On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 at 02:47, Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org> (2024-06-03): > > I've created a udeb that adds an expert menu item to allow choosing > > systemd-boot (in the NEW queue): > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/systemd-boot-installer > > The `Architecture: all` in control vs the 64-bit EFI logic in the script > seems odd at first glance. Looking at other *-installer, they tend to > have a restricted arch list in most cases. > > I have no strong feelings either way, just something that caught my eye > when I first looked into the repository.
Given it's only shipping a script I thought it was supposed to be 'all', and also it would avoid the need to conditionalize dependencies. I can change it if needed, just let me know. > > A couple of PRs for minimal support: > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer-utils/-/merge_requests/12 > > OK, spotted the todo in the script when I spotted the upload; a > versioned dependency will do the trick once the d-i-utils part is > reviewed/merged/uploaded. > > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/d-i/-/merge_requests/17 > > TIL: builscript. > > ACK on the .mrconfig part, but I think this misses an addition to > packages/po/packages_list (to be confirmed with Holger Wansing). Might > be best to get rid of the fuzzy parts still mentioning nobootloader > beforehand though. Just something that needs taken care of at some > point. Ah missed that packages_list - fixed in the latest push > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/-/merge_requests/46 > > > > It does not show up in non-expert mode, which is fine for now, > > especially as secure boot signing is not yet available. > > > > After it's been in the testing image like this for a while, and after > > we have secure boot integration finished up, would it be ok to show a > > question in the non-expert install too? GRUB would still be the > > default of course, the question would select it by default, and allow > > to switch to sd-boot if chosen. Where would be the best place to add > > this? > > I have close to no knowledge about the details around menu items at the > moment. Looking at the good old GRUB vs. LILO duo, I see they had > different numbers (7400 for GRUB, 7500 for LILO), not sure whether we > should have the same numbers for grub-installer and for > systemd-boot-installer. Yeah I just copied it without giving it much thought, if it needs to be changed let me know what is the right number and I'll fix it. > I'm also not sure whether we should offer a choice between those two > different booting methods in the course of a normal (non-expert) > install. > > > Finally, I'm Cc-ing GRUB people to let them know. Sure we can leave it as-is until there's at least some request to have it, expert mode is fine for now.
