On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 01:44:08PM -0400, Jeremy Bícha wrote: >On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM Steve McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote: >> If anything, we're trying to cut down on the number of different >> desktop live builds. They're mostly unsupported by the relevant >> desktop teams and we're not convinced they're useful. Is Lomiri >> different? > >What are the downsides to providing a Debian Live image for Lomiri? > >This is the first I've heard of a desire to discontinue some existing >Debian Live images, except for the January discussion here about not >wanting to build live images for oldstable any more.
We already have problems with bugs and bad config on some of the existing live desktop images, and it's annoying for the team testing release images. I shudder to think how bad these things might look for users who are evaluating Debian based on those live images. >I think a live image for Lomiri would be interesting. I believe the >only live images for Lomiri that exists currently are unofficial >images for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 24.10. The 24.04 image did not include >an installer and Ubuntu 24.10 is End of Life. I'll likely make an >unofficial Ubuntu 26.04 LTS image, but I feel like there is at least >as much benefit for providing a Lomiri live image based on Debian >Testing as there is for any other desktop. The question is: will it be supported appropriately? We shouldn't be shipping things that we don't maintain and test. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed?
