On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 10:01, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> This has nothing to do with boot-floppies. It is apt-setup, which is
> run from base-config.
Thank you for the clarification. I wasn't sure if all that was still
there with the new debian installer.
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* Anthony Towns
| On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 03:56:21PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
| > * Anthony Towns
| > | On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 08:54:29AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
| > | > Because I'd like to Debian be installable with much fewer questions,
| > | Do you realise what that means? It
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 03:56:21PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> * Anthony Towns
> | On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 08:54:29AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> | > Because I'd like to Debian be installable with much fewer questions,
> | Do you realise what that means? It means: I want everyone to en
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 04:01:05PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> | Good idea. We should add an 'apt-cache alternatives packagename' as
> | well.
>
> I've seen many «we should add X», while few people seem to actually do
> what they suggest.
right, because we're brainstorming here :) if this we
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 08:54:29AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> One way to explicitly turn them on --- which would not bug users who
> don't want it --- would be to install a package. The package could work
> similar to apt-listchanges.
oh yeah, i just remembered, check out the vrms packag
* Anthony DeRobertis
| The installer must already have the user set up his sources.list. The
| old boot-floppies asks a question about the use of non-free software;
This has nothing to do with boot-floppies. It is apt-setup, which is
run from base-config. boot-floppies/d-i is what gets run bef
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 08:54:29AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> Because I'd like to Debian be installable with much fewer questions,
> and asking about if the user wants dialogs warning them of non-free is
> not needed to install the system.
and i guess that's where we disagree. if i want
* Anthony Towns
| On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 08:54:29AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
| > Because I'd like to Debian be installable with much fewer questions,
|
| Do you realise what that means? It means: I want everyone to end up with
| the same system.
Actually not. It means «it should be p
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 08:54:29AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> Because I'd like to Debian be installable with much fewer questions,
Do you realise what that means? It means: I want everyone to end up with
the same system.
Which either means, "I'm not interested in having Debian support al
On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 02:48 AM, sean finney wrote:
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:30:10AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
Well, the first (only!) time they will install apt/dpkg on a system is
during the dbootstrap in debian-installer. I'd object very strongly if
such a question were asked
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:30:10AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> Well, the first (only!) time they will install apt/dpkg on a system is
> during the dbootstrap in debian-installer. I'd object very strongly if
> such a question were asked by d-i. Debconf is doable, but it'd have to
why woul
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