Hi, Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> wrote (Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:43:35 +0100): > could we just "copy tasksel with its UI and infrastructure" into a new > package > (I name it 'blends-di-tasks' here), which has all the blends listed, and add > one entry to tasksel with a name like "Debian Pure Blends" or similar? > > If one then selects "Debian Pure Blends" in the good all known tasksel, the > blends-di-tasks package would be installed on /target, and later a new dialog > would appear, listing all the blends, where the user could select which one > to > install. > (If the "Debian Pure Blends" entry stays unchecked, as would be the default > value, everything stays as is: the new dialog would not appear, no difference > to previous releases.) > > Would that be a possible solution for all involved parties?
I worked on this in the meantime, and would like to propose my current state: - I adapted tasksel, to become an installer for Debian pure blends. The new package is blendsel, see https://salsa.debian.org/holgerw/blendsel/ - I prepared a change in pkgsel, to call blendsel depending on the descision, if Debian pure blends are wanted or not. See https://salsa.debian.org/holgerw/pkgsel/ I did some testing in d-i, however that's tricky: testing is problematic as long as the new blendsel package is not in the archive, and the same with the changed pkgsel. So I had to "live-patch" the d-i for testing of blendsel, and therefore I cannot provide a working test image or the like (or I don't know how). Anyway, I think I have it running so far, the blendsel dialog appears and shows the items to select; I'm attaching a screenshot showing the current state (please note, that the dialog shows three desktop environments as placeholder for now; the tasksel - and therefore blendsel as well - logic does not allow to have packages|tasks|blends listed that don't have the corresponding task-* packages in the archive). However, there will most likely be some glitches and edges to fix in blendsel, a review would be more than welcome... The template should be rephrased, I would ask for review on debian-l10n-english when the time comes, but I guess there is still time for that... So, how to proceed now? To make progress, the new blendsel needs to get into the archive I guess, otherwise testing and providing test images will not work IMO. Would the installer-team be ok with taking blendsel under its umbrella, as tasksel is, to get it uploaded? Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
