On Tue, 2016-05-17 at 11:36 +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 01:06:59PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote:
> >
> > This would however add all the 13 blends to the boot menu, making this
> > much more crowded. And it would be impossible to select two blends at
> > the same time (say: science and astro).
> >
> > It would also feel the Blends as being more separated from Debian
> > itself: you could either install "Debian", or one of the Blends. The
> > tasksel approach would make clear what they are in reality: a
> > comprehensive selection of packages and (maybe) configuration for a
> > specific need.
> I think there are different kinds of blends: some *are* "more seperated
> from Debian" while others are "more something on top of Debian"…
>
> IOW: I think there is value in being able to choose some blends directly
> in isolinux, while others are better suited with (possibly additional)
> debconf questions.
All the options presented in isolinux have to be reimplemented in GRUB
(for EFI boot) and documented for manual entry where the installer is
started from some other boot loader. So we should not include any more
than the most essential options there.
Ben.
> (and I think I also like KiBi's latest idea of only showing (all the)
> blends if the users chooses blends…)
>
>
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Ben Hutchings
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