As it happens, I archived v-i on gitlab.com only. I continue to develop it at https://radicle.network/nodes/radicle.liw.fi/rad%3Az37yxMDoGWhErwFt55n4jDCiQwxLm
But I'm OK with it not being packaged for Debian. On Sun, 2026-07-05 at 19:56 +0100, Christopher Obbard wrote: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 21:01:53 +0100 Christopher Obbard > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Christopher Obbard <[email protected]> > > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], > > [email protected] > > > > Package name : v-i > > Version : 0.4 > > Upstream Contact: Lars Wirzenius <[email protected]> > > URL : https://gitlab.com/larswirzenius/v-i > > License : GPL-3 > > Programming Lang: Python, YAML > > Description : An alternative Debian installer using vmdb2 > > and ansible > > > > v-i installs a very basic Debian onto a PC. It's entirely > > non-interactive and unhelpful. The author wrote it so that repeated > > installations would be less of a chore than using the official > > Debian > > installer. > > > > v-i uses vmdb2 to install onto bare metal hardware. > > vmdb2 is a program to create a disk image virtual machines > > with Debian, by the same author. It "installs Debian" to a file > > representing a hard drive. It's basically debootstrap, except the > > target is a disk image instead of a directory. It's used to create > > Debian images for Raspberry Pis. > > > > I'd like to package this as part of the installer-team, but I > > haven't > > yet asked their permission or had any grace from them. > > I am closing this ITP because upstream has archived the project and I > no > longer intend to package it for Debian. > > > Cheers! > > Chris
