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Re: Shipping the mini.iso files with the installer-images package?



Hi Wouter,

Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> (2023-12-10):
> I just created
> https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer-netboot-images/-/merge_requests/3,
> which removes the "grep -v mini.iso" from the "get-images.sh" script.
> The idea being that it can be useful to have a mini.iso available
> locally in case you want to install a VM with libvirt. While it's
> possible to PXE boot a VM and install that way, this involves some
> infrastructure that needs to be set up, and pointing to a .iso file that
> exists locally seems easier.
> 
> I usually have a netboot mini.iso file in my home directory for that
> purpose, but it needs to be kept up to date with every point release,
> and that's a bit of an annoyance. I think it would be easier to just
> have it in the debian-installer-netboot-images package.

Do you have stats before/after? Looks like it could easily double or
triple the size of each binary package?


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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