Our "release roadmap" says:
"...
New installation utility based on package pre-selections
Debian 2.0 will contain over 1000 packages! To simplify installation,
a new installation program will allow to choose between several
predefined `default installations,' for example, Internet server, X11
desktop, or router/firewall host.
..."
IIRC, as apt/deity is not ready for release yet, it was suggested to ship
a simple tool that would be run at install-time (before dselect) to let
the new users avoid going through the "Select" option.
Bruce posted a few months ago some code that implemented that, using
"dpkg --set-selections", but it had no fancy UI, and no pre-selections
built.
Has anybody been improving that tool? Can we include it in the boot-floppies?
Thanks,
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Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
Dpto. Fisica Fundamental y Experimental Univ. de La Laguna
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