Freeze exception request for removing extra packages in oem-config

Bug #553184 reported by Evan
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I've implemented the final outstanding item in <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-oem-config>, removing packages in oem-config that were installed by the distributor before running oem-config-prepare, but are not needed for the final system.

The most common use case for this is installing all available language packs and removing all but the language selected in oem-config, so that the user doesn't need a network connection to get adequate language support but doesn't get left with hundreds of megabytes of unnecessary packages.

As this is guarded by a preseed question (oem-config/remove_extras) that's false by default, this should be a very safe change.

I've tested this by installing vim, gnome-do, and a lot of language packs, then selecting Spanish and checking that everything but the Spanish langpacks were removed.

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Evan (ev) wrote :
Evan (ev)
description: updated
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Patch looks safe, approved.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.2.13

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ubiquity (2.2.13) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Evan Dandrea ]
  * In oem-config, support removing packages that were not part of the
    base install and are not needed in the final system by preseeding
    oem-config/remove_extras to true (LP: #315644, LP: #553184).

  [ Roman Shtylman ]
  * Kde_ui:
    - fixed (LP: #550466) (LP: #550472) using kmessage box for quit dialog
    - fixed (LP: #540202) hide widgets until translated
 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:51:01 -0500

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Rafael Monica (monraaf-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The patch has caused a regression and has broken the installer.

DebconfError: (10, "oem-config/remove_extras doesn't exist")

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/554664
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/554324

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