Re: Keymap problems in D-I (was: Re: Bugs in the latest Debian Sid installer)
On Sunday 23 August 2009, Christian Perrier wrote:
> - at the time I wrote this, I knew I couldn't investigate things
> further, even obvious ones
How much work is:
boot installer from netinst; proceed until CD has been scanned
alt+F2 + enter
find /cdrom -name console-setup*
?
5 minutes, top.
> Something you clearly fail to see are the consequence of things you can
> say (or write) *from the perspective of the person* you're talking
> to.
No. I do. I just don't - at least in my free time; on a paid job I'm
slightly more - care to allow too much for people with paper-thin skins.
"Isn't that obvious?" is a very mild comment in my book. It's intended as
a prompt that with a bit more thought and effort you could easily have
come to a better analysis. It's a mild hint to try a bit harder next time
maybe, which you can of course ignore.
Now, if I had wanted to be offensive, I could have done something like
this:
! Am Sonntag 23 August 2009 17:12:34 schrieb Christian Perrier:
! > I guess this is because the "apt-install console-setup" is in
! > kbd-chooser's post-base-installer, at a moment where APT sources are
! > not available (or configured).
!
! Is that really the best you can come up with?
But I didn't, because I did not intend to offend you.
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