Re: Every second year we are talking about a proper installer

On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 01:15:47PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > > > > Ahh, OK. I had assumed that it would be possible to call tasksel (may > > be with some proper options) to simulate this in a more simple way. > > Simply put the .desc file on its place and do a > > $ sudo tasksel

Re: Every second year we are talking about a proper installer

On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 12:09:11PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > >> I am really surprised that we have a blend that is in a really nice > >> shape and does/did a lot of promotion, but is nearly invisible within > >> Debian. I even have no ideas whether NeuroDebian has "tasks". > > > > They don't.

Re: Every second year we are talking about a proper installer

Hi Andreas, Andreas Tille writes: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 05:47:32PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: >> >> And, finally, there is NeuroDebian which I guess could be included, but >> >> this would require some input from them. >> > I'm keen on hearing this. :-P >> >> I am really

Re: Every second year we are talking about a proper installer

Hi Ole, On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 05:47:32PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > thank you very much for your feedback! You are welcome. (I'm pretty aware about the situation to do things and git no (timely) feedback.) > Andreas Tille writes: > > No veto. I agree its a compromise

Re: Every second year we are talking about a proper installer

Hi Andreas, thank you very much for your feedback! Andreas Tille writes: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 12:29:58PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: >> To do this technically, we could create a new package with "Priority: >> important" that just contains the tasks list. This package

Re: Every second year we are talking about a proper installer

Hi Ole, On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 12:29:58PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > I have been looking into this a bit and think I have a (compromise) > solution. > > The main problem with tasksel is that it is based on debconf that has a > very limited user interface. Basically, it can just show a list

Re: Every second year we are talking about a proper installer

Andreas Tille writes: > I'd like to attract your attention onto bug #758116 which is requesting > a sensible selection of Blends tasks right from the installer. I have been looking into this a bit and think I have a (compromise) solution. The main problem with tasksel is that

Every second year we are talking about a proper installer

Hi folks, I'd like to attract your attention onto bug #758116 which is requesting a sensible selection of Blends tasks right from the installer. While the bug report received a lot of positive responses nobody raised up to actually provide and test the needed code. Since we only have nearly six