On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 08:22:38PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Marcel wrote: > > - work on bugs (we have one outstanding release critical bug > > that has not yet been handled in our CVS tree) > > Yeah -- note all the 'closes: Bug#...' stuff I recently put in the > changelog. > > > - boxes.c that handles all screen sizes properly (I will not commit > > this before we have a stable upload, this is on the backburner..) > > > > - http base system fetching (I will not commit this before we have a > > stable and fully working upload) > > Ok -- but isn't http base fetching a new feature? Is that really on > the front burner, and if so, why? It isn't on the frontburner, though I've started work on it after finishing the untested drivers setup change yesterday. > My vision is that once we get the core stuff going (root, boot, > drivers, base, doc) and building right, we should do a test release > source upload. > > Then we work on new features and more bug fixes, such as what you have > above. Also, we need a GUI for tasks selection, a lilo rework for > i386, many documentation corrections, and also hopefully some > "automated installation" changes. > > > What prevents us from uploading a hyper-nuke test source upload now? > > > > Working driver disks, at least for i386. I don't know how other platforms > > handle the increased size of the drivers. > > > > I have changed dbootstrap to handle drivers the same way as the base > > system is handled, i.e. split disks. I also changed drivers.sh. These > > changes were implemented this afternoon on a workstation at my work. I > > haven't tested them yet... > > Ok -- btw, are you changing stuff just for i386 ? > > I am quite sure all architectures will need to split boot/root and > also split the drivers disk. It should be portable. It's the same mechanism as the base disks use, nothing fancy. Marcel
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