On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 03:27:26PM -0500, Matthew Dempsky wrote:
> > Is there *any* way to check what packages are available on particular CD
> > without downloading iso and mounting it locally?
> >
> > If not (and I'm assuming that's the right answer) then what about adding
> > some txt files alongside isos?
>
> I think this would be useful as well (assuming that is indeed the
> right answer :-).
>
> > Simple list of packages shouldn't (and won't) take much space and will be
> > very helpful for newbies which still ask what are all of those CDs for.
>
> A step up from there, a simple CGI that let the user specify a few
> packages they'd like to be able to install (gnome, kde, etc.) and then
> be provided with a list of which disks they'll need to download to
> install those packages along with all dependencies.
A step up from there... what about some CGI where user could specify some
packages and get full working isos which contain those packages with
dependencies?
Of course this won't be created online, but such images could be put
on web after some time and could be identified with some session id.
(in addition user would be forced to confirm such creation by
email/whatever to not overload mirror/server)
I think that such possibility would be *extremely* useful.
Let's be honest... how many of us will download full CD set of sarge?
I know that Custom Debian Distributions are planned/made already, but would
be great for any comments about mentioned solution.
IMHO this would be great to pick-up some packages and get iso(s) ready for
installation.
regards
fEnIo
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