Re: Scheduling 9.3

2017-11-16 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 08:02 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On 2017-11-15 18:30, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 05:00:16PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: > > > On 2017-09-24 17:38, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: [...] > > > > 2nd December > > > > 9th December (but preferably earlier, or

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2017-11-16 Thread Andrew Shadura
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Bug#881969: making bootable SD cards

2017-11-16 Thread Joey Hess
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.87 Severity: normal Therefore you usually have to setup an SD card with the appropriate u-boot version for your particular device (see below) as a prerequisite for installing Debian. If you use the pre-made SD card images with the installer, this step is

Re: Where can I find out more regarding debian-mac-testing-amd64-netinst.iso

2017-11-16 Thread Colin Williams
Just a heads up I was able to boot a linux kernel by disabling macOS filevault2 encryption. You might want to document that to save others frustration that try to install on a mac. On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Colin Williams < colin.williams.seat...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried searching for

Fwd: Fw: Re: Fw: Re: debian-installer: call to update translations - Greek

2017-11-16 Thread Sotirios Vrachas
And I am forwarding this to Kostas Also, I've subscribed to the mailing list in order to keep the "Fw: Re: Fw: Re:" to a minimum. Sotiri Forwarded Message Subject: Fw: Re: Fw: Re: debian-installer: call to update translations - Greek Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:37:34 +0100 From:

Re: Easier installer?

2017-11-16 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > - First screen of the installer allows to select a language > - Second screen has three sections: "Localisation" (which has a button > for selecting the keyboard layout, one for language support allowing > to select additional languages, and

Fw: Re: Fw: Re: debian-installer: call to update translations - Greek

2017-11-16 Thread Holger Wansing
I'm forwarding this info to Sotirios, so that he can ask Kostas. Holger Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 06:36:15 +0100 From: Christian PERRIER To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Fw: Re: debian-installer: call to update translations - Greek Quoting Holger Levsen

Bug#514016: FreeBSD tar

2017-11-16 Thread Askar Safin
Also, FreeBSD's tar has option "--chroot". And (if I remember correctly) it is used in installation process. (Also, please see my previous letter in this bug report if you missed it.) == Askar Safin http://vk.com/safinaskar

Re: Easier installer?

2017-11-16 Thread Holger Levsen
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 08:03:12PM +0200, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: [calamaris] I recently found simple-cdd to be simple and awesome. I should really write that blog post I wanted to write about it. One day, hopefully. That said, I do agree with Wouter's basic assertion that we could

Bug#514016: Example of ruined host

2017-11-16 Thread Askar Safin
This bug can ruin the host! Steps to reproduce. * Host should be squeeze amd64. I used absolutely fresh squeeze with few packages. It have normal squeeze's debootstrap 1.0.26+squeeze1 * Run in it: # debootstrap --variant=minbase squeeze /tmp/target http://archive.debian.org/debian # debootstrap

Re: Easier installer?

2017-11-16 Thread Zlatan Todoric
On 11/16/2017 07:03 PM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: > Hi Wouter > > On 16/11/2017 13:53, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> At $DAYJOB I'm currently supporting a piece of software for which I >> provide binary packages for a number of distributions. As part of that, >> I find myself having to

Re: Easier installer?

2017-11-16 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Hi Wouter On 16/11/2017 13:53, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > At $DAYJOB I'm currently supporting a piece of software for which I > provide binary packages for a number of distributions. As part of that, > I find myself having to install a Fedora or CentOS VM occasionally. At my $DAYJOB(s) I work on

Bug#881932: libdebian-installer FTBFS with gcc-8: multiple definitions of

2017-11-16 Thread Helmut Grohne
Source: libdebian-installer Version: 0.111 Tags: patch User: helm...@debian.org Usertags: rebootstrap libdebian-installer fails to build from source when built with gcc-8. It seems gcc-8 has become more strict in terms of multiple defined constants. As it happens, libdebian-installer defines

Re: Where can I find out more regarding debian-mac-testing-amd64-netinst.iso

2017-11-16 Thread Colin Williams
I tried searching for the image name in google because I found the image on the link I placed above, but didn't hit the 9.2.1 link you show. There were no results but maybe we populated it's index now. Would it make sense to have a link to the image descriptions in the FAQ? An image description

Re: Where can I find out more regarding debian-mac-testing-amd64-netinst.iso

2017-11-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 08:51:08AM -0800, Colin Williams wrote: >It might be good to document that somewhere. Still haven't had any luck with >the installer but that's similar to all the other distros tried. There's already text mentioning the special mac images, for example at

Re: Where can I find out more regarding debian-mac-testing-amd64-netinst.iso

2017-11-16 Thread Colin Williams
It might be good to document that somewhere. Still haven't had any luck with the installer but that's similar to all the other distros tried. On Nov 16, 2017 8:16 AM, "Lennart Sorensen" wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 06:26:33PM -0800, Colin Williams wrote: > >

Re: Where can I find out more regarding debian-mac-testing-amd64-netinst.iso

2017-11-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 08:51:08AM -0800, Colin Williams wrote: > It might be good to document that somewhere. Still haven't had any luck > with the installer but that's similar to all the other distros tried. https://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel -- Len Sorensen

Re: Where can I find out more regarding debian-mac-testing-amd64-netinst.iso

2017-11-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 06:26:33PM -0800, Colin Williams wrote: > Yes I fumbled the block partition information on top of the block device > but gave it another shot. sudo dd bs=4M > if=/home/colin/Downloads/debian-mac-testing-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sde > and it still wasn't bootable. However

Re: Scheduling 9.3

2017-11-16 Thread Laura Arjona Reina
Hi all El 15/11/17 a las 19:30, Steve McIntyre escribió: > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 05:00:16PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: >> On 2017-09-24 17:38, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Our target for 9.3 and 8.10 is the first weekend in December (this >>> happily >>> makes the following target

Re: Scheduling 9.3

2017-11-16 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 08:02 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > I believe we still need ftp-master and press confirmation, but I've > been failing at poking. Either of 2017-12-02 or 2017-12-09 should be fine for me. Ansgar

Re: Easier installer?

2017-11-16 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 01:17:47PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Wouter Verhelst, on jeu. 16 nov. 2017 12:53:16 +0100, wrote: > > I can't help but notice that their current installer is extremely easy > > to use; and that, as compared to ours, it seems like a huge step > > forwards:

Re: Easier installer?

2017-11-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Wouter Verhelst, on jeu. 16 nov. 2017 12:53:16 +0100, wrote: > I can't help but notice that their current installer is extremely easy > to use; and that, as compared to ours, it seems like a huge step > forwards: > > - First screen of the installer allows to select a language > - Second

Easier installer?

2017-11-16 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi, At $DAYJOB I'm currently supporting a piece of software for which I provide binary packages for a number of distributions. As part of that, I find myself having to install a Fedora or CentOS VM occasionally. I can't help but notice that their current installer is extremely easy to use; and

Re: Scheduling 9.3

2017-11-16 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On 2017-11-15 18:30, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 05:00:16PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: On 2017-09-24 17:38, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: Hi, Our target for 9.3 and 8.10 is the first weekend in December (this happily makes the following target the beginning of February, avoiding