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Bug#1042478: #1042478 Tasks missing in tasksel and its task-description file



Hi Holger,

at first I'd like to thank you for all your work.

I'd also like to stress that due to my other tasks I'm not regularly
reading this list - feel free to ping me more hardly than in simple list
replies.

Am Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 11:04:35PM +0100 schrieb Holger Wansing:
> 
> d3vf4n@tutanota.com wrote at Sat, 29 Jul 2023:
> > Package: tasksel
> > Version: 3.73
> > 
> > There are tasksel tasks that
> >  1. The command "tasksel --list-tasks" does not list.
> >  2. They do not show either in the task description file "/usr/share/tasksel/descs/debian-tasks.desc"
> > 
> > Some examples are the tasks "science-tasks", "electronic-tasks", "education-tasks", and quite a few more:
> > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=bookworm&section=all&arch=any&searchon=all&keywords=tasksel
> > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=bookworm&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=live-task-
> > 
> > Despite all this, tasksel can actually install them: for instance, "tasksel -t install science-tasks".
> 
> [ Adding debian-blends mailinglist to the loop ]
> 
> 
> The first packages.d.o link from above lists these packages (amongst others):
> 
> pan-tasks: PAN Blends tasks for tasksel
> 
> electronics-tasks: Debian Electronics tasks for tasksel
> 
> science-tasks: Debian Science tasks for tasksel
> 
> multimedia-tasks: Debian Multimedia tasks for tasksel
> 
> junior-tasks: Debian Jr. tasks for tasksel
> 
> games-tasks: Debian Games tasks for tasksel
> 
> debichem-tasks: DebiChem tasks for tasksel
> 
> gis-tasks: Debian GIS tasks for tasksel
> 
> med-tasks: Debian Med tasks for tasksel
> 
> education-tasks: Debian Edu tasks for tasksel
> 
> fbx-tasks: FreedomBox tasks for tasksel
> 
> astro-tasks: Debian Astronomy Pure Blend (tasksel tasks)
> 
> hamradio-tasks: Debian Hamradio Tasks
> 
> blends-tasks: Debian Pure Blends tasks for new installations

I think the last one does not really fit into that list.  All others
are providing tasksel support for the according blend
 
> These look to me as an early attempt, to allow blends installation from
> our debian-installer (via tasksel). Is this correct?

I do not think that the initial idea was debian-installer support.
However, it might be perfectly usalbe for this as well.
 
> Since there is a (new) working mechanism for this approach now (via 
> blendsel [1]), the above packages might be no longer needed?
> 
> Or are they still used?

I *personally* do not use these.  Unfortunately we can't really know
since we have no direct from our users.  Do you think these packages are
creating any harm if these are just available?
 
> In every case, this approach now might be irritating, since it is based
> on tasksel, while the new mechanism works via the new blendsel (so 
> completely independent from tasksel) ...

That's a valid point, thought,
 
> I was not aware of these packages, when I developed blendsel, BTW.

Do you have any suggestion what should be changed?

Kind regards
    Andreas.

> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-blends/2025/01/msg00000.html

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