Changes/RemoveDeviceMapperMultipathFromWorkstationLiveCD

Remove device-mapper-multipath from the Fedora workstation livecd

Summary

The Fedora workstation livecd is the default Fedora variant getfedora.org advices people to download. As such most Fedora workstation installs will be done from the livecd. This means that any package which is part of the livecd will be part of the default install for most users.

device-mapper-multipath is 1 of only 2 packages in the default install which still Requires the long obsoleted systemd-udev-settle.service, which waits for all device-detection to be done + some extra waiting just to be sure. This significantly slows down booting on various systems.

Multipath support is only necessary for installations in data-centers or other enterprise setups, as such having device-mapper-multipath on the livecd is not really necessary. For installations which do actually need this device-mapper-multipath the server installation iso can be used and this is a better fit for such installations.

Owner

• Name: Hans de Goede
• Email: hdegoede@redhat.com

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 33
• Last updated: 2020-06-29
• FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

device-mapper-multipath is 1 of only 2 packages in the default install which still Requires the long obsoleted systemd-udev-settle.service. The other package is dmraid see Disable dmraid.service on first run.

Multipath support is only necessary for installations in data-centers or other enterprise setups, as such having device-mapper-multipath on the livecd is not really necessary. For installations which do actually need this device-mapper-multipath the server installation iso can be used and this is a better fit for such installations.

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number (a check of an impact with Release Engineering is needed)

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
• Blocks product? product

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)