On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 08:23:10PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >Hi, > >Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> writes: >> Debian-CD Plans >> =============== >> >> * Which images do we want to make for Jessie? Currently we have, for >> every architecture: >> + netinst >> + CD set >> + alternate versions of CD#1 for each of the desktops (gnome/kde/xfce/lxde) >> + DVD >> + BD (x86 only) >[...] >> Discussion about trying to make desktops fit on 1 CD. XFCE and LXDE >> both fit on 1 CD, Gnome and KDE basically don't fit any more. We >> need to work out what to do there. >> >> Should we still build Gnome or KDE CDs at all? Not clear. Let's have >> the discussion. > >I was wondering if it was possible to build installer images without a >specific size limit, i.e. include all packages for tasks x, y, z. Doing >so might result in nice images for GNOME, KDE, XFCE, * that are just as >large as they have to be.
That's possible, yes. The way to do that right now would be to specify a (maximum) size to fit inside a DVD, then only pull in a particular set of tasks and packages and nothing more. That's how the netinst sizing works, for example. >> Discussion and questions >> ======================== >> >> * Question about the status of signed images. >> + All of the official images created and distributed via cdimage.d.o >> are signed: >[...] >> + Both of these keys are in the WoT, cross-signed by Steve and a few >> other folks. > >Are both keys in debian-role-keys.gpg (in the debian-keyring package)? The main release key is, but not the testing images key yet. Thanks for reminding me... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast." Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html -- 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/20140911120305.gi14...@einval.com
