On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hey folks, > > Remembering the fun that we had during the Squeeze release with trying > to make single-CD installations work well, it's time to consider what > we're going to *claim* to support in Wheezy. We've had a history of > supporting the following single-CD installations: > > * Gnome desktop from CD#1 > * KDE desktop from "KDE CD#1" > * XFCE desktop from "light CD#1" > * LXDE desktop from "light CD#1" > * base system only from netinst CD > > At this point, I'm skeptical that either of the first two are going to > work acceptably with Wheezy. If that's the case, then we should warn > people that they will need to use at least one of: > > * more CDs > * a DVD > * a network mirror > > to get a useful/useable installation.
What about supporting only the smaller/lighter desktop environments (maybe even making one of the the default environment)? Then there wouldn't be the need for multiple CD #1's. Anyone that wants gnome/kde after installation will need to grab those from the mirrors (or use DVD or greater media). Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANTw=mp7zmd16g325awdxrxvdzfetz_zxjfwhqg+zviqj2j...@mail.gmail.com
