desktop installer must state clearly what will be wiped and or overwritten

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This blueprint has been superseded. See the newer blueprint "[Debate] Improve The Process of Installing Lubuntu" for updated plans.

Today, there is another person, who misunderstood the partitioning
dialogue of the desktop installer.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2183287
It is really too bad, and something that should be improved in 14.04.
The alternatives must state clearly what will be wiped and or overwritten.

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[vanyok] Yes for those migrants from Windows XP who probably want to keep their personal data. But still it may be a tricky thing if all their info (OS+data) is stored on one partition (the common way for WinXP installation).

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