Re: 7.0_BETA feedback sought

[Piotr Meyer <aniou%smutek.pl@localhost>]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:37:28PM -0700, Soren Jacobsen wrote:
> As you may have noticed, the NetBSD 7.0 release process is underway.  A
> lot of great work has gone into NetBSD since 6.0, and we're very excited
> about this upcoming release.
> 
> The state of the branch is generally good at this point, but we need
[...]

'Generally good' is probably fair and true statement - but as long as
You don't try 'extended partitioning' on GPT disk. I have had single,
dedicated partition for - test - NetBSD7 installation. After selecting
'extended partitioning', 'edit partition' and enabling 'newfs', 'mount
as /' I ended with disk in FUBAR state: after some errors during process
thats looks like partition and wedges re-creation (WTF?) my partitions 
was renumbered like this:

# initial state

       start        size  index  contents
[...]
   234960896     2000896      5  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
   236961792     2000896      6  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
   238962688     7999488      7  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
   246962176     7999488      8  GPT part - NetBSD swap
   254961664   118085632      9  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2

# final state

       start        size  index  contents
[...]
   234960896     2000896      6  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
   236961792     2000896      7  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
   238962688     7999488      8  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
   246962176     7999488      9  GPT part - NetBSD swap
   254961664   118085632     10  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2

...wedges was messed-up even more and - as expected consequence
- my separated boot partition lost their identity.

Yes, I know - running _BETA may lead to similar consequences, but
at this moment I found term 'generally good' as little exaggerated
(at least when extending paritioning comes to play).

PS. I tested NetBSD-7_BETA/amd64 ISO from 201410230710Z snapshot.

-- 
Piotr 'aniou' Meyer