[2946] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Status of Linux Installer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Wed Sep 6 14:27:21 2000
Message-Id: <200009061827.OAA05813@egyptian-gods.MIT.EDU>
To: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:20:10 EDT."
<200009061820.OAA22426@sweet-transvestite.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:27:13 -0400
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> * jdaniel is the only person outside of those involved in the original
> effort who has attempted to test the install. It failed, but we
> fixed the bugs.
Actually, I tested the install, found that the Athena RPMs had been
copied onto the NFS server without world-read bits, and fixed the
problem (but failed to tell anyone but tibbetts, whom I erroneously
blamed for the problem because he was listed as the owner of the
RPMs).
> * We need to talk to release-team and see if we can get them to agree
> to help us by getting Kernel updates for all architectures available
> and to commit to doing this in the future.
They're there. Since we also want to support non-i686 machines, they
will certainly be there for future kernels as well.
> * We need people to test. This is the thing that has me the most
> worried. :With the response we have seen so far within SIPB, I
> don't think we have people available with enough time to make this
> project a success.
If SIPB people won't do testing, ask for outside testers on linux-help
and/or linux-announce. (But try to have something which works on at
least one machine before doing this.)
