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This page is about public meetings the DebianInstaller team held. Dates and times are in [http://peswiki.com/index.php/UTC UTC]. The meetings usually take place on the #debian-boot IRC channel on irc.freenode.org. They are announced on the debian-boot mailing list.
March 2006, 2006.03.04.1700
Please note that in case the beta2 release (due out on March 1st) is delayed, the meeting will also be delayed.
Topics:
- Summary of the beta2 release. Celebrate the first release managed by Frans with virtual beverages.
Discussion concerning the kernel .udeb and the way we will be handling out-of-tree modules and non-free modules or firmware. This involves improving d-i/anna/libd-i/whatever to handle more than one apt source for .udebs.?BRSome relevant threads:
- Next release plans
- beta3 or RC1?
start active work on persistent device naming (goal-->set a separate meeting for this issue)
- find a flexible method to reorder menu items for certain installation methods; option to drop menu items for an installation
- use cases:
- network-console after loading extra components (#288053)
- language-chooser after network-console
- don't offer 'start a shell' in G-I (as it won't work)
- using Etch d-i to install Sarge
- 2.6 based floppies?
- look into implementation of Sylvain's work on lowmem
- g-i integration
- graphical partitioner tool (Xavier Oswald work)
January 2006, 2006.01.28.1700
[http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/d-i/irc-meeting-20060128/log Log]
Topics (general timing 70-80mins):
- 2.6.15 kernel status
- ramdisk generator status (10mins)
- moving of kernel module .udebs under the linux-2.6 common package infrastructure (10mins)
- Status of the udebs transition:
- general udebs (5mins)
- arch-specific udebs (10mins)
- Release blockers (if there are some) (5-15mins)
- Finalize the schedule (15mins)
- Other topics to discuss (if time left):
- g-i: summary of Extremadura activities and general point about g-i (10mins)
- status of partman-crypto (if Max is at the meeting) (5mins)