Ubuntu derivatives : howto ?

[Colin Watson]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 01:33:50PM -0800, Karl Hegbloom wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 12:36 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > I would recommend not modifying the ubuntu-desktop package, because that
> > will create upgrade issues if somebody wants to upgrade from one of your
> > CDs to plain Ubuntu. Just have base-config install the extra packages
> > you want.
> 
> Is there a simple mechanism for doing so?  Like, a way to 'drop in' a
> file saying which extra ones to install?

Not yet, but it's a prerequisite for some other things we'd like to do
so I'm working on it. (The mechanism will most likely be a debconf
template whose answer consists simply of the aptitude install pattern,
which is '~tubuntu-desktop' by default, and a boilerplate way to put
preseed files on the CD.)

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]