|| On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 09:34:49 +0200
|| Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> wrote:
cp> Quoting Matt Zimmerman (mdz@debian.org):
>> Package: di-utils-reboot
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> I find it convenient sometimes (especially when using UML) to have d-i halt
>> the system as its final step, rather than rebooting it. Rebooting in UML
>> re-execs the kernel with exactly the same command line, which causes the
>> installer to be started, rather than booting from the installed system.
>> I could also see this being useful for embedded systems, where it is
>> sometimes common to perform the first stage of installation and then stop,
>> shipping an image which will be configured by the end user after flashing it
>> into a device such as a PDA.
>>
>> Anyway, here's a patch:
>>
>> http://www.no-name-yet.com/patches/debian-installer-utils.reboot-halt.diff
cp> Why not really use the proposed template, at low (or medium?) priority?
cp> This requires having it translated (and thus will lower our wonderful
cp> statistics...:-))) but it may be wroth it and, anyway, if it is not
cp> translated for some languages, this is far from being important as
cp> this is a low priority template
To me, looks more sane include the proposed template. More easy for
all users change.
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