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+Noted in the Debian [weekly news](http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2002/46/), here's the home page for new new Debian installer efforts. Plans are to have a Beta version available by January 2003.
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+<http://people.debian.org/~mbc/di.html>
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+## <a name="History"> History </a>
+
+The current installer for the CD distribution is based on the current Debian Woody installer. It's hacked a little bit to make it work for the Hurd. Since Debian wants to move to a new installer it makes sense to track the progress so we don't get left too far behind.
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+## <a name="When_to_migrate"> When to migrate </a>
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+When the new installer is stable and someone can take responsibility for helping adapt the new installer to work in the same capacity that the current one works.
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+If you are interested in this area, please post to <debian-hurd@lists.debianNOSPAM.org>.
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+-- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 30 Nov 2002