su 28.12.2025 klo 15.15 Cyril Brulebois ([email protected]) kirjoitti: > > Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]> (2025-12-28): > > It indeed is about making it easier to keep track of downloads. > > Currently, I have to download the mini ISO, mount it, then cat > > .disk/info to know what to rename it to. It also means that I have to > > do this for every architecture I download, instead of just downloading > > a bunch of files and letting the filename tell me which distribution > > and architecture is the target. > > Let's see what's inside those files: > > Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) amd64 - netboot mini.iso 20230607+deb12u12 > > As you can see, that's linked to a *debian-installer* version, for which > there's no 1:1 mapping regarding an actual release this might or might > not be included into. [...] > A minimal change that would make it possible for you to automate your > downloads would be echo-ing the version in a top-level file, alongside > MANIFEST*, *SUMS, etc. Something like VERSIONS containing just > 20230607+deb12u12. Would that help?
Possibly. Would that be implemented at the Debian mirror generation level, or are you implying that I should just come up with my own script? > I know the pros and cons, and whether mini.iso is useful wasn't the > point. Agreed. Another question: Would including mini-ISO into the regular batch release scripting for cdimage (and thus adding mini-ISO to cdimage mirrors) be entirely out of the question? Then it would always be in sync and following the naming convention would come as a byproduct. Martin-Éric
