On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 03:27:01PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Pigeon wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 02:52:12AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 08:26:32AM +1200, cr wrote: > > > > I appreciate that dselect is only part of the install process, albeit the > > > > largest part timewise if one uses it. > > > > > > You don't have to, though. > > > > Yeah, but what are the choices? > > > > Run tasksel (y/n)? (frequently too coarse) > > Run dselect (y/n)? (we all know about this one :-) ) > > Do it by hand afterwards - somewhat inconvenient and daunting for a > > new user > > > > ...and as cr says, the risk of premature termination and the lack of a > > 'back' option are big minuses. Though I hate to say it, the lack of > > 'back' options to correct a damnwrongbutton is one area where Debian > > tends to lose to M$. We all kit the wrong key sometimes. > > It makes very little sense to crituque the old installer at this point.
Sorry, it wasn't really intended that way. The first part was a disagreement with the value of avoiding running dselect - a point related to methods of using the current installer, rather than the installer itself. I admit that could have been clearer. The bit about 'back' options was aimed at a wider target than just the installer - xf86config is an example that comes to mind: enter wrong option by mistake, say bad word, hit ctrl-c, start all over again. > if you had send me this critisizm five, or even three years ago, I would > have fixed it then. As it is, I fixed it this year. Nice one. > There's still a chance to crituque the new one of course. See the > docuemntation for the debian-installer project and do a test install. (looks at pile of partial computers) That sounds like an interesting idea. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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