Bug#692540: dialog for scanning additional CDs not shown on XFCE CD-1
[copying both bugs]
2013/1/17 Holger Wansing <linux@wansing-online.de>:
> You used xfce CD-1, and this never had the "scan additional CDs" dialog.
> It is a single CD, not a CD from a bigger set. It's sort of a standalone CD.
> It contains a rather complete xfce desktop. So why need more CDs?
> If you need so much more other software, you should not use a CD for a
> "light-weight desktop"!
The same reason we provide so many cds. Choosing xfce does not mean
the user does not need any additional software. Since it already has
synaptic installed it is not as important as default CD 1 (gnome). But
being able to add more CDs as sources during installation would be
more intuitive to a new user.
Another wishlist bug: Anaconda (the fedora installer) allows
customization of what software are installed from the installer
itself.
Currently, scanning more CDs won't be required during installation for
xfce cd (as we don't have customization feature yet), but it would
provide an easy method for the user to install additional software
after installation. If we don't want to add this feature, we can at
least give a message to user like this.
"You can scan additional CDs from Synaptic package manager or using
command 'apt-cdrom add' to install more software after installation is
complete."
below,
"At the moment, only the core of the system is installed. To tune the
system to your needs, you can choose to install one or more of the
following predefined collections of software."
during "Software Selection" of "Select and Install Software" stage.
A good idea to mention this in the installation guide too.
> If you use the i386-Binary-CD-1 (not xfce, but standard Desktop),
> the dialog for scanning additional CDs is asked (tested with beta4).
>
> And in
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692540#64
> you mentioned that you used exactly that CD from beta3.
>
> So, nothing has changed regarding this from beta3 to beta4.
>
yes, my intention was to see if it was an 64 bit specific issue as you
tried xfce i386 version earlier. But it was useful anyway to track the
issue to scanning additional cds.
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