John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> (2018-08-13): > Can we also add the patches for choose-mirror and net-retriever to support > Debian Ports at some point? We have lots of users that are confused that > debian-installer does not provide a mirror list from where they can choose > but rather have to type in the mirror information manually. > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879145 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879130 > > There is also: > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879147 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879151 I'm aware of these issues, but it seems to make sense to concentrate on release architectures, which have a huge user base, and which need improved hardware support. There are enough moving parts as it is to avoid adding ports-specific issues to the mix (as already mentioned in my reply to one of those bug reports). Please let us figure out how to deal with release archs and backports first. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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