We're having a meeting today in Oldenburg at 1 pm to talk about both immediate release plans and post-sarge d-i stuff. This is just a draft of some things we might want to cover at the meeting. Release plans: Come up with a draft release timeline, based on this one: 29 Sep last day for udeb changes for tc2 udebs propigated to testing (rc1 breaks) 30 Sep release tc2 (or give up on the idea) string freeze begins 7 Oct translation uploads last day to upload fixes to packages on initrds 8 Oct initrd builds start for rc2 21 Oct initrd builds finish (or earlier..) last day for uploads of any udebs or debs for rc2 22 Oct udebs propigated to testing (tc1 breaks) full debian freeze probably starts here final CD builds 23 Oct testing begins 29 Oct web site updates and rc2 release Current blocking issues for tc2: - 2.6 red screen of death? (or errata) - finish hppa kernel updates? - integrate pcmcia resource range patch? And blocking issues for rc2: - top of TODO - new ones should always be added to TODO Post-sarge: * branch repo for post-sarge work - when? possibly as soon as we freeze for rc2 * individual plans: Mine: - rework lvm setup to allow preseeding lvm installs - remove skolelinux/woody compatability code - switch to discover 2 - switch to cdebootstrap - 2.6 as default kernel on i386 - 2.6 floppies on i386 - fix pkg-lists names to match images - improve udeb dependancies and use fully in pkg-lists Others: - improve base-installer kernel robustness (Kamion) - improve base-installer progress bar granularity (Kamion) - merged/rewritten localechooser (Bubulle) - 16 mb installs - * how to keep things working mostly despite all the changes? * sarge updates - getting needed debs into sarge? - and udebs.. * keeping etch d-i working as a sarge installer -- see shy jo
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