Bug#484129: Better way to handle tasks.
>> > However, there is no equivilant source of information for packages
>> > apt-installed by d-i.
>> Could there be one? Well, if you're interested in having the same
>> safeguard mechanism in place for these packages.
>I have made a first one by grepping through the source code. As
>"apt-install" is used in code, we can't really think of automating the
>process of creating such list.
>The debian-installer team might probably be able to maintain a list in
>its source repository. Would that be fine for the release-team?
Our company puts the [distro]-tasks.desc file in the repository in the
same directory as Packages.gz. We make aptitude download the .desc to
the right place on every update. Consequently, all we have to do to
maintain the tasks is edit a text file in the repository, which
automatically gets deployed with every update.
It works for us, and I think it would go a long way to bringing
visibility and ease of management to tasks.
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Loye Young
Isaac & Young Computer Company
Laredo, Texas
http://www.iycc.biz
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