[21:41] <CIA-93> ubiquity: superm1 * r3593 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/frontend/base.py):
[21:41] <CIA-93> ubiquity: When calling execute_root, don't pass a list because everything
[21:41] <CIA-93> ubiquity: passed is translated into a tupple. Passing a list causes subprocess to
[21:41] <CIA-93> ubiquity: fail when invoked.
[22:05] <corp186> cjwatson: I have a question about the install process, and shtylman said you'd be the one to ask
[22:06] <corp186> I'm reading the Frans Pop's paper on d-i, and it references Installer-Menu-Item tags in /var/lib/dpkg/status
[22:07] <corp186> but I don't see the tag in the status file of 9.10's amd64 iso
[22:07] <corp186> has the mechanism changed for how the packages are invoked?
[22:16] <corp186> I realized I was looking at the live cd's tree instead of the initrd tree, which I believe is where the install takes place
[22:17] <corp186> I've now found the tag in the initrd
[22:23] <corp186> cjwatson: I'm looking at the netboot initrd right now, and I see that the highest installer menu item value that isn't above 90000 is choose-mirror at 2300
[22:24] <corp186> where do all the menu items after choose mirror come in?
[22:24] <corp186> where packages are installed and where users are set up and so on
[23:36] <cjwatson> corp186: you need to look at the Packages files in the debian-installer subdirectory, not the main ones
[23:36] <cjwatson> corp186: the stuff in the initrd is only the core - the installer fetches more of itself at run-tim
[23:36] <cjwatson> e
[23:36] <cjwatson> corp186: the easiest summary is http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/debian-installer/ubuntu/annotate/head%3A/doc/devel/menu-item-numbers.txt