Plans for di-netboot-assistant (and debian-installer-netboot-***)

[Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>]

We had a discussion during DebConf about di-netboot-assistant.

Here are the ideas we gathered

Verifying netboot image signatures
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	netboot images for Debian are already signed by Release file
	1. check SHA256SUM only
	2. download the Release file
	3. verify the GPG signature for SHA256 only
          "gpgv --keyring .... /usr/share/keyrings/debian-role-keys.gpg"

	Daily image ?
	TODO! note: the HTTP directory hierarchy for Daily and regular
                    release aren't the same.


Easier installation of netboot images
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Idea: Installing a debian-installer-netboot-*** image should invoke
di-netboot-assistant in postinst.


di-netboot-assistant 
	Suggests: debian-installer-netboot-amd64
	Suggests: debian-installer-netboot-i386

debian-installer-netboot-{amd64,i386}
	Recommends: di-netboot-assistant
	
	in postinst 
	=> di-netboot-assistant install --package=debian-installer-netboot-amd64

	Note: each time the debian-installer-netboot-amd64 is upgraded on the 
        system, then debian-installer-netboot-amd64 overwrites that TFTP directory.


Debian-CD
	Put a copy of the netboot image on the DVD.
	
	Which format should be on the DVD? .deb, tarball, extracted ?
	Which netboot image arch should be present on which DVD image ?


Validate the di-source file.
	implement a feature to make sure that all the netboot images listed in
	/etc/di-netboot-assistant/di-source.list exist


Andreas and Franklin