Bug#734093: debian-installer: install plymouth by default

["Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 07:03:26PM +0100, Andreas Cadhalpun wrote:
> Package: debian-installer
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@debian.org>
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> in his installation report [1] Antoine Beaupré requested to have
> plymouth installed by default.

Not all systems supported by Debian even have graphical displays, so
it hardly seems like something that would even work on all systems,
and certainly doesn't sound like it ought to be the default to include.
Sounds like useless bloat to me.

> While some want to have it and some don't, I think it really might
> be a good idea to install plymouth by default, as 'novices'
> generally prefer it, and anyone who wants to see the boot messages
> should have sufficient knowledge to remove it.
> 
> So please install plymouth by default.

Why would novices want it?

Does it make booting faster or slower?

I am not a maintainer or DD, just a very long time user.

-- 
Len Sorensen