Re: GPT support still needed? (was: RE: Recursive partitioning)

On Jun 6, 2007, at 11:47 AM, der Mouse wrote:

>>> That's the flag day I was talking about: the
time when there's no  
>>> BSD
> disklabel on the disk, the backward-incompatible
change.  (Okay, "flag
> day" is an over-strong term for it, unelss you
propose to also get rid
> of the BSD-disklabel reader when you get rid of BSD
disklabels on the
> disks.)

But your old disks will still work if you have the BSD
disklabel wedge  
parser configured (which we will), and you will even be able
to edit /  
create BSD disklabels using the new partition editing tool. 
But the  
new preferred native format will be GPT.

-- thorpej

>> That's the flag day I was talking about: the time
when there's no
>> BSD disklabel on the disk, the
backward-incompatible change.
> But your old disks will still work if you have the BSD
disklabel
> wedge parser configured (which we will),

But not the other way around.

> and you will even be able to edit / create BSD
disklabels using the
> new partition editing tool.

Perhaps I misunderstood "A BSD disklabel won't be
present on the disk
in any way, shape, or form", but it sure sounds
inconsistent with this.
Which is the truth?  Or is there some reading that I'm
missing that
allows them both to be true at once?

Or is this "we'll junk compatability by default but if
you work hard
enough you can get it back again"?  How long will the
latter part be
true?  Maybe as much as one major release?

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