boot-floppies/debian-installer install testing/unstable?
The patch is just here so I don't have to explain so much, I'll commit it,
possibly with modifications, depending on peoples thoughts.
The new install system can easily give people the option of immediately
installing stable/testing or unstable.
Pros:
-gives the theoretical person with a slow modem connection the option of
installing unstable immediately rather than needing to install stable and then
upgrade.
-debootstrap supports it, why not give people the option, I like it that
Debian will allow you to do what you want, warn you a lot sometimes, but in the end
doesn't stand in your way.
-the brave souls who choose to install testing will help us to insure
testing is more or less always in a bootstrappable state.
Cons:
-providing support for people trying to install testing/unstable might be a
pain.
-even with all the warnings I put in, someone might install unstable without
meaning to, sad users is not good.
By the way, even if this discussion isn't all that important for boot-floppies
since it is being end of lifed, debian-installer has the same option, I wonder
what people think.
David
Index: extract_base.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/extract_base.c,v
retrieving revision 1.21.2.5
diff -u -r1.21.2.5 extract_base.c
--- extract_base.c 2001/03/04 08:20:52 1.21.2.5
+++ extract_base.c 2001/03/17 18:42:42
@@ -81,15 +81,27 @@
* progress_execlog should not print so much that we print out of the box.
* This is ugly but it may be hard to know where we are going to wordwrap.
* figure out how to handle initial reboot.
+ * would like to set defaults on warnings differently.
*/
-#define BASE_ON_CD 0
-#define BASE_ON_NET 1
-
int
debootstrap_extract_base (void) {
+ int rs;
struct stat statbuf;
+ char *suite;
+ char *msg=_("Please choose the pool you would like to install your bases system from. It is strongly recommended that you choose \"stable\".");
+ char *title=_("Select a Distribution");
+#define SUITE_STABLE 100
+#define SUITE_TESTING 101
+#define SUITE_UNSTABLE 102
+#define NUM_CHOICES 3
+ struct d_choices choices[] = {
+ { _("stable"), _("aka. \"potato\" - strongly recommended"), SUITE_STABLE },
+ {_("testing"), _("aka. \"woody\" - somewhat tested, not recommended"), SUITE_TESTING },
+ {_("unstable"), _("aka. \"sid\" dangerous and not well tested"), SUITE_UNSTABLE },
+ };
+
/* Sanity Check */
if (NAME_ISREG ("/target/etc/debian_version", &statbuf)) {
@@ -105,6 +117,33 @@
disqtype=debootstrap;
if ( choose_medium() ) return 1;
+ rs=menuBox(msg, title, choices, NUM_CHOICES, 1);
+
+ switch(choices[rs].state){
+ case SUITE_STABLE:
+ {
+ suite="potato";
+ break;
+ }
+ case SUITE_TESTING:
+ {
+ suite="woody";
+ if (yesNoBox(_("You have chosen to install the \"testing\" distribution. This distribution contains packages that are still being evaluated. Bugs do exist and some of them may be serious. Unless you have a specific need you should say \"no\" and choose the \"stable\" distribution. Are you sure you want to do this?"), _("Warning")) == DLG_NO)
+ return DLG_CANCEL;
+ break;
+ }
+ case SUITE_UNSTABLE:
+ {
+ suite="sid";
+ if (yesNoBox(_("You have chosen to install the unstable distribution. This distribution contains new packages, some of which have not been tested at all. If you proceed down this path you may end up with an unbootable system. Bugs do certainly exist and some of them may be extremely serious. Unless you have a specific need you should say \"no\" and choose the \"stable\" distribution. Are you sure you want to do this?"), _("Warning")) == DLG_NO)
+ return DLG_CANCEL;
+ break;
+
+ }
+ default:
+ return -1;
+ }
+
if (!strcmp (Archive_Dir, "netfetch"))
{
@@ -138,7 +177,8 @@
}
snprintf(prtbuf, sizeof prtbuf,
- "/usr/sbin/debootstrap woody /target http://%s:%d/%s";,
+ "/usr/sbin/debootstrap %s /target http://%s:%d/%s";,
+ suite,
nf_state.server.hostname,
nf_state.server.port,
nf_state.path);
@@ -147,7 +187,8 @@
{
/* archive is on the filesystem */
snprintf(prtbuf, sizeof prtbuf,
- "/usr/sbin/debootstrap woody /target %s",
+ "/usr/sbin/debootstrap %s /target %s",
+ suite,
Archive_Dir);
}
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