Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-24 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, I have applied nearly all of your suggestions, as in the patch attached. Only one case remains open, see below. Justin B Rye wrote: > Justin B Rye wrote: > > I was planning to carry on and find all the other places where fixes > > are needed, but I'll have to come back to it. > > I had got

Bug#935931: debian-installer: Reinstalling Debian on a current Debian installation without erasing or fomatting the home folder

2019-09-24 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Daniel wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainer, this is a feature request. > > Debian related distros like POP!_os and ElementaryOS, when the system is > installed in one partition: I mean inside "/", have the ability to recognize > the previous installat

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-24 Thread Justin B Rye
Holger Wansing wrote: > Thus we could change that to: > "If you are installing from DVD, any packages needed > during the installation should be present on the first DVD image. Use > of a network mirror is optional." Oh, so it turns out I should have simplified it *more*! Yes, that looks fine. -

Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - final patch

2019-09-24 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 9/22/19 8:52 PM, Justin B Rye wrote: >> The origin of the word is Latin. The word is grammatically >> neutrum, for which the singular is "-um", the plural is "-a". It's >> not a mess at all. > > Etymology does not determine current grammatical behaviour. Official dictionaries do, again, look i

Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - final patch

2019-09-24 Thread Justin B Rye
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrot: > On 9/22/19 8:52 PM, Justin B Rye wrote: >>> The origin of the word is Latin. The word is grammatically >>> neutrum, for which the singular is "-um", the plural is "-a". It's >>> not a mess at all. >> >> Etymology does not determine current grammatical behaviour. >

Bug#789798: Bug#792547: grub-installer: add option to _not_ install to UEFI boot order

2019-09-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Bug#792547: grub-installer: add option to _not_ install to UEFI boot order"): > I see that Ian C updated this patch (in July 2015) and reported > testing it successfully. Is it now OK ? every Debian release I update our workaround to apply to the current release. FTR, I am

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-24 Thread Holger Wansing
Control: tags -1 + pending Justin B Rye wrote: > Holger Wansing wrote: > > Thus we could change that to: > > "If you are installing from DVD, any packages needed > > during the installation should be present on the first DVD image. Use > > of a network mirror is optional." > > Oh, so it turns

Processed: Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tags -1 + pending Bug #794936 [src:installation-guide] installation-guide: claims it will use "CD-ROM" as cover-term then doesn't Added tag(s) pending. -- 794936: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794936 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bug