[debian-devel:10599] Re: boot floppies 2.2.0 expected within 72 hours

[Taketoshi Sano <xlj06203@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

佐野＠浜松です。

# users@JP に cc: してますが、Reply-to: は devel@JP です。

 debian-boot@Org に potato 用 boot-flopies 更新のアナウンスが流れてました。

またアルファ段階なので、訳もわからず手を出すのは危険ですが、
「インストーラの改善に協力できる自信がある」という方は、
是非 try & check をお願いしたいと思います。

また、apt configurator についても何かアイデアがあれば提案してください。

「我こそは!」という歴戦のベータテスター諸氏の参加を期待します。^^)

In article <oaaepsz9pk.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 Adam Di Carlo <adam@xxxxxxxxxxx> さん writes:

> From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: boot floppies 2.2.0 expected within 72 hours
> To: debian-release@lists.debian.org
> Cc: debian-cd@lists.debian.org, debian-boot@lists.debian.org, apt@packages.debian.org
> Date: 09 Oct 1999 14:10:31 -0400

> Message-ID: <oaaepsz9pk.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> X-Mailing-List: <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/4200

> Hi -- we expect to have an upload of i386 boot-floppies within 72
> hours.   This release is not a "release candidate" per se but rather
> an early access Alpha version.
> 
> The fundamental structure of boot-floppies hasn't changed too much,
> although we have made some changes (such as splitting boot/root).
> As far as I can tell, the PowerPC and Sparc ports are in very good
> shape in the boot-flopppies code-line, so versions for those
> architectures should follow soon.
> 
> [Note there's a really nasty problem with perl-base-5.005 / adduser
> which may require that the 2.2.0 release of boot floppies actually
> include perl-5.005 itself in base.  Ew.  This should be fixed soon we
> hope.]
> 
> We would like the potato boot-floppies to *only* ship with the apt
> acquisition method.  [Yes yes yes, I know that there may be certain
> cases where apt won't work, but IMHO these cases are so marginal I'd
> rather not even bother for now.]  We are working on a replacement task
> metapackage system that allows users to completely side-step dselect.
> 
> However, we lack an apt configurator at this time, which is a major
> problem.  Hopefully such a configurator could *automatically* detect
> the presence of an Official CD.  Obviously the CD team should be
> involved in this.
> 
> I don't think the boot-floppies team can handle the production of this
> new apt configurator.  So, I guess I'd like to float a request for
> someone to build this on debian-devel, pointing out it's critical for
> potato release.
> 
> The other problem regarding all this is that I would like to inhibit
> the other dselect acquisition methods, to prevent user confusion.
> Optimally, I think acquisition methods should be folded out from dpkg
> itself (that would get rid of a *lot* of dpkg bugs, BTW).  See
> Bug#32595.
> 
> -- 
> .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>

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