Re: Summary from the d-i / debian-cd BoF at DC14
On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 08:23:10PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:
>> Debian-CD Plans
>> ===============
>>
>> * Which images do we want to make for Jessie? Currently we have, for
>> every architecture:
>> + netinst
>> + CD set
>> + alternate versions of CD#1 for each of the desktops (gnome/kde/xfce/lxde)
>> + DVD
>> + BD (x86 only)
>[...]
>> Discussion about trying to make desktops fit on 1 CD. XFCE and LXDE
>> both fit on 1 CD, Gnome and KDE basically don't fit any more. We
>> need to work out what to do there.
>>
>> Should we still build Gnome or KDE CDs at all? Not clear. Let's have
>> the discussion.
>
>I was wondering if it was possible to build installer images without a
>specific size limit, i.e. include all packages for tasks x, y, z. Doing
>so might result in nice images for GNOME, KDE, XFCE, * that are just as
>large as they have to be.
That's possible, yes. The way to do that right now would be to specify
a (maximum) size to fit inside a DVD, then only pull in a particular
set of tasks and packages and nothing more. That's how the netinst
sizing works, for example.
>> Discussion and questions
>> ========================
>>
>> * Question about the status of signed images.
>> + All of the official images created and distributed via cdimage.d.o
>> are signed:
>[...]
>> + Both of these keys are in the WoT, cross-signed by Steve and a few
>> other folks.
>
>Are both keys in debian-role-keys.gpg (in the debian-keyring package)?
The main release key is, but not the testing images key yet. Thanks
for reminding me...
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