Hi Jonas, On Mon, 16 May 2005, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> On 16-05-2005 14:09, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 May 2005, Jon Post wrote: > > > >>I tried to install the woody cds 3.0 r2. > > > you'd probably have much better > > success with the sarge install CD. > > Please do *NOT* instruct non-developers and non-testers to use > non-stable material if what they ask for is something stable. He didn't say he wanted something stable. He said he wanted something that would work. Woody is out-of-date practically and will very soon be out of date literally. It would be unfortunate to begin planning a system based on it now, even if it did work. > > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > ^^^^^ > The above link is for DEVELOPERS, please. > > Your concrete instructions looks helpful, Gavin. I believe you responded > in a wrong forum but whatever - Jon got a constructive response and is > probably happy :-) Way back in April 2005, Jon Post wrote: | I am working with the Debian 3.0 r2 disks (Woody, 7 CDs) and a couple of | university computing students to try to find or make a lightweight | distribution suitable for schools, orphanages, prison reform centers, and | libraries. In the context of the above older message, it looks to me like Jon is developing a Debian-based, lightweight distribution suitable for schools, etc. Ironically, an experienced debian developer replied to the above message advising him to use sarge. http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2005/04/msg00170.html > Kind, positive regards to everyone, It's lucky you pointed that out explicitly. Warm returns, Gavin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
