Re: Bug#734093: debian-installer: install plymouth by default
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 08:05:42PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhalpun@googlemail.com> (2014-01-03):
>> Package: debian-installer
>> Severity: wishlist
>> X-Debbugs-CC: Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@debian.org>
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> in his installation report [1] Antoine Beaupré requested to have
>> plymouth installed by default.
>>
>> While some want to have it and some don't, I think it really might
>> be a good idea to install plymouth by default, as 'novices'
>> generally prefer it, and anyone who wants to see the boot messages
>> should have sufficient knowledge to remove it.
>>
>> So please install plymouth by default.
>
>Last I remember from squeeze (didn't check wheezy too much), plymouth
>was quite buggy/broken, and has been RC buggy for a long while (hello
>libdrm-nouveau); I'm not sure it's a good idea to install it by default,
>but I'm happy to take opinions.
No, please! Let's not add more fluff to the base system.
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