The patch is just here so I don't have to explain so much, I'll commit it,
possibly with modifications, depending on peoples thoughts.
The new install system can easily give people the option of immediately
installing stable/testing or unstable.
Pros:
-gives the theoretical person with a slow modem connection the option of
installing unstable immediately rather than needing to install stable and then
upgrade.
-debootstrap supports it, why not give people the option, I like it that
Debian will allow you to do what you want, warn you a lot sometimes, but in the end
doesn't stand in your way.
-the brave souls who choose to install testing will help us to insure
testing is more or less always in a bootstrappable state.
Cons:
-providing support for people trying to install testing/unstable might be a
pain.
-even with all the warnings I put in, someone might install unstable without
meaning to, sad users is not good.
By the way, even if this discussion isn't all that important for boot-floppies
since it is being end of lifed, debian-installer has the same option, I wonder
what people think.
David
Index: extract_base.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/extract_base.c,v
retrieving revision 1.21.2.5
diff -u -r1.21.2.5 extract_base.c
--- extract_base.c 2001/03/04 08:20:52 1.21.2.5
+++ extract_base.c 2001/03/17 18:42:42
@@ -81,15 +81,27 @@
* progress_execlog should not print so much that we print out of the box.
* This is ugly but it may be hard to know where we are going to wordwrap.
* figure out how to handle initial reboot.
+ * would like to set defaults on warnings differently.
*/
-#define BASE_ON_CD 0
-#define BASE_ON_NET 1
-
int
debootstrap_extract_base (void) {
+ int rs;
struct stat statbuf;
+ char *suite;
+ char *msg=_("Please choose the pool you would like to install your bases system
+from. It is strongly recommended that you choose \"stable\".");
+ char *title=_("Select a Distribution");
+#define SUITE_STABLE 100
+#define SUITE_TESTING 101
+#define SUITE_UNSTABLE 102
+#define NUM_CHOICES 3
+ struct d_choices choices[] = {
+ { _("stable"), _("aka. \"potato\" - strongly recommended"), SUITE_STABLE },
+ {_("testing"), _("aka. \"woody\" - somewhat tested, not recommended"),
+SUITE_TESTING },
+ {_("unstable"), _("aka. \"sid\" dangerous and not well tested"), SUITE_UNSTABLE
+},
+ };
+
/* Sanity Check */
if (NAME_ISREG ("/target/etc/debian_version", &statbuf)) {
@@ -105,6 +117,33 @@
disqtype=debootstrap;
if ( choose_medium() ) return 1;
+ rs=menuBox(msg, title, choices, NUM_CHOICES, 1);
+
+ switch(choices[rs].state){
+ case SUITE_STABLE:
+ {
+ suite="potato";
+ break;
+ }
+ case SUITE_TESTING:
+ {
+ suite="woody";
+ if (yesNoBox(_("You have chosen to install the \"testing\" distribution.
+This distribution contains packages that are still being evaluated. Bugs do exist
+and some of them may be serious. Unless you have a specific need you should say
+\"no\" and choose the \"stable\" distribution. Are you sure you want to do this?"),
+_("Warning")) == DLG_NO)
+ return DLG_CANCEL;
+ break;
+ }
+ case SUITE_UNSTABLE:
+ {
+ suite="sid";
+ if (yesNoBox(_("You have chosen to install the unstable distribution.
+This distribution contains new packages, some of which have not been tested at all.
+If you proceed down this path you may end up with an unbootable system. Bugs do
+certainly exist and some of them may be extremely serious. Unless you have a specific
+need you should say \"no\" and choose the \"stable\" distribution. Are you sure you
+want to do this?"), _("Warning")) == DLG_NO)
+ return DLG_CANCEL;
+ break;
+
+ }
+ default:
+ return -1;
+ }
+
if (!strcmp (Archive_Dir, "netfetch"))
{
@@ -138,7 +177,8 @@
}
snprintf(prtbuf, sizeof prtbuf,
- "/usr/sbin/debootstrap woody /target http://%s:%d/%s",
+ "/usr/sbin/debootstrap %s /target http://%s:%d/%s",
+ suite,
nf_state.server.hostname,
nf_state.server.port,
nf_state.path);
@@ -147,7 +187,8 @@
{
/* archive is on the filesystem */
snprintf(prtbuf, sizeof prtbuf,
- "/usr/sbin/debootstrap woody /target %s",
+ "/usr/sbin/debootstrap %s /target %s",
+ suite,
Archive_Dir);
}
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