Re: [RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-20 Thread Frans Pop
Below a reply to a very old post from Joey [1] to which I should have replied then, but never got around to. I've quoted his mail in full for context. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/05/msg00345.html On Thursday 08 May 2008, Joey Hess wrote: A long, long time ago I proposed

Re: [RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-19 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Frans Pop wrote: Over the past months I've been working on a new component that allows to change settings for the installer. Main intention is to improve the flexibility of the installer and the user experience. Not that much feedback, but I guess that was to be

Re: [RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-17 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 15 January 2009, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: Being able to easily (and really), switch from expert mode to standard mode is really great for those who just needs expert mode in the firsts steps. Hmmm again. That is not really what happens, especially not if you compare it to the current

Re: [RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-14 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 23:06 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: If I understand correctly, the idea is to be able to be able to switch *easily* between standard and expert mode during the installation. This is a nice. Hmm. Have you tried booting in

[RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-13 Thread Frans Pop
Hi all, Over the past months I've been working on a new component that allows to change settings for the installer. Main intention is to improve the flexibility of the installer and the user experience. I'm now at the point where I'm happy with the framework and would like to get some

Re: [RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-13 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
Hello Frans, On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 12:06 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: Over the past months I've been working on a new component that allows to change settings for the installer. [..] What I will say is: * it completely changes the concept of expert mode If I understand correctly, the idea is

Re: [RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: If I understand correctly, the idea is to be able to be able to switch *easily* between standard and expert mode during the installation. This is a nice. Hmm. Have you tried booting in expert mode? signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: [RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Frans Pop wrote: Test images for amd64 and i386 (newt frontend only) are available from: http://people.debian.org/~fjp/tmp/d-i/settings/ Major OOPS! I just realize that the image for i386 is completely broken as some of the modified udebs are not included. I'll fix

Re: [RFC] New installer-settings component - please test and comment!

2009-01-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Frans Pop wrote: Test images for amd64 and i386 (newt frontend only) are available from: http://people.debian.org/~fjp/tmp/d-i/settings/ I just realize that the image for i386 is completely broken as some of the