[64studio-devel] [Fwd: Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository]

[Free Ekanayaka]

|--==> Daniel James writes:

  DJ> Hi Free,
  >>a solution would be to set
  >>the debconf-preseed so that  only dhcp is tried  (and silently keep on
  >>if it fails)

  DJ> Could this cause a problem if extra packages need to be downloaded
  DJ> during the install, and the user has not got a DHCP server on their
  DJ> local network? I'm thinking of something like security updates.

Well, at  the moment  that  makes no difference   at all, because  our
current installer is configured to fetch packages only from the CD-ROM
and not from an online  repository, and personally  I'd keep the think
like  this, to avoid   possible  installation problems  connected with
network   unavailability  or similar  thinks.

The idea  is that the installer should  be as robust as possibile, one
can  fine  tune the system  after  the install.   For example we could
suggest users that have a  networked installation to check for package
updates after the  install, or even  include the APT update applet  of
gnome

http://packages.debian.org/testing/gnome/update-manager

to do that automatically when possible.

  >>People needing manual set  up could use  the  network admin after  the
  >>installation is completed.

  DJ> True, it's about the same amount of work. I don't have a problem with
  DJ> recommending that users have DHCP available on their network, assuming
  DJ> they aren't using static, non-NAT IP addresses.

So I'd go for it, it also makes the installer simpler.

Ciao,

Free