> On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:49, you wrote: > > That's not what I was asking - during run (install) time, there is no way > > to pull udebs off the net then, I gather? > > If you use your own mirror and modify that, you can. It's even explained in > the d-i developer documentation how to do this, as this is a FAQ.
Listen, can you seriously imagine anybody testing the installer will first read the developer documentation? Or (the horror!) know how to set up their own mirror? > > Just to make myself clear: I do _not_ consider hiding a note on how to > > silence the fans in the release notes' errata to be sufficient according > > to Debian quality standards. Not the standards I've come to expect from > > past releases, at least. > > I completly agree, but you seem to be not aware, that we are talking about RC1 > of the debian-installer and RC1 means "Release Candiate 1". I'm aware RC1 means release candidate. I was not aware what release candidate means, by the definition of the d-i team. > It's called "RC1", "testing" and "unstable" for reasons. It should be renamed "testing-I-dare-you" for a reason, sadly. > The only reason I care about this info in the release notes for RC1, is to > have this issue solved (by documenting a workaround) in etch as well. In > unstable it's fixed. I sure hope the issue will be properly solved in the release, not just by documenting a workaround. Who cares if it's solved in unstable? Unstable never releases :-) > -- > quoting http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/index.de.html#codeofconduct > "When using the Debian mailing lists, please follow these rules:... When > replying to messages on the mailing list, do not send a carbon copy (CC) to > the original poster unless they explicitly request to be copied." > > We live in the year 2006, a few bytes wasted in the footer of a mail don't > hurt anymore, but everybody is flooded with information and attention is a > spare ressource. Thanks for partaking in this discussion, anyway. To be accurate: the CC went to the _list_. Old-fashioned mail client. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
