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

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) zeeshanak at gnome.org
Thu Jun 26 17:01:39 UTC 2014


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.

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Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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