Anaconda/Features

Anaconda Features

There are a lot of things being worked on within anaconda at any given time. We're trying to do a better job of keeping track of what's being worked on, requested, or planned to be worked on. Some of these aren't currently being worked or driven by anyone. If you're interested in one of these features, we encourage you to work up a basic design (or the start of some code) and send it to anaconda-devel-list@redhat.com for review and comment. If you want to work on something not listed here, the same is true

Proposed / In-Progress Features

Feature	Owner	Target completion	Committed
FirstAidKit (Improving Rescue Mode)	JoelGranados / MartinSivak	Fedora10	yes
Improved netconfig UI with NetworkManager by default	DavidCantrell	Fedora10
Improved templating in bootloader configuration	ElliotPeele	??
Make EDD code more usable	PeterJones	??
Merge additional backends from rPath	ElliotPeele	??
Land new pyparted and port anaconda to it	DavidCantrell	Fedora10
Rework buildinstall	JesseKeating	??
Support for dogtail scripts	AlexanderTodorov	Fedora9	Yes
Make VNC options more accessible	??	??
Support installation from NFSv4 sources	??	??
Make the maintenance of text mode less intensive	??	??
Load storage controller firmware to systems that need it	??	??
Our partitioning code is junk and needs to go	Fedora11	??
Preserve /home on upgrade (bug #435402)	??	Fedora10

Features from previous releases

Feature	Owner	Target completion	Committed
Support for installation to encrypted block devices	DaveLehman	Fedora9	Yes
Allow setting the install source from the second stage	ChrisLumens	Fedora9	Yes
Implement support for resizing partitions	JeremyKatz	Fedora9	Yes
Allow download of packages for upgrade prior to rebooting into anaconda	JeremyKatz / SethVidal	Fedora9
Use libblkid for filesystem probing	JeremyKatz	Fedora9	Yes
Stop using kudzu for probing	BillNottingham	Fedora9	Yes