Debian Installer meeting summary - 2010.11.17

[Miguel Figueiredo <elmig@debianpt.org>]

2010.11.17 - d-i meeting summary

Meetbot log  - http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-boot/2010/debian-
boot.2010-11-17-20.05.html
Full IRC log - http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-boot/2010/debian-
boot.2010-11-17-20.05.log.html

Here's a short summary from the meeting:

Current isues:
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* #603459 hanged at partitioning step when the language is selected as Turkish 
- (which is now fixed - thanks cjwatson);
* "new" udebs, what should be added to the approval list - 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2010/10/msg00460.html 
* "incorrect partition tables, causing data loss and corruption" - 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2010/11/msg00651.html;
* "Several leakage fixes" series of patches thanks to maks - squeeze+1; 
* move to git in december (2010) - otavio, joey
* initrd is too fast for md - http://lists.debian.org/debian-
boot/2010/11/msg00310.html - assign to mdadm;
* #601782 installation report - beta1 installer fails with kernel error - 
drivers/md/md.c:6192, invalid opcode - reassign to linux-2.6;
* Trouble running the installer image for kFreeBSD/i386 - screen problems - 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2010/11/msg00250.html;
* #600671 - grub2 failed to install with lvm;
* Bug#602421: installation-reports: Squeeze Installation - apt does not appear 
to be scanning multiple DVDs correctly during graphical installation
(help needed);
* #603353 - dummy dpkg status causes warning. patch from Loïc Minier.
(not for squeeze);
* #603798 - /tmp being 777;
* #575309 - not for beta2, needs to be evaluated to RC1 or post-squeeze;
* volatile to be changed for -updates for squeeze;
* keep the same (ext3) default filesystem on current release.

Documentation
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* Wheezy goals page - create on wiki;
* wait for youpi's feedback on the manual patch (ssh installation)
* Installer artwork - http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/SpaceFun
(new artwork for squeeze)
* #agreed apply fix to the manual concerning preseed file
 (done);

Next d-i release
==========

* Beta2 is in preparation;
* For RC1 release only translation updates and fixes;

Next meeting
=========

Next meeting will take place in ~2 weeks. Details will follow on debian-boot.

-- 
Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards,

Miguel Figueiredo
http://www.DebianPT.org