On 18/09/2015 02:34 μμ, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > > I disagree. The incredibly long list of Unetbootin bugs leads me to believe > it's > in a worse state than Startup Disk Creator: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unetbootin/+bugs?orderby=-id&start=0 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unetbootin/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-id&start=0 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=unetbootin > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775689
I agree with your disagreement. I consider Unetbootin almost a deprecated project. It's not in a good state as regards UEFI systems and has more bugs than fixes. > I have no objection to replacing Startup Disk Creator with something better, > but > the replacement would need to at least adhere to the following criteria: > > 1- Support UEFI > 2- Be easy to use (including user testing) > 3- Use a modern secure design (backend service that does the minimum > privileged > operations, frontend that supports multiple toolkits, communication over dbus > and policykit integration) > 4- Support udisks for proper hardware integration > 5- Be reliable > 6- Be written in a language that is maintainable > 7- Be of quality enough to pass a MIR (Main inclusion request) > 8- Have developers who are willing to commit to supporting it in the Ubuntu > archive, and for the duration of the LTS releases > I cannot remove or add anything to that list. Completely agree. -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality
