Re: Comments on CD images v4 (was Re: new CD images (II))

From: Michael Bramer (grisu@debian.org)
Date: Wed Jun 20 2001 - 13:55:50 CEST

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    Hallo

    ok, ich habe jetzt mir einfach mal Zeit genommen und die CD fertig zu
    bekommen.

    Überprüfe doch bitte alles nochmal und sende mir E-Mails zurück. Danke
    Ich habe z.B. nicht das BTS abgefragt etc.

    btw: Morgen muß die CD fertig sein und ich habe morgen fast keine
    Zeot...

    On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:37:36AM +0200, Stefan Gybas wrote:
    > - devfsd (for kernel 2.4)

    add devfsd_1.3.11-0.1_i386.deb

    > - reiserfsprogs (for kernel 2.4)

    add reiserfsprogs_3.x.0j-2_i386.deb

    > - pppoe

    add pppoe_3.0-2_i386.deb

    > - libapache-mod-ssl (non-US)

    add

    > - zip (why was it removed from v3 to v4?)

    add zip-crypt

    > - java-compiler-dummy (if not included, we can remove java-common)
    > - java-virtual-machine-dummy
    > - grub
    > - coldsync
    > - mkisofs (recommended by cdrecord)
    > - krb5-user (non-US, recommended by libkrb53)

    add

    > - netscape-smotif-477 (non-free, and everything it depends on) [1]

    no.

    > The following packages from potato-proposed-updates / unstable should also
    > be included:
    >
    > - boot-floppies 2.2.24 from potato-proposed-updates (contains kernel 2.2.19
    > which is in pool/ on the CD)

    i use now 2.2.26-2001-06-14

    > - pcmcia-modules-2.2.19* from potato-proposed-updates (required by
    > kernel-image-2.2.19*)

    add pcmcia-modules-2.2.19*_3.1.25-3k2_i386.deb

    I hope this version is ok...

    > - lvm and lvm-common (for kernel 2.4)

    ok, add lvm_0.8i-1.deb and lvm-common_1.0.3_i386.deb

    > Some package should be upgraded to the current version in testing, at lease
    > these:
    >
    > - ssh 2.5.2p2 (non-US, instead of the included 2.2.0)

    add ssh_2.5.2p2-2.1_i386.deb

    > - dpkg 1.9.6 (or better 1.9.9 from unstable)

    no

    > - fetchmail-ssl 5.8.3-1 (non-US, depended on by fetchmailconf 5.8.3-1)

    add fetchmail-ssl_5.8.4-1_i386.deb and fetchmailconf_5.8.3-1_all.deb

    > - gdb 5.0-4 from unstable (recommended by ddd, RC bugs are for non-i386)

    ok

    > - mozilla 0.9.1 (M18 is from Sep 2000!) [1]

    siehe Mail, die ich gleich senden werden....

    > These packages should be removed IMHO (all have no reverse dependencies):
    >
    > - libstdc++3.0 (depends on gcc-3.0-base which is not available)
    > - libungif3g-dev (conflicts with libungif4-dev, gdk-imlib-dev depends on
    > either)
    > - qt-designer and uic (both conflict with kde-designer)
    > - aolserver (preinst exits with error 100)
    > - kernel-image-2.2.18pre21* with pcmcia-modules from dists/potato/base
    > (2.2.19 is in pool/ on the CD)

    all ok

    > - libsdl1.1 (install smpeg-xmms 0.3.4-4 from unstable which depends on
    > libsdl1.2, this is better because libsmpeg0 also depends on libsdl1.2)
    > SDL 1.1 is obsolte and was a decveopment versrion. The maintainer wants
    > to remove in from the archive once all packages are linked aginast SDL 1.2.

    ok, add smpeg-xmms_0.3.4-4_i386.deb

    > - expect5.24 (expect 5.31 is still present)
    > - itcl3.0 and itk3.1 (itcl3.1 and itk3.1 are still present)
                         ^0
    > - tcl8.2 and tk8.2 (change task-tcltk to depend on 8.3)
       I get task-tcltk from unstable
    > - zope-emarket
    > - plugger and all libc5-based libraries: libpng0, libgd1, zlib1, libc5
    > - netscape-base (or include the complete netscape) [1]

    all ok.

    > We should then build a new base2_2.tgz (I can do this if noone else
    > volunteers) with the version from testing instead of potato because
    > upgrading causes some problems:
    >
    > - libc6 now uses /etc/locale-gen, this should be in base.tgz and configured
    > to build at lease de_DE
    > - libc6 wants to restart inetd because of NSS changes
    > - I got some requests by dpkg about changes config files (sorry, don't
    > remember which), this IMHO causes confusion to new users
    >
    > I found some problems with debconf:
    >
    > - I got the message "debconf: cannot preconfigure packages -- apt-utils isi
    > not installed." See #92140 for details.
    > Suggested solution: Put apt-utils in our base.tgz or change debconf's
    > dependencies
    > - libterm-stool-perl is not installed so the Slang frontend does not work
    > Suggested solution: Put libterm-stool-perl in our base.tgz or change
    > debconf's dependencies

    can you make a new base.tgz, with libterm-stool-perl and apt-utils
    included?!

    > Some more suggestions:
    >
    > - Set the default keymap to German (in base-config and console-tools debconf
    > DB)
    > - Set the default papersize to a4 (in libpaperg's debconf DB)

    I don't make this.

    Gruss
    Grisu

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