On 9 March 2017 at 14:51, Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: > learnerl...@gmail.com wrote: >>The download page for Debian stable CDs at >>http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/ has a bunch >>of options like CD-1, CD-2, etc., KDE, LXDE and XFCE. >> >>But the download page for Debian testing CDs at >>http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/ does not >>seem to have CD-1 (GNOME3), KDE, LXDE, etc. >> >>Why is that? > > We've stopped building CDs for most purposes - they're just too small > to be useful in a lot of cases, and have been causing issues for > users. We also switched to offering the choice of desktop at tasksel > time, which makes it less important to offer multiple different CDs > tuned to install each desktop. > > For some time now we've only been building two CDs per architecture: > the netinst and *1* single-desktop installer CD for xfce. If you want > to install other desktops, grab the netinst and select during > installation or use DVD#1. > > -- > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com
Can someone please share why the single-desktop installer CD was made in favour of Xfce? Why was not some other desktop like GNOM3, KDE or LXDE selected for the single-desktop installer CD?