Re: debian installer (an idea)
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 09:48:14AM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote:
> > More than that, I would love to have unstable and testing release
> > shipped with normal debian CDs.
>
> I think that's a very bad idea; they aren't properly QA'ed (insofar as
> we do QA; certainly they have a good chance of not being installable)
> and they aren't security-supported.
>
> > Why not to use the same compact loopback device that knoppix have to
> > mount the disks filesystem?. This way we could have 3 times more soft
> > in the same space, just what it's needed.
>
> .deb files are already compressed. You can't go on compressing things
> forever.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
Perhaps a disclaimer warning the user when they pick that option it may
"destabilize" the system.
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