[Frugalware-devel] 0.6rc1 freeze plan

[Alex Smith]

Gabriel C wrote:
> Alex Smith wrote:
>> Gabriel C wrote:
>>> Gabriel C wrote:
>>>> Gabriel C wrote:
>>>>> VMiklos wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>> Na Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 03:52:09PM +0000, Alex Smith 
>>>>>> <alex at alex-smith.me.uk> pisal(a):
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>> Yes, sounds good. I'll try to get my packages up to date now then :)
>>>>>>> I'll also help with testing the ISOs considering the problems I had
>>>>>>> with pre2 ;)
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>> the candidate isos are there, here is the testing plan:
>>>>>> - net: vmikos (done)
>>>>>> - cd: alex (pending)
>>>>>> - dvd: boobaa/crazy (pending)
>>>>>>       
>>>>> I'm downloading the DVD :P will take a bit. Also I'll do as always 
>>>>> en|hu installs for :
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Default
>>>>> 2) kde only
>>>>> 3) gnome only
>>>>> 4) xfce4
>>>>>
>>>>> Should be done tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>> Heh does not work here :|
>>>>
>>>> All I  get after the 'groups' selection is :
>>>>
>>>> " error: failed to parse config ( could not set parameter ) "
>>>>
>>>> and I can't continue in any way. Even 'base' only gives me that error.
>>>>
>>>> boobaa does it work for you ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Latest *iso's are working. One thing is broken and this is XFS. ( 
>>> later on an workaround on howto install with XFS )
>>> Here is what I've done testing (all installs in DE only , sry but I 
>>> have no time to test de|en|hu ):
>>>
>>> Netinstall -> base only , 2 installs (  ext3 , reiserfs ) ( some 
>>> random -Sy of apps && groups after first boot ) - ALL fine -
>>> CD1 -> base only 3 installs ( ext3 , reiserfs , xfs[with workaround] 
>>> ) ( random -Sy of apps  && groups after first boot ) - ALL fine -
>>> CD1 -> base|net|devel|libs 1install ( ext3 ) - ALL fine -
>>> DVD1 -> default install+e17, 2 installs ( ext3 , reiserfs ) ( tested 
>>> all Desktops [gnome,kde,xfce4,e17] ) - ALL fine - ( and BTW the fonts 
>>> looks nice on a fresh install :P )
>>> DVD1 -> base only 4 installs ( ext{2,3} , reiserfs , xfs[with 
>>> workaround] ) - ALL fine - ( -Sy of network*+devel after first boot 
>>> and tested some network apps )
>>>
>>> Grub got installed in MBR[*] in all installs.
>>>
>>> * XFS won't install in MBR from setup _at all_ , all it does is to 
>>> hang forever.
>>>   To get it to install you need to :
>>>   1) get to tty2
>>>   2) killall grub
>>>   3) chroot /mnt/target
>>>   4) sbin/grub-install /dev/XXX
>>>   5) exit
>>>   6) back to tty1
>>>
>>>   More issues with XFS on reboot , some demons just random qiuts , 
>>> segfaults. XFS is slow as hell on install :|
>>>   So IMO R.I.P :P We should ripp it off from setup for final.
>>>
>>>
>>> vmiklos if we need more test poke ,maybe I have some time later to do 
>>> some more installs.
>>>
>>> Anyway just for record :)
>>>
>>> Base install only eats '338,1 MB' ( 144 packages ) and is really fast 
>>> installed 4 - 10 minutes to first reboot. ( depending on the box )
>>> DVD1 'default' install eats '4049 MB' ( 1188 packages ) and is done 
>>> installed in like 25m - 1h ( depending on the box )
>>>
>>> Well and  I found some things we should change for final but nothing 
>>> critical. I'll poke the maintainers on this later.
>>>
>>>
>>> crazy
>>
>> So there's no need for me to download the ISOs? Sorry it took so long, 
>> my inet is *very* slow :(
>>
> 
> CD1+CD2 isn't tested yet. BTW if you already got CD1 just rsync it is 
> done in some minutes cause no big changes at all.
> like :
> 
> cd the_folder_where_the_iso_is
> rsync -avP 
> frugalware.org:/home/ftp/pub/frugalware/frugalware-testing-iso/frugalware-0.6rc1-i686-cd1.iso 
> ./
> 
> I'm in a bit on IRC but I don't have the time right now for more 
> installs :)
> 
> crazy

Cool, thanks :) I'll try to test it soon.

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Alex Smith
Frugalware Linux developer - http://www.frugalware.org