Re: Configuring sources.list during install: idea

[David Whedon <dwhedon@gordian.com>]

> 
> However i have another point to make, many people i know inclding myself
> install the stable release in order to upgrade to unstable/testing.
> Therefore i think it would be a good idea to offer the option of not
> installing any of the packages (except base system or not? ) from stable and
> instead create a sources.list for the user's chosen version and then get the
> packages. This would save time and for people who only want the installer in
> order to grab unstable of the net a smaller download.
> 
> Do i make myself understood?
> 

I think so.  woody boot-floppies uses the package debootstrap to install the
base system rather than having baseX.tgz.  debootstrap pulls packages
individually off a mirror and installs them on the target.  The same set of boot
floppies can install testing, unstable, stable and even archived distributions
such as slink.

David