Bug#715426: Bug # 715426: Interested in getting this done
On 25 November 2015 at 09:37, Roderick W. Smith <rod.smith@canonical.com> wrote:
> Thanks! FWIW, I made some changes to 0.10.0 to help get the packaging
> ready, although I realize it's not quite there yet. I need to do
> another pass through the files to get all the copyright details
> properly documented and create some patches to get the post-install
> script doing the right stuff (that is, not installing to the ESP
> automatically).
Nice! If you've got an Alioth account and commit on collab-maint,
feel free to commit directly to the WIP repo I set up (and if not, you
should definitely register for a -guest account :D;
https://alioth.debian.org/account/register.php).
I started converting the d/copyright file you've started over to the
DEP 5 format (http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/), but it still needs a
bit of work for sure (and I didn't check yet whether it already has a
section for debian/*, just copied the entires you'd already put in
with a TODO comment at the bottom for more work we need to do for full
format compliance).
> I was actually looking at the GRUB 2 packaging the other day, but it's
> VERY complex! I haven't looked at LILO, ELILO, SYSLINUX, or anything
> else yet. One concern/question I have is how the OS knows which, if
> any, boot loader should be installed. I'm not sure if this is an issue
> with Debian, but Ubuntu has a habit of re-installing GRUB if it's
> removed, which of course is annoying if you're using something else.
> If there's some approved Debian way of recording what boot loader(s)
> are in use, we should tie into that.
>
> I was planning on doing more work on this packaging issue this
> weekend, which is a long one in the US because of Thanksgiving.
Perhaps we punt on the postinst for now and just document in a
README.Debian or something how to install it? Having "refind-install"
(and all the proper files) available is leaps and bounds ahead of
where we're at now in the archive, so IMO just that would be a great
start. :) (With the plus side being that we could upload that as soon
as we get the d/copyright finished.)
♥,
- Tianon
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