> Under development: > * debian-installer > * package and release signatures (verifying the integrity of both > individual packages and the entire release) > * debian-jr > * ??? (probably lots of other things) don't forget all the new architectures. hppa is definitely targetting woody, with support from HP and LinuxCare. We also have MIPS, SH and IA64 (hmmm...) in the works. > So I think the thing we probably need to focus first on is getting some > way to install woody directly. Which means we need to decide whether > we're going to keep hammering away at debian-installer until it actually > becomes usable, or if we're going to bite the bullet and just accept > that we're going to use boot-floppies again, not be able to improve > them much and get flamed for it in all the woody reviews too. if we are targetting mid-2001 I think there's a small chance we can get debian-installer done if we get more people working on it. right now there are probably about 5 people doing active commits to debian-installer CVS. I think it'll be safer for us to target boot-floppies, but with the obvious problem of dividing our scarce resources. > If we > do go with boot-floppies for woody, I'd be strongly inclined towards > downplaying debian-installer so as not to divide the testing effort and > leave us with a choice of two installation methods that both suck. To get > boot-floppies to work with woody at about the same quality as potato's > install, will likely take a couple of months; to get debian-installer > to work at a similar quality could take... four months? six? perhaps if we can put together a "hit list" of things to fix for boot-floppies, we can tackle it more effectively? Any volunteers? > Once our installer works acceptably, we'll have (hopefully) a short > gradual freeze. So a first test cycle of a couple of weeks where the > installer and base are frozen and the initial install is checked, and > any last minute problems with standard packages are fixed. Anything we are going to do differently from previous versions so we don't end up with a 9-month freeze? randolph -- Debian Developer <tausq@debian.org> http://www.TauSq.org/
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