On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 12:13:58PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: >On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 10:47:34AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 02:29:32PM +0530, V.Krishn wrote: >> >Hi, >> >I have been using Debian for couple of years. >> >I was wondering if forthcoming release dvds could be re-organized. >> >Like: >> >DVD 1 - Desktop with apps ( I think both KDE and Gnome might fit in one dvd) >> >DVD 2 - Server apps + Network apps (most used ones) >> >DVD 3 - Web apps (mostly web based apps like Phpmyadmin..etc) >> >DVD 4 - Others (libs, apps..etc) >> >DVD 5 - Other desktops (Like XFCE, LXDE..etc. Gnome if does not fit in DVD >> >1) >> > >> >DVD 4 and 5 might be possible to club in on. >> >> Hi, >> >> The packages on the CD and DVD sets are currently organised >> automatically to optimise the layout in terms of dependencies and >> popularity. That can be reasonably easily worked out automatically. >> >> The scheme you're suggesting would take a lot more manual effort, >> leaving it more prone to mistakes. It also doesn't scale for the next >> release - weekly squeeze builds are already up to 7 DVDs for i386 and >> not very far off spreading on to number 8. > >Do the CD/DVD generation tools currently use tasks (as in tasksel)?
Yes, that's how we pull in the desired bits of Gnome/KDE/whatever for the first disc(s). -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100601103448.gb29...@einval.com