We now have *lots* of CD and DVD types being built regularly, so maybe a quick summary is in order: Daily builds ============ * "etch" businesscard for each arch *except* s390 (small image, no packages - just contains d-i) * "etch" netinst for each arch *except* s390 (slightly larger image, d-i and the base system only) * "sid" businesscard (as above) * "sid" netinst (as above) The "etch" and "sid" versions determine the version of d-i used in each case. "etch" uses the last known-good d-i image from the archive (aka etch RC1 at the moment). "sid" uses the latest build from the porters for each architecture. Both sets are built often, triggered by the mirror pulse (currently twice daily). Total build time for all of these is approximately 45 minutes for 44 CDs. Weekly builds ============= * full CD sets for each arch and source * full DVD sets for each arch and source * (NEW) a KDE version of CD#1 for each arch * (NEW) an XFCE version of CD#1 for each arch * (NEW) a 3-arch netinst (amd64/i386/powerpc) * (NEW) a 3-arch + source DVD#1 (amd64/i386/powerpc/source) These builds are normally triggered by the first mirror pulse on a Monday, UTC timezone. This build takes much longer, due to the sheer size of the data sets involved, (approximately 15 hours for 293 CDs and 41 DVDs in the last build). There is now quite some overlap between these discs, too, which leads me on to: Gnome vs. KDE vs. XFCE ====================== The KDE and XFCE variants of CD#1 are now being produced to give more choice to people for initial installation. By default, CD#1 has always meant to be enough to install a fully-functioning system, including a desktop. On sarge, we (just about) managed to make all that fit, including a choice of KDE or Gnome. However, since the sarge release the size of the set of packages needed to cover each desktop *and* the rest of the base system has grown substantially. We're now at the point where that's just not possible any more. The default CD#1 will now install a Gnome desktop, and there are replacement CDs that will install KDE or XFCE instead. Download your own choice. Thanks to Joey Hess for the work to make these happen. Multi-arch ========== Quick warning to avoid possible confusion: this is nothing to do with the multi-arch binary support that people are working on. The new multi-arch discs are designed to be convenient for people who need/want to be able to install Debian onto multiple different types of machine from a single disc. To that end, there is now a combined amd64/i386/powerpc netinst that is basically an amalgamation of the contents of the individual netinsts for those arches. This is based on the "etch" d-i version as described above. There is also a combined amd64/i386/powerpc/source DVD which should contain most of what people will commonly want to install on each of those 3 arches, roughly equivalent to the contents of the first 3-4 CDs or so each. Binary-all package overlaps mean that there is space on this disc for more packages than might be expected. Plus, sources for all the binaries on the DVD will be included too. This DVD is therefore probably the ideal choice of disc to sell or give away at Expos. In case it's not obvious, the 3 arches picked for these discs are simply the most common end-user systems out there. There is scope for producing more multi-arch discs, but the possible combinations are *massive* :-). To do ===== I'm still expecting to add Live CDs to the list here before we release. Otherwise, I think we're about set. If there's anything else you'd like us to do or anything you'd like to ask about, please reply to this mail - note the Reply-To to the debian-cd list. Otherwise, please help us TEST these, especially the variants marked as NEW above. Downloads are available in multiple formats (iso image, jigdo, bittorrent) - look at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/ http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/ for all your testing CD/DVD needs. Cheers, -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his foot up on the desk so he can get a better aim." [ seen in ucam.chat ]
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