kern/38717: sysinst shouldn't create LFS file systems

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>Number:         38717
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       sysinst shouldn't create LFS file systems
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 21 08:10:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Andrew Doran
>Release:        4.99.63
>Organization:
The NetBSD Project
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
LFS hasn't been stable since it came in with 4.4BSD, and invariably
leads to problems for its users. Making it easy for new, naive users to 
select LFS during installation is a bad idea because the learning curve
for a new system is steep (easy to move on), and because they could easily
come away with a negative impression of the system.


>How-To-Repeat:
Install -current.
>Fix:
Pushing features that are broken and not ready for production makes for
a mickey mouse OS. Fix: comment out support for new LFS partitions in sysinst.