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
Encrypted Boot IPA key Management	Dave Lehman / Miloslav Trmac	Fedora12
FirstAidKit (Improving Rescue Mode)	JoelGranados / MartinSivak	Fedora10 with improvements in Fedora 11
Make EDD code more usable	PeterJones	??
Rework buildinstall	MartinGracik	Fedora12
Make VNC options more accessible	MartinSivak
Support installation from NFSv4 sources	??
Load storage controller firmware to systems that need it	??
Preserve /home on upgrade (bug #435402)	??	Fedora10

Features from previous releases

Feature	Owner	Target completion	Committed
Land new pyparted and port anaconda to it	DavidCantrell	Fedora11	Yes
Simplify text mode	ChrisLumens	Fedora 11	Yes
Replace partitioning code - Storage Rewrite	DaveLehman	Fedora11	Yes
Improved netconfig UI with NetworkManager by default	DavidCantrell	Fedora10	Yes
Save exceptions straight to bugzilla	ChrisLumens	Fedora10	Yes
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	Yes
Use libblkid for filesystem probing	JeremyKatz	Fedora9	Yes
Stop using kudzu for probing	BillNottingham	Fedora9	Yes