On 28/08/13 12:37 AM, ian_br...@fastmail.net wrote: > I note that all the live ISO images include a package called > "live-tools", which is apparently maintained by the Debian Live Project. > > Could I suggest that "lvm2", "mdadm", and "parted" be listed as > dependencies of this package, as "perl" and "rsync" already are? It > would be pretty hard to argue that those two packages should be included > in every live ISO image, but basic mass storage utilities should not.
Those two packages are included for support of very specific live features whereas the tools you propose are not. > If you agree that it would be beneficial to include these packages in > the desktop ISO images, then surely it is the intended purpose of > "live-tools" to accomplish things like that. No, the intended purpose of live-tools is to provide tools that must behave differently in a live environment as alternatives for the standard ones, or else other tools providing live-specific features. The packages you propose, while useful, are not in that category. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/521dbd21.7050...@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca
