On Monday, 28 October 2024 13:17:39 GMT Roland Clobus wrote: > Hello Hibby, > > > You can find an initial configuration for the blend at [2]. > I've excluded the installers and i18n packages to make the image > smaller, it is 'only' 2.4GB instead of 3.6GB. > That was fast! There's probably more things to remove - lots of packages in the 'nice to have' category, not 'essential'
> Feel free to experiment with the package list as you see fit. > See the generic instructions on [4]. Note that I strongly suggest to use > a proxy, since downloading several GB in packages for every attempted > build is no fun at 300 baud (wink :-) Thanks - auto proxy is one I didn't know about, it's now pointing at my network cache! > After running 'rebuild.sh --configuration hamradio --debian-version sid' > on the checked out git branch, you can for subsequent builds use 'lb > clean --purge;lb config;lb build' (which means that you can tweak the > config directory more easily than by patching rebuild.sh for each > attempt). Running 'rebuild.sh' clears your carefully constructed > configuration directory. It's built in the background and running on some hardware now - I look forward to playing and tweaking some over the coming days. First impression is 'I really need to fix the menu', which is probably going to involve some level of patches to a lot of desktop files! > Should I add the hamradio mailing list for further discussions, and if > so, where is it? The Hamradio Blend Support page points to a removed > list (pkg-hamradio-user) We live at debian-h...@lists.debian.org - the support stuff there exists from back around Debian 8 when irl first made our live image. I'll make a note to update the website sometime soon to reflect reality! -- Hibby Debian Developer Packet Radioist MM0RFN
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