hi, 2013/6/6 Thomas Goirand <[email protected]>: > On 06/06/2013 03:15 AM, Bjoern Meier wrote: >> It is that hard, to build a dialog and ask for a desktop? > > I don't think it would be that hard, though nobody did it. You know that > Debian is driven by volunteers only, right? So if you really want > something to happen, the best way is to do it. We are a the beginning of > the development cycle for Jessie. Now is the perfect time to implement > such a feature. > > Though, by doing it, make sure you take the proper dialogs warning that > things will need to be downloaded form network if the default desktop > isn't selected. > > Feel free to contribute it. I would welcome it. I too, feel like its a > shame that there's no dialog to choose which desktop you want (even if > we have specialized CDs, I prefer the netinst ones, and there, such a > dialog would be a very good thing).
That is a brainstorming I like to have. Maybe, it would be enough if only netinst have this dialog, otherwise one could fork Debian (again. heh. ;) ) and provide various DVDs with desktops. Wait, there is Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Whateverbuntu. seems like a dialog for netinst is it? I thought already to get involved in the installer. I'll think about to work out how could this be done. Sounds not like a hard work. Anyway, Debian was my favourite on server, without any desktops. So my point with the upgrade-bugs is still open (oh and don't ask about a bug link, because I provided this info already). I'm at a point where I have to ask myself if I want debian on server again. If you would ask my users, they would say "we had our problems with file-server". Over the time I learned to work out patches with upstream and link them on the samba-list AND to save patches in documentation because there is a high chance, that a fixed bug comes up in debian again. Over the years I had a lot of fights with co-workers, supervisors and - of course - users, why I hang myself on linux. Linux is still there, so I think I got some points there, but in my opinion life's: getting harder. That is not a debian only problem, the problem - IMHO - is linux (as the kernel itself and tool-distributions) is getting fat and kills his own advantages. Maybe my rant was at the wrong address. I don't know, debian is my crush. So, I would hate it to see her getting fat. She would be still lovely, but couldn't keep the pace and I don't want to see her having a heart desease. ;) Greeting, Björn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cagmps55aly6x+fgpy4cujuwf_qbm4t5b9mvc93kxw6cvxxv...@mail.gmail.com
