Re: debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 09:48:14AM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > More than that, I would love to have unstable and testing release > > shipped with normal debian CDs. > > I think that's a very bad idea; they aren't properly QA'ed (insofar as > we do Q

Re: debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Alfredo Valles
> If testing isn't broken, then we should be taking the opportunity to > release it! In other words, I think the answer is to put more effort > into releasing more often, not into inventing kludges that will hide the > problem. > > The number of people currently working on stabilizing the distribu

Re: debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:31:12AM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote: > On Monday 23 June 2003 10:22 am, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > > Unstable and testing change much too frequently for inclusion on any > > CD releases (read daily if not hourly basis). > > Ok, but not everybody have full time access t

Re: debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 09:48:14AM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote: > Hi people. > > I was thinking (oh, help us god!)... > One of the things I would like in future debian installer is to have also a > "desktop flavor", a mixture of testing and unstable software similar to what > knoppix do. > More

Re: debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:31:12AM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote: > On Monday 23 June 2003 10:22 am, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > Packages are already compressed. Putting them on a compressed > > filesystem won't gain you much, if anything. There's also a good > > possibility that it will instead in

Re: debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Alfredo Valles
On Monday 23 June 2003 10:22 am, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Packages are already compressed. Putting them on a compressed > filesystem won't gain you much, if anything. There's also a good > possibility that it will instead increase the size of the file (yes, > increase). Ok, so no compression th

Re: debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 09:48:14AM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote: > One of the things I would like in future debian installer is to have > also a "desktop flavor", a mixture of testing and unstable software > similar to what knoppix do. > > More than that, I would love to have unstable and testing r

Re: debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 09:48:14AM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote: > More than that, I would love to have unstable and testing release > shipped with normal debian CDs. I think that's a very bad idea; they aren't properly QA'ed (insofar as we do QA; certainly they have a good chance of not being inst

debian installer (an idea)

2003-06-23 Thread Alfredo Valles
Hi people. I was thinking (oh, help us god!)... One of the things I would like in future debian installer is to have also a "desktop flavor", a mixture of testing and unstable software similar to what knoppix do. More than that, I would love to have unstable and testing release shipped with nor