Re: GNUmed Live CD for 0.6.0 is out

[Sebastian Hilbert <sebastian.hilbert@gmx.net>]

Am Donnerstag 28 Januar 2010 23:07:24 schrieb Andreas Tille:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 06:28:07PM +0100, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
> > Problem is there are no scripts I can provide. I can provide
> > configuration files which get created (and overwritten) by calling
> > something like
> >
> > lh_config -p gnome
> 
> OK, just assume I would have written configuration files instead of
> scripts. ;-)
> 
> > This generates a bunch of config files. A call to lh_build will then
> > happily use that information to create an iso image.
> >
> > http://live.debian.net/manual/html/live-helper.html#lh_config
> >
> > I created those files once and had to manually change them to tweak
> > options that are/were not available through the command-line.
> 
> You should commit everything what you created / changed manually and
> perhaps a _short_ README with the link above or something like this that
> somebody who stumbles upon the stuff knows where to read.
> 
> > The problem is that the format of those configuration files (options,
> > syntax) change over time so it is a bit of a moving target.
> 
> That what _Version_ _Control_ _Systems_ are good for, right?
> 
> > That is why the get recreated from the command line
> >
> > I could supply a starting configuration and diff and friends would need
> > to be used in future versions of live-helper to adapt to changed
> > configuration files.
> 
> What we want is what you manually created and the recipe to get an ISO
> image of the current live CD using the current livehelper.  Just update
> SVN if any change might be needed.
> 
> > Ok. Please have a look athttp://www.gnumed.de/downloads/live-
> > cd/developers/config10042009.tgz
> > and advise how to best handle that situation
> 
> I would commit this structure as is to SVN with some exceptions:
> 
>   1. config/chroot_local-packages/python-psycopg2_2.0.12-1_i386.deb
>      -> what is the reason to stick to this older version than the
>         Debian packaged one?
>   2. config/chroot_local-includes/etc/postgresql/8.3
>      -> any reason to stick to PostgreSQL 8.3 instead of using the
>         future Debian default for Squeeze (8.4)
> 

> Could you please comment on this?
> 

The tarball is a bit outdated. I do use postgresql from testing (whatever is 
there) and psycopg from testing (whatever is there)

I guess I have no reason for not commiting that stuff left :-)

Sebastian