Here:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 26#p452094i said:
snapshot_excludes="-usr-lib-refractasnapshot-snapshot_exclude.list"
mainly the latter ( a bit too much excludes for my taste)
and fsmithred asked:
Yes, the installer now has a config file, as of version 9.0.5-something, and the excludes file keeps growing. (Nadir, if you have a better idea, let's talk about it.)
Thing is: i really got no better idea. I didn't express what i wanted to.
What i meant is:
It makes sense to look at the excludes file.
At the same time for me some things are not that obvious:
It took me a while to figure out that the exclude of .xchat made the user and network i added to be gone in the live-CD, and also that excluding /var/log will exclude tor and privoxy in log, hence they won't work anymore.
To make it short:
a) looking at it is good and
b) for me it is always a bit of try and error
(i also add and remove apps all the time ... )
K, this time really short:
For common usage the excludes file is probably (very) good the way it is.
But i got another idea:
Perhaps a short how-to for installing and using the installer and snapshot (perhaps taskfer too), or at least copying the (very detailed) comments to the how-to-section?
Might be more easy to simply link to a place where it is explained (i always get it done, but fail to give detailed instructions ...).
Let's hope this time i got it right. Else just ask.
I, like many others, still remember the days when using live-helper manually was a pain in the butt. Usage of refractasnapshot makes it a piece of cake (for all one could think of)