[Debian-hebrew-common] Re: [Debian-hebrew-package] [svn] r152 - cdd/trunk/profiles

[Baruch Even]

kobi zamir wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>I'm not sure that a profile helps in this regard. If
>>I'm not mistaken a
>>profile is chosen at the installation. So you can
>>have a single install
>>cd for school, and then you have a profile of a
>>server and a client.
> 
[snip]
> 
> you will create a NEW version of the CDD not a profile
> inside single CDD ! if you do not add this profile the
> files in this profile will NOT be added to the
> repository in the install cd.
> 
> the first times i used simple cdd i made a
> hebrew.profile. and when i did not add it to the
> profiles="..." the packages were not copied to the cd
> repository.

If so, it's the best way to maintain several versions of the CDD. And we
can definitely move OpenOffice.org to a profile of it's own to be
included in the standard install CD we'll produce.

We can in a similar way then provide for a KDE profile to create a
version of the install CD with KDE.

We should still strive to have some small set of install CDs, we do not
have the resources to start QAing more than two or three CDs.

Ofcourse, if someone wants his own pet version he is more than welcome
to create and test his own version. The whole point of making a Custom
Debian Distribution is to have a common base from which everyone can
easily create his specific version.

I've already received feedback from someone who considers making an
Arabic version based on this work. And it really should be possible with
very little work.

Baruch