Hi,
Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> (2016-12-20):
> Just as a reminder for the upcoming alpha that I was trying to do
> something about this by adding an extra simplified tasksel promt:
>
> Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> writes:
> ...
> > The menu is now:
> >
> > --> standard ("${DESKTOP}") desktop <--
> > standard server [text-only console & 'ssh' remote access]
> > other use cases
>
> I just applied that as a patch to pkgsel and pushed it as pu/simple_tasksel
>
> It just occurred to me that if we made the list of tasks for each choice
> be in the template, then it avoids hard-wiring the tasks in the code,
> and it should be easier to preseed, so might serve as a customisable menu
> for the likes of debian-edu -- I've added that as a subsequent commit,
> but that's yet to be tested. I should have time to test that this evening.
>
> The template needs proper anotation for translators.
>
> I think it might well be better to replace 'standard' with 'default'.
>
> BTW as it stands, the server option doesn't bother installing CUPS,
> despite that being in the default tasksel set -- That was based on
> Colin's comment that task-cups needs a rethink, and is currently a bit
> useless.
So I've just looked at the proposed changes, and adding a prompt at this
point is not an option: we're changing logic during the freeze, and
adding translatable material (not the kind of hidden stuff that might
happen with obscure preseeding values, but something that is going to
hit all users) is not a good thing either.
This can be (re)considered during the next release cycle (long before
the freeze if at all possible, this time).
KiBi.
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