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Andreas Tille <[email protected]> (2024-11-30):

Cyril Brulebois wrote on 2024-11-13:

I don't think they've been caught up in the temporary freezes (I'd
think the longest one last cycle was a little week, usually a few
days, sometimes just a few hours), so I've never taken the time to
adjust (1) the hints and (2) the tooling that makes sure the
relevant hint files knows about all udebs. That could be done if we
were to have a permanent udeb freeze (I'm not advocating for that).

I admit I’m not very familiar with the release process. However, my (possibly flawed) memory recalls that we used to have some kind of d-i
alpha for very early testing, available even before the freeze. Could
you confirm this, or am I misremembering?

Yes, and that's what would have happened this release cycle again if I
hadn't been totally burned out (see my first reply to this thread).

Additionally, I wonder if an automated test suite for the installer
might be helpful. In my admittedly naive view, something like
Babelbox[1] could serve this purpose. I remember we used it at some
Linux events at the Debian booth to demonstrate how easily Debian can
be installed. Could you share your thoughts on this?

We have various kinds of automated testing.

In my understanding, Babelbox was about showcasing language support.
That's some heavily scripted installation though (≠ not how most users
are interacting with the installer).

All that is quite orthogonal to what you're replying to anyway.


Cheers,
--
Cyril Brulebois ([email protected]) <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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