[Libosinfo] [PATCH 3/3] debian: Add desktop installation script

[Lasse Schuirmann]

2014-06-26 19:01 GMT+02:00 Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak at gnome.org>:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Lasse Schuirmann
> <lasse.schuirmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2014-06-26 16:59 GMT+02:00 Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak at gnome.org>:
>>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Lasse Schuirmann
>>> <lasse.schuirmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> This script needs an internet connection because it seems not possible
>>>> to install the desktop that is present on the ISO.
>>>>
>>>> Choosing the default desktop package always installs GNOME which is not
>>>> always shipped with the ISO hence is fetched from the internet.
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> Looks good but I think what Christophe was saying in this thread was
>>> that it would be nice to have a URL to the debian bug about installer
>>> choosing a desktop it doesn't ship.
>>
>> This is no bug.
>>
>> "You could simply mark the Desktop environment option. It will install
>> the packages for Gnome (...)."
>> From: https://wiki.debian.org/tasksel#Desktop_environment
>
> Didn't you say that there is a way to select the default desktop but
> that always selects GNOME. If so, the bug is that selected default is
> not shipped on the ISO.

If I said this it was wrong. The documentation mentions the "desktop"
tasks and states that Gnome is installed if you choose it, along with
other things needed to get a full desktop environment. It took some
time to find that in the documentation because it was a bit hidden.

Documentation names this option the "Desktop environment option" and
lists no similar option despite manual package selection. I'll better
change the commit message to mirror that.

Lasse