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 things up some more, >> assuming we can get the auto-detect to work: >> >> #if (amd64) via syslinux >> 64 bit Graphical install >> 64 bit Text install >> 32 bit install options > >> Advanced options > >> Help >> Install with speech synthesis (64 bit) >> >> #else >> >> 32 bit Graphical install >> 32 bit Text install >> Install with speech synthesis (32 bit) >> >> #endif > >That looks very nice (except the missing "Advanced options" in the #else >part).
Doh, yes! >> It'll need some extra work to deal with different paths through for >> i386 and amd64 here, but meh. It's possibly worth separating them >> totally, and make sure each path is clear in terms of which arch. On >> the multi-arch CD and DVD, the deeper "advanced options" menus are a >> bit too spread I think, so splitting at the top level would be a good >> plan for simplicity maybe? > >Having the per-arch code to detangle the mess looks like a nice idea, >thanks. That means Didier (or someone else) will have to get it to work >as a first step. I'd prefer if we made the switch for all images at a >single time (even if that happens through several commits), so that we >only have a single documentation update. As Holger mentioned, it's going >to have *some* impacts in various areas; I'd rather avoid too many steps >if at all possible. Of course, Oh, and after I've thought about this a little more - I believe it will make the amd64 UEFI menus in grub slightly easier to make, as well. They're post-processed from the syslinux menus in debian-cd via a horrid perl script... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "This dress doesn't reverse." -- Alden Spiess -- 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/20140819220240.gm7...@einval.com
