Re: Next attempt to add Blends to Debian installer

Philip Hands <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:20:50 +0100
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.skolelinux.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Andreas Tille <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I know Debian Edu members are reading the debian-blends list but to
> be very sure I put their list in CC.
>
> Am Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 02:11:00AM +0100 schrieb Cyril Brulebois:
>> Philip Hands <[email protected]> (2024-12-12):
>> > I think I was perhaps forgetting that tasksel (and so blendsel) rely on
>> > the installed system to do what they do, so one cannot push them earlier
>> > in the order without more effort than I had in mind.
>> > 
>> > I still think it might be worth having an early question where it might
>> > be possible to add more complexity later, just to provide a hook where
>> > people like Debian-Edu could start developing things.
>> > 
>> > On the other hand, having a "Do you want to install a Blend?" question
>> > immediately after the locale selection seems a bit weird, and would be
>> > rather annoying if answering it wrong would lead to blendsel not
>> > appearing after tasksel, when one had hoped it would.
>> > 
>> > I guess some feedback from blends folk about what they're hoping for
>> > would help at this point. Perhaps blendsel is just what most people had
>> > in mind, in which case the likes of Debian-Edu just need to continue
>> > with their custom D-I.
>> 
>> As far as I can remember, at least Andreas was fine/happy with the idea
>> proposed by Holger (which also matched what I had in mind to make some
>> progress there), so I don't see why we should disrupt the install flow
>> with an early question for very specific usecases…
>
> I confirm I was very happy about Holger's proposal and it might make
> sense to keep things as simple as possible for the moment.  My gut
> feeling is that Debian Edu people consider their pre-seeding as a solved
> problem. Since the request to offer some Blends selection inside the
> installer did not came from Debian Edu its fine for them to stick to the
> original proposal doing the Blends selection after tasksel.

That's good to know -- In that case it sounds like this is going to deal
with many/most blends' needs while only needing minimal changes to D-I,
which is great. :-)

Cheers, Phil.
-- 
Philip Hands -- https://hands.com/~phil
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