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) should > > > default to the graphical installer. > > > > > > Obviously, the change has to be done with care and only on arches where > > > applicable, but would be a good step forward (with the classical text > > > installer staying as fallback). > > > > We are considering this but there are still a few blocking issues before > > we can do that: > > - issues with keyboard support in some languages > > - missing support to start a shell from other components, which especially > > affects the rescue mode for the graphical installer > > - some dialogs, especially in the partitioner, still look too messy > > because of missing column alignment > > > > The last two issues are actively being worked on and may be solved in time > > for Lenny. The first is much more problematic and will likely require > > (upstream) help. > > > > 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 > wheezy. Unless someone has an objection, I'll schedule this switch for > the next d-i upload. > > Mraw, > KiBi.
That would lead to more changes to the d-i manual IMO. At least: booting of the graphical installer is now only documented in an appendix. If Graphical install is the default, the info about it should be integrated into the regular boot-installer chapter. I could provide a first patch as a proposal, if wanted. Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140817220214.8d596c3f0dc11a151e5d2...@mailbox.org
