On Sat, 20 May 2023 at 09:39, Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote:> > James Addison <j...@jp-hosting.net> (2023-05-20): > > Replying individually, but may bring this back on-list depending on > > what I learn: > > > > On Sat, 20 May 2023 at 06:00, Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > > > If you're concerned about the impact of no longer producing installation > > > images for this use case, you shouldn't. Building netinst, CD, DVD, BD, > > > etc. images happens via debian-cd > > Stopping that is the plan. > > > > using artifacts produced by a src:debian-installer build, which are stored > > > under installer-<ARCH>/ directories in the archive. Those wouldn't go away > > > in this scenario. > > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/ > > > > I'm confused: I thought Steve's suggestion was exactly that these i386 > > installer builds would no longer occur after the bookworm release. > > > > Did I misunderstand the plan? > > I suppose so?
Ok, thanks. I was uncertain what you were referring to with "Those wouldn't go away" - and that potentially raised conflicts with my reading of Steve's suggestion. Updated understanding: * planned to go away: Debian-distributed images as built using debian-cd for i386 (where the images include: debian-installer + a subset of packages from a Debian mirror + supporting stuff to provide a complete installation environment). * _not_ planned to go away: standalone binary package builds of the i386 debian-installer package itself in the archives. And so the result should be: it'd still be possible for people to build-their-own i386 ISO images by using the debian-cd tooling; there won't be officially-distributed images provided by Debian, though.
