Bug#842626: closed by Holger Wansing (Re: Mass-closing old installation-report bugs --- round 6)
Holger Wansing, le dim. 23 août 2020 07:05:03 +, a ecrit: > Am Samstag, 22. August 2020 schrieb Samuel Thibault: > > Debian Bug Tracking System, le sam. 22 août 2020 20:33:55 +, a ecrit: > > > If you know, that the issue you reported (and gets closed here) is still > > > existing > > > in recent installation images, please file a new report for that! > > > > I don't think we need a new report on this one, but just reopen it, > > since it already has all useful information whatever the Debian release? > > My thought was, that 64 bit systems are common these days and > people will more likely choose the 64 bit images. When people understand what a 64/32bit system is, yes. On https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable It is still written "amd64" vs "i386", people will think "I don't have an amd64, I have an intel", and download the i386 image. > And if such message was not implemented in the past 10 years, > it will also not be implemented in the next 10 years :-) Not really 10 years, rather 4 years. But yes, some features don't get implemented, that doesn't mean they shouldn't. At some point we won't have 32bit ports of Debian, but before that we will still have people making the confusion. Samuel
Bug#842626: closed by Holger Wansing (Re: Mass-closing old installation-report bugs --- round 6)
Hi, Am Samstag, 22. August 2020 schrieb Samuel Thibault: > Control: reopen 842626 > > Hello, > > Debian Bug Tracking System, le sam. 22 août 2020 20:33:55 +, a ecrit: > > If you know, that the issue you reported (and gets closed here) is still > > existing > > in recent installation images, please file a new report for that! > > I don't think we need a new report on this one, but just reopen it, > since it already has all useful information whatever the Debian release? My thought was, that 64 bit systems are common these days and people will more likely choose the 64 bit images. If that is the wrong one, they get the error message about that and they will try the 32 bit one. Many years ago, it was the apposite: people would choose the 32 bit image if unsure, and that could lead to the problem addressed with this report. And if such message was not implemented in the past 10 years, it will also not be implemented in the next 10 years :-) Therefore I think this bug can be closed. Holger > From: Samuel Thibault > > My coworker installed Debian on an amd64-capable laptop, but happened to > > take the 32bit ISO image by mistake, and of course we noticed only after > > finishing the installation :) > > > > She was surprised that there was no warning about installing 32bit on > > 64bit. There could perhaps be for instance a confirm question right > > after selecting the language, and implemented in the hw-detect package, > > and be taught the same for ppc, mips, etc. > > -- Sent from my Jolla phone http://www.jolla.com/
Bug#842626: closed by Holger Wansing (Re: Mass-closing old installation-report bugs --- round 6)
Control: reopen 842626 Hello, Debian Bug Tracking System, le sam. 22 août 2020 20:33:55 +, a ecrit: > If you know, that the issue you reported (and gets closed here) is still > existing > in recent installation images, please file a new report for that! I don't think we need a new report on this one, but just reopen it, since it already has all useful information whatever the Debian release? Samuel From: Samuel Thibault > My coworker installed Debian on an amd64-capable laptop, but happened to > take the 32bit ISO image by mistake, and of course we noticed only after > finishing the installation :) > > She was surprised that there was no warning about installing 32bit on > 64bit. There could perhaps be for instance a confirm question right > after selecting the language, and implemented in the hw-detect package, > and be taught the same for ppc, mips, etc.
