Bug#893111: debian-edu-install: Consider LTSP PnP

Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:37:05 +0000

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Control: close -1
Control: tag -1 wontfix

Hi Nik, hi Wolfgang,

On  So 18 Mär 2018 19:58:35 CET, Wolfgang Schweer wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 04:42:40PM +0100, Dominik George wrote:
>
>> LTSP got a new mode called LTSP-PnP, where the image for clients is not
>> built from a debootstrapped chroot, but rather from the host filesystem,
>> with ways to strip unwanted contents and change details before packing
>> the squashfs.
>
> As far as I remember this has been developped some years ago for  
> single purpose
> LTSP installation (mostly at Greek schools).
>
>> That would make Debain Edu a lot more easy on disk resources and the
>> installation a lot quicker, an also ease updates and changes to the
>> environment.
>
> It doesn't fit the Debian Edu case and is way to unflexible, i.e.
> doesn't allow to serve LTSP clients with different archs.
>
> Wolfgang

I agree with Wolfgang's position/perspective on this. Will mark this  
bug report with "wontfix" tag and close it. Anyone, feel free to  
reopen if you want to put some effort into this.

Thanks!
Mike
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