[04:45] <ProfMac> I think you are in the right channel.  I generated my first .seed file this summer, including some fancy disk partitioning.  The process seemed fragile.  One thing I learned is that Pangolin 12.04 does not support much of what I was trying to do.  Trusty 14.04 supports it much better, and I am pinned to it for other reasons.  I suspect 16.04 is even better, but I haven't gone there yet.  So ... disclosing which base di
[04:45] <ProfMac> stro is an important piece of intelligence.  I came up to speed on git after I finished producing a .seed file that worked for me.  Even as we speed I am making design decisions on how to design my distribution.  I think I will switch to multiple CD/DVD .iso images what contain .git repositories.  These can be checked out by commit number so that the software is pinned.  I also generate sha256 to report back, just to v
[04:45] <ProfMac> erify that things went well.  I went to CDs in lieu of scp because I could separate the two processes in time, but that is a special case of poor communication.
[04:46] <ProfMac> A now obsolete version of my preseed install is available on https://github.com/a-mcintosh/Trusty-preseed.git, if you have time to look.
[09:30] <zduniak> that's quite interesting, though after fighting with the installer I think I'll just stick to only pinning the additionally installed software and trusting ubuntu to not break anything
[09:30] <zduniak> it seems that for truly "iot" devices, a proper yocto-based distribution is by far a better solution
[09:32] <zduniak> I didn't see any packaging stuff in there, so I assume that you just used the local networking for any installation