Processed: Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tags -1 + pending Bug #794936 [src:installation-guide] installation-guide: claims it will use "CD-ROM" as cover-term then doesn't Added tag(s) pending. -- 794936: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794936 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bug

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-24 Thread Holger Wansing
Control: tags -1 + pending Justin B Rye wrote: > Holger Wansing wrote: > > Thus we could change that to: > > "If you are installing from DVD, any packages needed > > during the installation should be present on the first DVD image. Use > > of a network mirror is optional." > > Oh, so it turns

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-24 Thread Justin B Rye
Holger Wansing wrote: > Thus we could change that to: > "If you are installing from DVD, any packages needed > during the installation should be present on the first DVD image. Use > of a network mirror is optional." Oh, so it turns out I should have simplified it *more*! Yes, that looks fine. -

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-24 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, I have applied nearly all of your suggestions, as in the patch attached. Only one case remains open, see below. Justin B Rye wrote: > Justin B Rye wrote: > > I was planning to carry on and find all the other places where fixes > > are needed, but I'll have to come back to it. > > I had got

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-23 Thread Justin B Rye
Justin B Rye wrote: > I was planning to carry on and find all the other places where fixes > are needed, but I'll have to come back to it. I had got as far as: (en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml:) - If you do scan multiple CDs or DVDs, the installer will prompt you to - exchange them when it n

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-22 Thread Justin B Rye
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Justin B Rye wrote: >> In English, "a medium" means a *category* of information-propagating >> mechanism (such as radio or print), not one individual USB thumbdrive >> or whatever. > > Not, it doesn't: > >> https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/record

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 9/22/19 4:45 PM, Justin B Rye wrote: > In English, "a medium" means a *category* of information-propagating > mechanism (such as radio or print), not one individual USB thumbdrive > or whatever. Not, it doesn't: > https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/recording-medium > https://en.w

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-22 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Justin B Rye wrote: > (In en/appendix/chroot-install.xml:) > - If you have a &releasename; &debian-gnu; CD mounted at > + If you have a &releasename; &debian-gnu; installation medium mounted at > /cdrom, you could substitute a file URL instead > of the http URL: file:/cdrom/debian

Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-22 Thread Justin B Rye
Holger Wansing wrote: >> This is a good solution for a problem that also affects the >> Installation Guide, since it also lets you leapfrog over the old >> problem of what cover-term to use for "CD/DVD/BluRay media" (the >> Guide says that it's going to use "CD-ROM", then doesn't - #794936). > > I

installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]

2019-09-22 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Justin B Rye wrote: > Holger Wansing wrote: > > I would like to change the term "CD" into "installation medium" in the > > debian-installer. > > These days our CD/DVD images can also be used for USB sticks, and virtual > > machines > > are also quite common, so messages like "Loading compone