Hey folks, Cyril and I are in broad agreement on stuff, just adding a couple of points...
On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:44:47PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >Hi Paul, > >Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> (2023-02-17): >> Yes, I know the debian-installer is not a done deal, so kibi, please >> let us know where you think we stand with d-i (briefly is OK, I know >> you normally report extensively elsewhere) and when you think d-i can >> realistically be in a releasable state. (Saying: "in June" is fine, >> than we can plan accordingly). > >----BEGIN VERY WILD GUESS---- > >With a release going out this week-end, I think the next one with >bugfixes or improvements based on user or developer feedback couldn't >happen before 2 weeks. And I'd expect 2 more releases after that to iron >things out, with at least 1 week between each. > >That'd mean end of March, beginning April at the soonest. > >Depending on what we encounter, and possible changes in other packages >in the archive, we might have various delays, so it's probably best to >add 2-4 extra weeks to that. +1 >I'll let Steve comment on the bootloader aspect (brand new shim just >arrived, not sure how much time / how many iterations we might need to >get it in shape for bookworm; plus we've gotten some fixes in grub but I >think some further changes are planned). Exactly. I'm just doing the packaging updates for shim-signed now, and obviously I'll be doing a lump of testing too. I don't expect any more updates for *shim* itself before bookworm, but there might be a couple of rounds of bugfixing and testing for shim-signed here. Grub could do with a bit more effort. There are a few edge-cases I'd like to pick up on, and (as you know!) quite a few RC bugs yet. Now we have a working arm64 shim, I suspect there will be a little more work needed to validate arm64 SB; I think we might be missing some needed patches there. Maybe 3-4 weeks for grub stuff altogether </handwave>. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me
