Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

[Xan <DXpublica@telefonica.net>]

Diumenge 14 Novembre 2004 16:47, en/na Sven Luther (<Sven Luther 
<sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>>) va escriure:
>>Re: bootsplash option for d-i?
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:52:03PM +0100, Xan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just want to know if in the new debian installer is considered the
> > possibility that the user could select a bootsplash kernel:
> >
> >  - I think that it were cool for desktop users. So perhaps in "novice"
> > mode d-i could ask to user if he/she wants a boot with image or not; or
> > not, maybe a desktop user don't want to see this kind of questions (it's
> > a topic for discusion, maybe). But in expert mode, I think it should be
> > included.
> >
> >  - I think that what splash is the default should be a discussion topic.
> > But, in meantime, we could have debblue [http://debblue.debian.net/].
> > Personally, I wish an animated spiral debian logo that grows more and
> > more as progress bar (a complete spiral is 100% of boot process). But
> > it's an idea and probably implies more work (better use done work).
>
> Notice that the debian-kernel team has refused the bootsplash patch in its
> current implementation, so there will be no bootsplash kernel in debian
> anytime soon, and this is at best a post-sarge discussion.
>

Okay. I not knew that. I think that no bootsplash kernel is not good, but 
well, I suppose that I will wait until post-sarge.

Thanks,
Xan.
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther