Hello, I hope I'm doing this at the right place, I'd like to give some comments of what I think that should be in Debain:
1. I'd like to see more task packages in Woody before the official release. I noticed tasks are not available for gnome and kde. What would be nice is a task for each group of packages for kde and gnome. Like: task-kde-libs (for all library packages) task-kde-base (for all base packages) I alos like to see more server tasks as well, like: task-sql-server task-proxy-server I think by having this, more ease would be added to debian. For this I'd like to help if nessecary, I already wrote down a list with possible tasks with their packages. 2. A new installer would be nice, this is actually something I'm working on right now, the installer is supposed to be as stable possible connecting to a backend that's the actual installer. client <-> server (installer) The installer is supposed to be as easy as possible as for Unix without immitating the Redmond OS. I already like the current debian installer and its concept, so the concept will remain the same, only easier. This process will set up the base system, with everything needed for a working system: pre (intro, license ...) profile (language, arch, kernel, system, branch) hardware setup (detection...) hardware config (partitioning...) software setup (bootloader...) software config (networking...) post (reboot) This is just an idea, the order is going to be all different than this, as networking should be available after the hardware configuration. but by every configuration you do the installation server is queried and will queue the operation. You can also write a installation script that makes it possible to do a full installation without user interaction. I know it's too late for an new installer to make it into woody, may be the next release. 3. I'd like to see woody become as stable as Potato. I heard the release cycles will become much faster. I know some people are complaining, but probably cause they don't know unstable (sid) is very recent and may be more solid than Redhat (except for the broken packages sometimes). Currently I wouldn't use woody on a production server. Okay, these where my concerns, I'd like to hear some suggestions and answers. I don't know if this message is stored on a mailing list. Tnx for taking time to read this message. Mike Machuidel _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
