Author: sajolida Date: To: The Tails public development discussion list Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Improving Tails USB Installer messages when
upgrading
On 03/09/13 19:01, intrigeri wrote: > Hi,
>
> sajolida@??? wrote (27 Aug 2013 17:44:16 GMT) :
>> The installer doesn't actually specify that the persistent storage will
>> be kept. This seems to be an important UX problem.
>
> Agreed.
>
>> A suggestion would be to have Tails USB Installer look at the USB stick
>> and see if there's already a persistence volume. If there is, it should
>> warn you that the Tails OS will get overwritten but the persistence
>> volume will remain the same.
>
> This looks slightly over-engineered to me.
>
>> Otherwise, without even changing the logic, the installer could have a
>> line somewhere saying that the persistent storage will not be erased.
>
> I like it: let's just add something along the lines of "Any persistent
> volume on this stick will remain unchanged" (rephrased by our Great
> Master of the Style Guide :) at upgrade time, regardless of whether
> persistence is present or not.
