Re: Next attempt to add Blends to Debian installer

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 08/16/2018 03:46 AM, Filippo Rusconi wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Please, add some small strophe to explain what a blend is, as I can tell 
> that
> this is not something widely known even to seasoned Debian users/admins 
> (have
> examples from research labs).

I assume you are aware of https://www.debian.org/blends/ .
It would be good if the link to it on https://www.debian.org/ could be 
more suggestive of what they accomplish. I can't come up with a viable 
solution.

> Also, when I installed debian-science and debichem last time, the process
> downloaded such an amount of software that it almost filled my disk 
> (which I was
> not suspecting). Maybe, a rough indication of the used disk space in 
> front of
> each blend might be useful, in this respect.
>
> Just my 2 cents, along with my very best wishes,
>
> Filippo