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Beg your pardon: The sf.net project of Dracut contains a single developer (Harald). Not exactly "cross distribution community", isn't it? So what's the value in dropping nash/mkinitrd? | Beg your pardon: The sf.net project of Dracut contains a single developer (Harald). Not exactly "cross distribution community", isn't it? So what's the value in dropping nash/mkinitrd? | ||
- Going through git just in the last few days I see commits from David Dillow (no idea), Harald Hoyer (Fedora), Warren Togami (Fedora), Peter Jones (Fedora), Seewer Philippe (No idea either) and Victor Lowther (no idea) . Dracut is very active and has multiple developers. Looking at the mailing list I see posts by Kay Sievers (openSUSE). I would stay they are doing a good effort building a vibrant community and a project that has potential for buy in from multiple distributions. | - Going through git just in the last few days I see commits from David Dillow (no idea), Harald Hoyer (Fedora), Warren Togami (Fedora), Peter Jones (Fedora), Seewer Philippe (No idea either) and Victor Lowther (no idea) . Dracut is very active and has multiple developers. Looking at the mailing list I see posts by Kay Sievers (openSUSE). I would stay they are doing a good effort building a vibrant community and a project that has potential for buy in from multiple distributions. | ||
== Dependencies? == | |||
[[User:jlaska]] - nash and mkinitrd are tightly coupled with the installer, should this be listed as a dependency? What changes are needed in that space to accommodate dracut? | |||
Additionally, there are a fair number of requirements on the <code>mkinitrd</code> package. Are changes required in any of the following packages that %require mkinitrd? | |||
<pre> | |||
/bin/bash | |||
/bin/sh | |||
/sbin/insmod.static | |||
/sbin/losetup | |||
coreutils | |||
cpio | |||
device-mapper | |||
dhclient | |||
diffutils | |||
dmraid | |||
e2fsprogs >= 1.38-12 | |||
elfutils-libelf | |||
filesystem >= 2.1.0 | |||
fileutils | |||
findutils | |||
grep | |||
grubby = 6.0.86-2.fc11 | |||
gzip | |||
initscripts >= 8.63-1 | |||
isomd5sum | |||
kbd | |||
libselinux | |||
libsepol | |||
lvm2 >= 2.02.33-9 | |||
mdadm | |||
mktemp >= 1.5-5 | |||
mount | |||
nash = 6.0.86-2.fc11 | |||
plymouth >= 0.6.0-0.2008.09.10.1 | |||
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 | |||
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 | |||
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 | |||
tar | |||
</pre> | |||
== Contingency plan? == | |||
[[User:jlaska]] - can you add more detail to the contingency plan around what steps would be expected if the sky fell and we need to roll-out the changes? Things I'm thinking are ... | |||
* Would we need to build, tag and package <code>mkinird</code> for dist-f12? | |||
* Revert any related <code>anaconda</code> changes? | |||
* Revert any additional changes to dependent packages? | |||
* Remove relevant release notes documentation? | |||
== How To Test? == | |||
[[User:jlaska]] - can you be more specific how someone can test this feature before and after the dracut package is included in rawhide? A good "how to test" should answer these four questions: | |||
# What special hardware / data / etc. is needed (if any)? | |||
# How do I prepare my system to test this feature? What packages need to be installed, config files edited, etc.? | |||
# What specific actions do I perform to check that the feature is working like it's supposed to? | |||
# What are the expected results of those actions? | |||
Latest revision as of 14:34, 18 June 2009
Beg your pardon: The sf.net project of Dracut contains a single developer (Harald). Not exactly "cross distribution community", isn't it? So what's the value in dropping nash/mkinitrd?
- Going through git just in the last few days I see commits from David Dillow (no idea), Harald Hoyer (Fedora), Warren Togami (Fedora), Peter Jones (Fedora), Seewer Philippe (No idea either) and Victor Lowther (no idea) . Dracut is very active and has multiple developers. Looking at the mailing list I see posts by Kay Sievers (openSUSE). I would stay they are doing a good effort building a vibrant community and a project that has potential for buy in from multiple distributions.
Dependencies?
User:jlaska - nash and mkinitrd are tightly coupled with the installer, should this be listed as a dependency? What changes are needed in that space to accommodate dracut?
Additionally, there are a fair number of requirements on the mkinitrd package. Are changes required in any of the following packages that %require mkinitrd?
/bin/bash /bin/sh /sbin/insmod.static /sbin/losetup coreutils cpio device-mapper dhclient diffutils dmraid e2fsprogs >= 1.38-12 elfutils-libelf filesystem >= 2.1.0 fileutils findutils grep grubby = 6.0.86-2.fc11 gzip initscripts >= 8.63-1 isomd5sum kbd libselinux libsepol lvm2 >= 2.02.33-9 mdadm mktemp >= 1.5-5 mount nash = 6.0.86-2.fc11 plymouth >= 0.6.0-0.2008.09.10.1 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 tar
Contingency plan?
User:jlaska - can you add more detail to the contingency plan around what steps would be expected if the sky fell and we need to roll-out the changes? Things I'm thinking are ...
- Would we need to build, tag and package
mkinirdfor dist-f12? - Revert any related
anacondachanges? - Revert any additional changes to dependent packages?
- Remove relevant release notes documentation?
How To Test?
User:jlaska - can you be more specific how someone can test this feature before and after the dracut package is included in rawhide? A good "how to test" should answer these four questions:
- What special hardware / data / etc. is needed (if any)?
- How do I prepare my system to test this feature? What packages need to be installed, config files edited, etc.?
- What specific actions do I perform to check that the feature is working like it's supposed to?
- What are the expected results of those actions?