Re: plans for d-i string freeze

2003-12-05 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I think that the debconf template polishing effort is nearly complete, Status as of 11/19, including 2nd stage packages Critical work to do: discover (221302, FTBFS found while trying to NMU, I'm unable to correct this alone and I can't upload anymore due

Re: plans for d-i string freeze

2003-12-05 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Denis Barbier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I meant the latter, and I do not have a full up-to-date checkout. I have a checkout from 11/18 at 18h55 GMT. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What about gettext-udeb?

2003-12-05 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On 2.XII.2003 at 20:32 Joey Hess wrote: > > It will probably make the difference between d-i needing N and N+1 MB of > memory to install, that's all. I see. > Another possible altrnative is to (ab)use the cdebconf database as a > way to get strings translated. It works for main-menu.. I have t

Extensible partitioner based on libparted and cdebconf

2003-12-05 Thread Anton Zinoviev
Hi! At http://lml.bas.bg/~anton/partman you can find the first components and the documentation of a new partitioner for the Debian installer. Currently the following things should be fixed: 1. Anna doesn't want to unpack the udebs automatically. I have no idea what caused this. In order to te

Re: plans for d-i string freeze

2003-12-05 Thread Joey Hess
Christian Perrier wrote: > Critical work to do: discover (221302, FTBFS found while trying to NMU, I'm > unable to correct this alone and I can't upload anymore due to GPG key > compromission) There is a patch in the bts from Thomas Poindessous for that build failure. If you can send me your patch

Re: Extensible partitioner based on libparted and cdebconf

2003-12-05 Thread Joey Hess
Anton Zinoviev wrote: > At http://lml.bas.bg/~anton/partman you can find the first components > and the documentation of a new partitioner for the Debian installer. Nice paper, good job. Making the operation of the partitioner extensible by other udebs is spot on! (btw, s/choosed/chosen/) One th

Re: Extensible partitioner based on libparted and cdebconf

2003-12-05 Thread Thorsten Sauter
* Anton Zinoviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-05 14:23]: | At http://lml.bas.bg/~anton/partman you can find the first components | and the documentation of a new partitioner for the Debian installer. wow. nice work. ... but what's your plan for archs/subarchs which are currently not supported by l

Re: d-i and alternative filesystems

2003-12-05 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:10:14PM +1100, Sam Johnston wrote: > Afternoon all, > > I was surprised that beta1 only gave me the option of ext2 and ext3 > filesystems, especially given how easy it appears to be to add > others: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2003/debian-boot-200307/msg0048

Re: plans for d-i string freeze

2003-12-05 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
Il gio, 2003-12-04 alle 04:57, Joey Hess ha scritto: > I'm currently planning to start the debian-installer string freeze one > week after both CVS and Incoming are available again, and let the string > freeze last for only one week. I had been hoping for two weeks, but the > recent compromise has

FWD: Can't Get Past "Install the Base System"

2003-12-05 Thread Joey Hess
debian-user is not the right lists for questions about the new debian installer. Forwarding to debian-boot. It seems to me that you are trying to use the debian-installer with the Debian 3.0 (woody) CDs. The debian-installer is targeted at the next release of debian (sarge), and probably will not

Re: Can't Get Past "Install the Base System"

2003-12-05 Thread Joey Hess
I'm sorry, I somehow misread your mail, and thought you were using the Debian installer. On second read, I see you are not; I must have debian-installer on the brain. I'm afraid I have no clue why the woody CDs are not working for you. debian-boot is still a better list to ask for help than debian

Re: FWD: Can't Get Past "Install the Base System"

2003-12-05 Thread Chris Tillman
> - Forwarded message from "Dave L. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > From: "Dave L. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:42:18 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Can't Get Past "Install the Base System" > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.6 required=10.0 tests=BAYES_0