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Re: quick install method (was Re: Deity project schedule problems)

On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:

> On Sep 21, Craig Sanders wrote
> : after base installation and reboot, drop the user into a menu offering
> : one of a number of pre-tested dselect selection sets (plus an "expert"
> : option to run dselect).
> 
> Fully second.
> 
> What about ``meta packages'':

it could, perhaps, be implemented that way "behind the scenes" (although
i'm not sure if dpkg --set-selections actually resolves dependencies and
conflicts...i think it just trusts stdin to be both correct and sane) but
the point of this idea is so that the newbie user can avoid having to go
through the dselect "Select" screen.

i.e. this should be an additional, extremely simplified, front-end to
dselect (or a replacement for it.  dpkg -iGROEB doesn't have to be run
from dselect). the fact that it's extremely simplified is why it is
essential to also have an "expert" option to go to the normal dselect. 

if it's only some meta-packages which can be chosen in dselect then it's
INCREASING complexity for the novice user, not decreasing it.

IMO it would be simpler to just construct a list of selections to pipe into
'dpkg --set-selections'.

    e.g.

        # NOTE: concept only.  this wont actually work, AFAIK.  the contents
        # of the files listed in $selections needs to be munged a bit before
        # it could be fed into dpkg.

        selections = "internet_client.set internet_server.set text_games.set"
        cat $selections | dpkg --set-selections



btw, there should be no reason why a user couldn't select some of the
selection sets and then choose the "expert" option to run dselect and
refine the choices before running the install. 

craig

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