Hi, On Tuesday 20 March 2007 19:48, Daniel Baumann wrote: > live-package as well as live-helper do require root privileges to build > images, Therefore, I don't think that your argument is an issue in the > "real" world: > > * I assume that everyone who has the right to use root privileges does > also have the right to install a backport. This is not true in the real world. > * The backports are in place since a few hours, we only need to > properly document it, so that even newbie users can follow it. It's not documented yet, so it's an issue as well. Also, from a marketing POV (/me ducks), it's a complete different story whether you say "you can build live-cds with tools from Debian stable now" or "there are some backports, which might change anytime, which allow you to build live-cds of Debian stable." Live-CDs are nothing new, that we (almost) have a tool in stable that allows this, is. > cleaner build, support of usb stick images, encryption support (this is > actually casper doing it, but anyway), totally modular, easy > customizable/extensible.. well, just about everything got better. While I appreciate this, I dont think this is a reason not to have live-package in etch. > did > you have a look at live helper already? No, not yet. > live-package would have needed at least another 5 patches to fix its > behavior from etch=testing to etch=stable. Oh well.. regards, Holger (who's also a stable ion3 user. Or rather, have been.)
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