Re: Debian-installer, older hardware, boot loaders, miboot & amiboot & ..

[Jeremie Koenig <sprite@sprite.fr.eu.org>]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:38:31PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 04:33:04PM +0200, Jeremie Koenig wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 11:55:03AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Jeremie Koenig wrote:
> > > > The plan was to request a sarge-ignore tag on the "d-i build-depends on
> > > > miboot, which is in contrib", and try to find a better solution for next
> > > > releases.
> > > 
> > > This is the first I've heard of this. Has the sarge-ignore status of the
> > > GFDL docs really created such a slippery slope? I doubt it.
> > 
> > I've posted my intentions here and noone seemed to object.

I meant, a few monthes ago.

> I objected! At least if it's a real build-depends, in which case it will
> break d-i autobuilds.

Yes, i've understood this, you're obviously right and I no longer want
d-i to build-depend on contrib stuff.

-- 
Jeremie Koenig <sprite@sprite.fr.eu.org>