Quoting Charles Plessy (2014-07-03 03:14:21) > may I suggest the Blends framework to those who want metapackages that > influence what is installed by default on their system ? > > Currently, one of the main limits of the Blends framework is that it > works mostly by installing metapackages after a default installation. > But I would love to see an optional Blends menu in Debian Installer, > maybe coupled with possibilities to preseed alternative defaults. > > Such a development would open the way to consistent systemd-less > Debian systems for those who like it, and the benefit for Debian as a > whole would be a more powerful Blends framework. > > Doesn't it look like a nice ending to the story ? How would the use of blends change the fact that pinning is still needed to ensure keeping certain packages off? Yes, it would be lovely to have meta-packages from blends integrated into the tasks selection of debian-installer (both those generated with the blends-dev framework and those developed in other ways) - I welcome anyone to collaborate with the install team to make that happen - but such meta-packages are also not essential or required. Please read Mattias' explanation which you directly replied to. Debian-installer, when presented with conflicting package selections, will simply let APT resolve a best solution - which when involving systemd will likely cause that package to win due to its widespread reverse dependencies. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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