[Freedombox-discuss] Blends added to Debian installer - please register your Blend

[Holger Wansing]

Hi all,

Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org> wrote (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 22:20:19 +0100):
> Hi Holger,
> 
> Am Sun, Jan 05, 2025 at 07:45:45PM +0100 schrieb Holger Wansing:
> > We now reached the point, where all this can be seen/tested in the wild aka
> > via daily built images.
> > Please note, that the last relevant change did not reach testing yet, so you 
> > will have to install sid from a trixie daily build image, to test this.
> 
> Sounds really good
>  
> > The usual, good old tasksel dialog now has an additional entry at the bottom
> > "Choose a Debian blend for installation" (this is not chosen by default)
> > [blendsel_1.png].
> > 
> > If you choose this [blendsel_2.png], the blendsel dialog will appear after 
> > tasksel has done its work [blendsel_3.png].
> > 
> > 
> > So, the infrastructure is ready now, and I want to ask blend people for a
> > list of blends, that you want to be included in this mechanism.
> > I already came across the list in
> > <https://salsa.debian.org/blends-team/blends/-/blob/master/doc/en/04_existing_blends.xml?ref_type=heads>
> > Maybe that list could serve as template? 
> > Please provide a list at your choice.
> 
> Since not everybody is reading the Blends list I've added the relevant
> mailing lists in CC.  I personally confirm for
> 
>    Debian Med     and
>    Debian Science
> 
> > Also, if you would like to adapt the wording of the dialog, feel free to 
> > tell me.
> 
> Please spell Blend in
>   "Choose a Debian _b_lend for installation
> with upper case _B_ (its a noun).
>  
> In the Blends selection I would start the actual selection (third image) with the
> real Blend name like (and alphabetic ordering) and the "official" short description
> (which each Blend in CC should answer)
> 
>    Debian Astro
>    Debian Med (life sciences and medicine)
>    Debian Junior
>  
>    Debian Science (various sciences)

I just noticed some mails on debian-blends, which I missed until now.
Please always keep debian-boot in the loop for the installer-team!
I'm not subscribed to all these lists!


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Dave Hibberd <hibby at debian.org> wrote:
> It'd be worth checking in with others listed on [1] that have missed the 
> discussion so far, and also pruning the list! I note Debian multimedia is 
> dropped from [2] in the past but still on the website. 
> 
> I'm slowly working on Debian Hamradio having picked up it from irl and would 
> be interested in being on the list (and in the existing blends doc) too!
> 
> I don't know if Debian Design and DebianParl are active.
> 
> [1] https://www.debian.org/blends/
> [2] https://salsa.debian.org/blends-team/blends/-/blob/master/doc/en/
> 04_existing_blends.xml?ref_type=heads

Maybe it would be good, to have https://www.debian.org/blends/ in sync
with what we have in the installer, when Trixie is released?



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Dave Hibberd <hibby at debian.org> wrote:
> We should add also the Debian-pan blends.
> 
> It is activelay maintain by myself and the french synchrotron SOLEIL.

That's on the blends people's decision.


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Stefan Kropp <stefan.kropp at posteo.de> wrote:
> Proposal:
> 
>  * Debian Junior (children and their guides)
>  * Debian Junior (Debian for children and their guides)
> 
> For Debian Junior it would be nice to install the package
> junior-desktop when the user selects "Debian Junior".
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/trixie/junior-desktop

Ok.



Regards
Holger



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