Re: D-I Etch+1/2 kernel selection (was: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline)

2008-02-06 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 05 February 2008, dann frazier wrote: On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 01:53:43AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: Finally I created the etch-support udeb which does two things: 1) add an early base-installer hook script that sets the 'altmeta' template 2) add an partman init.d hook script

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-05 Thread dann frazier
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 05:23:14PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: As suggested by Frans, with many good points, we'll release with 2.6.22 but just after it, we'll start to work to release another beta with 2.6.24 kernel. This should allow us to install a etchnhalf 2.6.24 on hardware supported

Re: D-I Etch+1/2 kernel selection (was: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline)

2008-02-05 Thread dann frazier
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 01:53:43AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: Finally I created the etch-support udeb which does two things: 1) add an early base-installer hook script that sets the 'altmeta' template 2) add an partman init.d hook script that changes the default inode_size from 256 to 128

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-05 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* dann frazier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-02-05 01:13]: On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 05:23:14PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: As suggested by Frans, with many good points, we'll release with 2.6.22 but just after it, we'll start to work to release another beta with 2.6.24 kernel. This should

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-05 Thread Otavio Salvador
Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Given we're doing a beta based on 2.6.22 now, how quickly could we get another beta based on 2.6.24 out? Can you be done relatively quickly after the beta based on 2.6.22? I guess we can. d-i itself isn't receiving deeply changes latelly (except

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-05 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 04 February 2008, Frans Pop wrote: You've probably seen that a new grub has been uploaded, which should solve this issue for unstable and etch^Wlenny. However, there are also plans to use the Lenny Beta release of the installer for Etch+1/2 installations: installs of Etch, but with

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-05 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Otavio Salvador [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-02-05 16:43]: d-i itself isn't receiving deeply changes latelly (except latest Frans partman improvements but that has been very well test by him, as usual) and other minor things. I guess we could do another in begin of April or so, dunno for sure. I

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-05 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 03 February 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: Also note that I have _never_ intended the massbuild script to be used for mass uploads when switching to a new kernel minor version [1]. I still feel that porters should be responsible for checking their configurations and included

Re: D-I Etch+1/2 kernel selection (was: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline)

2008-02-04 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Frans Pop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Sorry for the long explanation below, but I really want people to understand what is happening and why so we are agreed on this implementation and don't have nasty surprises after the point release. Your mail (which I read carefully) requires ACK from

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Kartik Mistry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Feb 4, 2008 12:53 AM, Otavio Salvador [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With all comments that has been sent to this thread, I've changed the timeline to the following: snip +--+---+ |March 3, 2007

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Before begin to answer, I want to say that I agree with you and will follow your advice of do a 2.6.22 based release and prepare a beta2 changing the kernel just after beta1 release. On Thursday 31 January 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: - kernel to release

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 With all comments that has been sent to this thread, I've changed the timeline to the following: +--+---+ | Date | What happens |

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 03 February 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: - e2fsprogs inode size change Lastest release[1] changed the default inode size to 256 bytes. This is not yet on lenny but is already available on sid and will hit lenny in few days. 1.

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sunday 03 February 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: - e2fsprogs inode size change Lastest release[1] changed the default inode size to 256 bytes. This is not yet on lenny but is already available on sid and will hit lenny in few days.

D-I Etch+1/2 kernel selection (was: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline)

2008-02-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 03 February 2008, Frans Pop wrote: I have been quite disappointed that there was no real follow-up to my mails, which now leaves us in the situation that there is basically no support yet to select the correct kernel for etch+1/2. Being the sucker that I am, I did start to look into

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-03 Thread Frans Pop
Hello Ted, On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:00:20 -0500, Ted Tso wrote: If the grub maintainers can't figure out a way to break up the monolithic patch quickly, or to get it incorporated into Debian, or get it upstreamed ASAP, one of the things that I could do is change mke2fs.conf in the udeb file, so

Bug#463123: Info received (Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline)

2008-02-03 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the package maintainer(s) and to other interested parties to accompany the original report. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Theodore Y.

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... You've probably seen that a new grub has been uploaded, which should solve this issue for unstable and etch. Lenny ... -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R - E-mail:

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-03 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Feb 4, 2008 12:53 AM, Otavio Salvador [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With all comments that has been sent to this thread, I've changed the timeline to the following: snip +--+---+ |March 3, 2007 |planned release date

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:51:07PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: It's far to early to switch d-i to 2.6.24, especially since it drops support for most of /proc/acpi, including the parts used by laptop-detect. I suspect you already know this, but for the record, that's not an intrinsic property of

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Otavio Salvador wrote: We have 2.6.22 as a safe bed on lenny now and their udebs are there too however since EtchAndHalf intends to release with 2.6.24 and it has been uploaded to sid already I'm considering a better option to us to release

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-02 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hi, On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:51:07PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: It's far to early to switch d-i to 2.6.24, especially since it drops support for most of /proc/acpi, including the parts used by laptop-detect. I still think this switch was an extremely premature and really, really bad idea. We

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 02 February 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: It's far to early to switch d-i to 2.6.24, especially since it drops support for most of /proc/acpi, including the parts used by laptop-detect. I've uploaded laptop-detect with this fixed (using your provided patch) so it is solved on

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 31 January 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: - kernel to release We have 2.6.22 as a safe bed on lenny now and their udebs are there too however since EtchAndHalf intends to release with 2.6.24 and it has been uploaded to sid already I'm considering a better option to us

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 01 February 2008, dann frazier wrote: Is there anything special we need to add to deal with etch 1/2 kernel metapackages? We were talking about using a name like linux-image-2.6-686-etchnhalf. As I explained in my mails re etch+1/2 some time back [1] , D-I simply will not install

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-02 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Frans Pop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): My conclusion is that unless you are willing to significantly delay the Beta release, I don't see any way you can do the release with 2.6.24. I would suggest to do the release with 2.6.22 and keep the option to do a quick new release based on 2.6.24.

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-02-01 Thread Joey Hess
Otavio Salvador wrote: We have 2.6.22 as a safe bed on lenny now and their udebs are there too however since EtchAndHalf intends to release with 2.6.24 and it has been uploaded to sid already I'm considering a better option to us to release with it. linux-2.6 has been built

Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-01-31 Thread Otavio Salvador
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [ Reply-To adjusted to debian-boot so we can keep this discussion in a single mailing list ] Hello folks, I've been working at migrations of packages for lenny and I think we're more or less fine to define a timeline to the end of Febuary for the

Re: Beta1 missing decisions and possible timeline

2008-01-31 Thread dann frazier
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 08:04:23PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: - kernel to release We have 2.6.22 as a safe bed on lenny now and their udebs are there too however since EtchAndHalf intends to release with 2.6.24 and it has been uploaded to sid already I'm considering a better