On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 17:57:00 +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > package: release-notes > x-debbugs-cc: debian-cd@lists.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org > > On Freitag, 20. November 2009, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > For now, I've added a cutoff of 300,000,000 bytes as a maximum package > > size for adding to CDs. That means that the following 3 packages will > > be dropped from the squeeze CD builds: > > > > 306308472 pool/main/o/openarena-data/openarena-data_0.8.1-2_all.deb > > 534777750 pool/main/v/vtk/vtk-doc_5.2.1-11_all.deb > > 793400238 pool/main/n/nexuiz-data/nexuiz-data_2.5.2-1_all.deb > > > > The debian-cd code will automatically pick up on dependencies too, so > > any packages that *depend* on these will also be dropped. > > > > For DVD and BD disks we'll accept any size (for now). > > > > This should also be added to the release notes, please. > > On Freitag, 20. November 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > > Would it be possible to generate a list of excluded packages and add that > > as a README on CD1? > Hi, I'm updating the disk numbers in the release notes from the latest squeeze weekly build, and adding a paragraph about the excluded debs. Comments welcome. If there's a list of excluded packages I can add that. Is there anything else from debian-cd that we should add? (The current version is at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html) diff --git a/en/whats-new.dbk b/en/whats-new.dbk index 19b8b05..a0b8137 100644 --- a/en/whats-new.dbk +++ b/en/whats-new.dbk @@ -321,13 +321,12 @@ Among many others, this release also includes the following software updates: TODO: (JFS) List other server software? RADIUS? Streaming ? </programlisting> -<!-- TODO: REVIEW for Squeeze --> <para> -The official &debian; distribution now ships on 4 to 5 binary +The official &debian; distribution now ships on 7 to 8 binary <acronym>DVD</acronym>s <indexterm><primary>DVD</primary></indexterm> -or 28 to 32 binary <acronym>CD</acronym>s +or 46 to 54 binary <acronym>CD</acronym>s <indexterm><primary>CD</primary></indexterm> (depending on the -architecture) and 4 source <acronym>DVD</acronym>s or 28 source +architecture) and 6 source <acronym>DVD</acronym>s or 33 source <acronym>CD</acronym>s. Additionally, there is a <emphasis>multi-arch</emphasis> <acronym>DVD</acronym>, with a subset of the release for the <literal>amd64</literal> and @@ -338,6 +337,11 @@ the <literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>i386</literal> architectures, along with the source code. </para> <para> +Note that some packages larger than 300,000,000 bytes (and any packages +depending on them) are excluded from the <acronym>CD</acronym> set. They are +still included in the <acronym>DVD</acronym> and Blu-ray disks, though. +</para> +<para> Debian still supports Linux Standard Base (<acronym>LSB</acronym>) version 3.2. <indexterm><primary>Linux Standard Base</primary></indexterm> </para> Cheers, Julien
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