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Re: The noudeb build profile and dh-only rules files



Am 08.07.19 um 22:04 schrieb Moritz Mühlenhoff:
> Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> schrieb:
>> Back in the days of boot/root installation floppies, saving every last
>> byte was clearly important.
> 
> It's probably worth discussing/investigating whether udebs in general still
> make sense for d-i in 2019?
> 
> It was a design choice made 15 years ago, but disk/network constraints
> changed a lot since then. Maybe ditching them entirely would actually
> reduce a lot of toil in d-i and make d-i development more flexible?
> (Honest question, not trying to insinuate anything)

As a DD being affected by the additional workload that is caused by
having to provide udebs I would very much welcome a move to abandon udebs.


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