Bug#1017555: Let's drop win32-loader from amd64/i386 and multiarch CDs

2022-08-17 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Package: debian-cd Version: 3.1.35 Severity: normal Tags: d-i X-Debbugs-Cc: win32-loa...@packages.debian.org Following the recent discussion on d-boot [1], it seems we agreed to drop win32-loader from the Debian CDs, as it's not likely to be very useful these days. win32-loader seems also present

Time to drop win32-loader ?

2022-07-19 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Hello there, (please CC me on replies, I'm not on these lists) (live from the d-i/debian-cd BoF) as some of you likely remember, win32-loader is shipped on d-i and debian-cd images, and is added in autorun.inf for automated launch on Windows machines, when USB/CDs are plugged in. What it does i

Re: [RFC] Architecture detection patches in multiarch CDs

2015-08-18 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
OdyXLe samedi, 15 août 2015, 16.52:41 Didier '' Raboud a écrit : > After three DebConfs discussing this (but only actually using DebConf > space/time to actually work on it), and taking the opportunity of the > immediate post stretch-alpha2 period, I'd like to discuss two > architecture detection p

[RFC] Architecture detection patches in multiarch CDs

2015-08-15 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Dear all, After three DebConfs discussing this (but only actually using DebConf space/time to actually work on it), and taking the opportunity of the immediate post stretch-alpha2 period, I'd like to discuss two architecture detection patches for a smarter boot of multiarch CDs. * 0001-Add-sys

Re: Bug#485586: debian-installer: Default to graphical install

2014-08-18 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Hoy, Le mardi, 19 août 2014, 01.17:02 Cyril Brulebois a écrit : > The default is "Install" right now, which installs i386. The topic of > this bug report is switching to "Graphical install" by default, but > shouldn't we also promote amd64 by default while we're at it? This > would mean having "64

Re: Building d-i using wheezy-backports bits

2014-01-30 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Hi Cyril, Le jeudi, 30 janvier 2014, 02.51:48 Cyril Brulebois a écrit : > as mentioned earlier this month, I had a little proof of concept for > Paris Mini-DebConf 2014[1]. I've polished a few things, so here we go. > > 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2014/01/msg00239.html Thanks for th

Re: Gnome installability vs. GNU/kFreeBSD

2013-04-19 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Hi all, Le jeudi, 18 avril 2013 12.55:09, Steven Chamberlain a écrit : > On 09/04/13 19:15, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > > - gdm3 … doesn't finish loading. It fullscreen-says "Oops, an error > > occured". - lightdm + "Gnome": same. > >

Re: Gnome installability vs. GNU/kFreeBSD

2013-04-09 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 9 avril 2013 19.29:23, Steven Chamberlain a écrit : > During wheezy development, GNOME 3 was so broken for us that xfce was > chosen as a default for new installs. Multiple show-stopper issues got > fixed during the freeze though. At this point I believe it 'should > work' but so few pe