Bug#740786: Bug#740787: libdebian-installer: add support for the Buffalo Linkstation LS-XHL

[Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>]

On Fri, 2014-03-14 at 12:25 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> (2014-03-14):
> > On Fri, 2014-03-14 at 00:14 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > > Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> (2014-03-12):
> > > > On Tue, 2014-03-11 at 00:31 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > > > > Ian, any comments/objections? Should I commit and upload the package?
> > > > 
> > > > I've applied the patch to git.
> > > 
> > > [ sending to both libdebian-installer && flash-kernel bug reports. ]
> > > 
> > > Thanks. Should we get both packages uploaded, and migrated soon, so as to
> > > get the patches into jessie alpha 1 images? If there's no hurry, uploading
> > > after images are published is fine with me. You tell me. :)
> > 
> > What is the timeline for jessie alpha 1 images? I was hoping to spend a
> > bit of time on Sunday sweeping through some of the other bugs and other
> > outstanding stuff, I don't know whether I'll manage it or not but either
> > way uploading after Sunday evening would be good. If the alpha is
> > tomorrow or Sunday then there is no point in waiting and they might as
> > well be uploaded now.
> 
> Given <[🔎] 20140314111003.GB14054@mraw.org>, I think we should be able to
> push a fix in apt-setup (too), and be ready to upload debian-installer,
> then build images.
> 
> I think I'm going to upload those, and then get them into testing using
> age-days/urgent on the release team side:
>  - libdebian-installer: need it into testing before uploading d-i, it
>    has bits in initramfs
>  - maybe other d-i packages with l10n changes.
> 
> → debian-installer upload should happen before the weekend

That's fine with me.

> And those want to be in testing before we start building images:
>  - apt-setup: the fix mentioned above, should be uploaded very soon.
>  - flash-kernel: changes in git are quite straightforward, so uploading
>    them would be OK. I have no arm* hardware to built it on, though. I
>    think it would be nice to have Seagate FreeAgent DockStar and
>    Buffalo Linkstation LS-XHL support merged for jessie alpha 1; other
>    bug fixes can wait a bit, I guess? (That also means you don't get any
>    extra pressure to hunt bugs down this weekend ;))
> 
> → cdimage building: probably beginning of next week.
> 
> Does that sound sane to you?

Yes.

Ian.