Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org> writes: > Hi, > > I know Debian Edu members are reading the debian-blends list but to > be very sure I put their list in CC. > > Am Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 02:11:00AM +0100 schrieb Cyril Brulebois: >> Philip Hands <p...@hands.com> (2024-12-12): >> > I think I was perhaps forgetting that tasksel (and so blendsel) rely on >> > the installed system to do what they do, so one cannot push them earlier >> > in the order without more effort than I had in mind. >> > >> > I still think it might be worth having an early question where it might >> > be possible to add more complexity later, just to provide a hook where >> > people like Debian-Edu could start developing things. >> > >> > On the other hand, having a "Do you want to install a Blend?" question >> > immediately after the locale selection seems a bit weird, and would be >> > rather annoying if answering it wrong would lead to blendsel not >> > appearing after tasksel, when one had hoped it would. >> > >> > I guess some feedback from blends folk about what they're hoping for >> > would help at this point. Perhaps blendsel is just what most people had >> > in mind, in which case the likes of Debian-Edu just need to continue >> > with their custom D-I. >> >> As far as I can remember, at least Andreas was fine/happy with the idea >> proposed by Holger (which also matched what I had in mind to make some >> progress there), so I don't see why we should disrupt the install flow >> with an early question for very specific usecases… > > I confirm I was very happy about Holger's proposal and it might make > sense to keep things as simple as possible for the moment. My gut > feeling is that Debian Edu people consider their pre-seeding as a solved > problem. Since the request to offer some Blends selection inside the > installer did not came from Debian Edu its fine for them to stick to the > original proposal doing the Blends selection after tasksel.
That's good to know -- In that case it sounds like this is going to deal with many/most blends' needs while only needing minimal changes to D-I, which is great. :-) Cheers, Phil. -- Philip Hands -- https://hands.com/~phil
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