Hi,
Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org wrote:
Defaulting to a graphical (gtk) frontend on i386 and amd64 would mean
that it becomes the regular frontend, unless it is desired to credit the
newt frontend with some special status.
From a global point of view, the graphical
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org (2014-08-19):
While I don't have a definitive opinion on the ordering of the menu
choices, I definitively think amd64 should be picked by default on amd64
architectures. Especially since multiarch, there's no good reason left
for installing i386 on
On Mon 18 Aug 2014 at 23:07:11 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
I have prepared a patch for this (attached) and I would like to receive some
thoughts on it.
I have added Samuel Thibault in CC, since he has also some knowledge and
interest on the d-i manual.
Basically I moved the chapter
Hi,
Brian Potkin claremont...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon 18 Aug 2014 at 23:07:11 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
I have prepared a patch for this (attached) and I would like to receive
some
thoughts on it.
I have added Samuel Thibault in CC, since he has also some knowledge and
interest
On Tue 19 Aug 2014 at 17:39:18 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
Brian Potkin claremont...@gmail.com wrote:
Defaulting to a graphical (gtk) frontend on i386 and amd64 would mean
that it becomes the regular frontend, unless it is desired to credit the
newt frontend with some special status.
Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org (2014-08-19):
Hi,
Brian Potkin claremont...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon 18 Aug 2014 at 23:07:11 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
I have prepared a patch for this (attached) and I would like to receive
some
thoughts on it.
I have added Samuel
Hi,
Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote:
Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org (2014-08-19):
Hi,
Brian Potkin claremont...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon 18 Aug 2014 at 23:07:11 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
I have prepared a patch for this (attached) and I would like to receive
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 01:17:02AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
[ Adding -accessibility@ and -cd@ to the loop. ]
Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com (2014-08-17):
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 01:25:28PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Control: tag -1 confirmed
Another issue is that it requires much
Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com (2014-08-19):
or do we split things even more? That menu is already too long, and
causes scrolling for people to see the lower options (if they realise
such a thing is possible!). How about we split things up some more,
assuming we can get the auto-detect to
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:58:27PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com (2014-08-19):
or do we split things even more? That menu is already too long, and
causes scrolling for people to see the lower options (if they realise
such a thing is possible!). How about we split
Hi,
Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote:
Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org (2014-08-17):
That would lead to more changes to the d-i manual IMO.
Indeed, and since you were updating the manual already I thought it
might make sense to batch everything together.
At least:
booting of
Hi Holger,
and thanks for the proposed patch!
Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org (2014-08-18):
Index: en/boot-installer/x86.xml
===
--- en/boot-installer/x86.xml (Revision 69238)
+++ en/boot-installer/x86.xml (Arbeitskopie)
@@
Cyril Brulebois, le Mon 18 Aug 2014 23:36:03 +0200, a écrit :
+notepara
+
+The graphical installer requires significantly more memory to run than
+the regular installer: minimum-memory-gtk;. If insufficient memory is
+available, it will automatically fall back to the regular
Helloo,
Holger Wansing, le Mon 18 Aug 2014 23:07:11 +0200, a écrit :
Basically I moved the chapter Appendix D.6. The Graphical Installer to
5.1.8 (at the end of Booting the installer on 32-bit PC), leaving the
content unchanged.
And I moved chapter Appendix D.6.1. Using the graphical
Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org (2014-08-18):
Now, hurd-i386 doesn't need caring about; kfreebsd-* architectures are
looking quite badly already, so I won't change anything on those right
now. I expect arm* people to tell us whether any change is needed for
those, but since I see no menu
[ Adding -accessibility@ and -cd@ to the loop. ]
Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com (2014-08-17):
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 01:25:28PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Control: tag -1 confirmed
Another issue is that it requires much more memory, but that IMO is not a
blocker. It does require
Hoy,
Le mardi, 19 août 2014, 01.17:02 Cyril Brulebois a écrit :
The default is Install right now, which installs i386. The topic of
this bug report is switching to Graphical install by default, but
shouldn't we also promote amd64 by default while we're at it? This
would mean having 64 bit
Control: tag -1 confirmed
Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl (2008-06-10):
On Tuesday 10 June 2008, Didier Raboud wrote:
In my humble opinion, with the stability (and the beauty) of the
graphical installer, the graphical menu (under i386 and amd64) should
default to the graphical installer.
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 01:25:28PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Control: tag -1 confirmed
Another issue is that it requires much more memory, but that IMO is not a
blocker. It does require careful documentation though.
Holger's last reports reminded of this, which we finally didn't do for
Hi,
Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote:
Control: tag -1 confirmed
Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl (2008-06-10):
On Tuesday 10 June 2008, Didier Raboud wrote:
In my humble opinion, with the stability (and the beauty) of the
graphical installer, the graphical menu (under i386 and amd64)
Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org (2014-08-17):
That would lead to more changes to the d-i manual IMO.
Indeed, and since you were updating the manual already I thought it
might make sense to batch everything together.
At least:
booting of the graphical installer is now only documented in an
Package: debian-installer
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
In my humble opinion, with the stability (and the beauty) of the graphical
installer, the
graphical menu (under i386 and amd64) should default to the graphical
installer.
Obviously, the change has to be done with care and only on arches where
On Tuesday 10 June 2008, Didier Raboud wrote:
In my humble opinion, with the stability (and the beauty) of the
graphical installer, the graphical menu (under i386 and amd64) should
default to the graphical installer.
Obviously, the change has to be done with care and only on arches where
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