On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:40 AM, bouleetbil <[email protected]> wrote:
> Le Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:21:25 +0200,
> Miklos Vajna <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:25:46AM +0200, bouleetbil 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > When I update a box the "minimum" for me it's my system should start.
>> >
>> > Result frugalware don't boot => kernel panic.
>> > I think we should patch menu.lst for add the initrd.
>>
>> Right, grubconfig does this. Do you have any better idea than the news
>> entry on the website?
> Perhaps add to post-install "WARNING WARNING you should update menu.lst ...". 
> I'me pretty sure that users will don't read the news.
> And if it's not translate you don't see the news :)

I think bouleetbill is right in this case. We definately should have
had such a warning. My grub wasn't even installed by the Frugalware
I'm using so nothing could have modified it. I just realised that if
it weren't for talking with ryuo on IRC I would have had a non-booting
OS as well.

So yes we definately should include this kind of notes to let users
know what's going on.

>
>>Adding the initrd to the menu.lst automatically is
>> too problematic, that's why the decision was made not to touch menu.lst
>> from a post_upgrade scriptlet.
> why problematic to update frugalware entry with sed into menu.lst ?
>
>>
>> > I think we would bump, add some features too quickly and it's not
>> > enought tested. The result (I talk for me and probably some users)
>> > When I update my system I say what will be break with this update and
>> > It's not normal. (When I've choose to use frugalware it's also for the
>> > stability)
>>
>> I think your current problem is about a scriptlet did not touch
>> automatically a config file - while usually we consider that a feature.
> Ok
>> So in this particular case I don't think it's about too less testing.
> Perhpas but I'm not sure. For me it missing something but I don't know what.
>
>> Note that I actively try to control how much breakage do we have during
>> upgrades for each release - i.e. it was intentional that I did not want
>> dracut for 1.5, when we already caused enough problems for upgraders
>> with systemd.
> I know and I'm agree with that
>>
>> > Before bump add some features we should fix missing packages into 
>> > testsuite, ruby bump is not finish since some months some ruby pkg are 
>> > broken as deprecated rubygems...
>>
>> We already recommend doing such bumps in a WIP repo if it can't be
>> finished within a workday. So as long as we create a WIP repo for such
>> upgrades, it won't be a problem.
>>
>> To sum up: I understand your frustration, but I think that's the best we
>> could do right now. Users not interested in testing should use stable,
>> where we always publish an upgrade guide, that contains instructions on
>> how to avoid a kernel panic on reboot.
>>
>> BTW, if you read the news entry, I hope current will be usable for you
>> again. :)
> In french I don't have this entry :D
>
> And current work here I was just irritate after updated a box for have a 
> kernel panic.
>
>> Thanks.
>
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