I'm close to releasing the beta of refracta-6.0.6, and I'm close to releasing new debs for refractasnapshot and refractainstaller. The next version is much like the previous version, but I started this from a minimal debian install instead of from a debian-live build. Got rid of some apps I didn't like (ristretto comes to mind), installed stuff with fewer recommends, replaced xfburn with brasero, added gthumb, and I think I'll release a small iso with a lot of stuff missing. The stuff that's missing will be easily installable with the package selection script (System --> Install Software), or you could install whatever you want by any of the usual methods. And maybe I'll make a big version, that has all the other stuff, for usb-hdd.
There are a few new things at the github page:
https://github.com/fsmithred/refractarepsit-0.7 is the new installer. Take a look at the package lists found at the top of the script.
refractainstaller and refractasnapshot debs were split into separate packages for -base, which contains the cli-only script and other necessary files, and -gui, which has the gui script. The debs that are there are unsigned debs. The next ones will be signed, and they'll put stuff in /usr/bin and /usr/lib instead of /usr/local.
There are also a couple of refractasnapshot test scripts. Their names end in "-wodim", and the new piece is that the script will ask you if you want to burn the iso to a CD right now. Pop in a blank, say yes, and you're done. If you want to play with this, you need to do a few things first.
Install the 9.0.0 debs. Note that this will blow away older versions of refractasnapshot (i.e. Dean's python versions) if they exist. This version doesn't use wodim.
copy /usr/local/lib/refractasnapshot to /usr/lib/refractasnapshot
note that refractasnapshot-gui depends on refractasnapshot-base.