment would be helpful.
>
> My2Cents
>
> KatolaZ
>
> P.S.: I am not so sure about the "unmerge" being so difficult, to be
> honest, but I might be wrong...
>
>
Well I'm just reporting in that I did a couple of Beowulf XFCE installs
on a spare hard drive, merged and unmerged.
AMD64 A10-18650.  Everything seemed to go ok in both cases and other
than polkit problems, I think I could have swapped either out for my
desktop ascii system.

When I hit the merge/unmerge question on the expert install, knowing
what to expect, it was straight forward, but I have to agree with Adam
Borowski, for a "normally" running system the question is unnecessary at
least at this point in history.

If I picture myself a couple of decades ago faced with such a question
on a Debian text install, I can feel the stunned, questioning, heated
panic coming back, "a deer in the headlights" if you will.

So keep the knobs for the knobs in the expert install, no need to
startle the new folks making the step to Devuan.

Clarke

PS. BTW thanks for putting together the mini.iso, it is a convenient way
to try things out.