| scarface | Hi all, during the install of 10.10, it says that an internet connection is needed, although the install seems to work fine even if there's no net connection. Is there a web page or some info that explains what the internet connection is needed for and why I would want to be connected? | 14:20 |
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| cjwatson | some packages such as language support packages aren't necessarily on the CD but are installed from the network if it's available | 15:16 |
| cjwatson | also the installer attempts to detect your location from the network, although of course you can set that by hand | 15:16 |
| scarface | cjwatson, Thanks. Does the installer also try to download the latest package updates during the install? | 15:18 |
| cjwatson | download, but not install | 15:20 |
| cjwatson | they're just cached for the first upgrade you do | 15:20 |
| cjwatson | (this strategy also means that we can break off the download at any point and it doesn't matter, so you don't have to wait for a slow install run in order to start using the system) | 15:21 |
| cjwatson | I think that got implemented in 10.10, at least | 15:22 |
| scarface | Ah, that's smart. I had been concerned that the results of an install would vary based on when you did the install, i.e. a system installed at one time would be different than one installed at a later time. I like that this technique allows you to see and approve all the updates before they are applied. | 15:24 |
| cjwatson | it's possible that you'd find language packs a bit different over time, although in general those differences should be minor | 15:29 |
| cjwatson | for the most part it's as you say, fairly deliberately | 15:30 |
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| CIA-3 | ubiquity: evand * r4512 trunk/ (5 files in 5 dirs): Fix accessibility support in the installer session. | 21:55 |
| CIA-3 | ubiquity: evand * r4512 trunk/ (bin/ubiquity-dm debian/changelog): Fix accessibility support in the installer session. | 21:56 |
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