Re: Any chance to get Debian-Med added to tasksel? (fwd)
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Joey Hess wrote:
> I have been holding off on doing anything on this bug because I am not
> sure how tasksel should relate to debian sub distributions. We added
> debian jr a while back, but it has a wider possible user base than many
> sub distributions, and it makes sense you may want it on a machine that
> is also used for other tasks. It was also the first sub distro, and so a
> special case at the time, not something I can generalize into a
> general policy for tasksel.
OK. That's a reason I can accept. I just feeled kind of ignored.
> I've thought about adding a new category to tasksel for sub
> distributions, but it's not clear what it should be called ("sub
> distributions" (or the alternate new term introduced at debconf that I
> forget) may not be particularly obvious to the user).
In Oslo we agreed to the Term "Customized Debian Distributions" so I think
an extra category named "Customized Distributions" would be apropriate in my
opininon.
> There is also the concern that what's in tasksel's tasks can impact what
> goes onto the first CD, although it doesn't have to, and I don't always
> keep this at the top of my mind when adding new stuff to tasksel tasks.
> Debian-Med encompasses 90+ mb of debs, so I have to consider this.
Well, this is something I did not thought of. I'm not really convinced
that all the Debian-Med stuff should go to the first CD.
> Might it not be better if for subdistributions we generated customized
> install cds for those distribututions? These could have everything
> needed for that specific purpose on the one cd, and would automatically
> install it. These CDs could be blessed by the debian project and created
> with the debian-cd package like our regular cds.
For sure this is planed. The only concern I had to get Debian-Med into tasksel
was that I was asked frequently "When will Debian-Med be included in official
Debian?" The inclusion into tasksel makes the answer "psychological" easier.
Perhaps we should discuss this issue on debian-devel (were you can quote
me fully or in parts of course).
Kind regards
Andreas.
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