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From: Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:13:23 -0400
Subject: Re: Bug#437018: Network shouldn't be used/enforced on non-network
installs
Wouter Verhelst wrote:
(there's no working connection to the Internet
I guess having it look for a network in the background and silently fail
would be preferable, in any case. Is this doable?
On 8/10/07, Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Tim Hull ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
It would be GREAT if the network-related steps would be skipped/bypassed
Il giorno ven, 10/08/2007 alle 07.53 +0200, Christian Perrier ha
scritto:
Quoting Tim Hull ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
It would be GREAT if the network-related steps would be skipped/bypassed on
a default install from non-netinstall media. Users then could configure the
network at their leisure
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 07:20:20PM +0200, Stefano Canepa wrote:
IMVHO security upgrades are a _must_, if the user is free to bypass this
step I'm quite sure she/he will forgot to check for security update
leave her/his system unsecure.
I disagree. Security is always a tradeoff; it's not hard
Of course security updates should be enabled by default, and I do agree
that it's sensible for the system to _ask_ to try to install security
updates even if there's no network. But there are cases where security
updates don't make much sense, and I do think that the current behaviour
Package: debian-installer
Version: 20070308
Priority: wishlist
During installs from CD-ROM and DVD media, users are still currently
prompted to set up the network and download security fixes from the
network. However, many (quite possibly most) users who use the full-blown
install media (as
Quoting Tim Hull ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
It would be GREAT if the network-related steps would be skipped/bypassed on
a default install from non-netinstall media. Users then could configure the
network at their leisure after the install using the tools they prefer
(NetworkManager etc). Could
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