On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 05:49:43PM +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Harald Jenny (har...@a-little-linux-box.at): > > On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 10:15:01AM +0100, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Am 01.11.2010 13:51, schrieb Christian PERRIER: > > > > > > >>> The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the first beta > > > >>> release of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze. > > > [..] > > > >> I was wondering if there will be WPA support in D-I for squeeze, as > > > >> this > > > > No. Nobody did the needed tests on the patch proposed in > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=22;bug=327309 > > > > > > Are there some guidelines on how to test this patch? > > > > Patch does not apply cleanly to netcfg's newest version (at least not for > > me) > > - currently working on a new patch and a wpa_supplicant udeb (just for > > testing > > right now). "Testing" will be done on amd64 with WPA2-PSK and hidden ssid. > > > Please note that this patch is quite likely to add new localized > strings to D-I and I know about an l10n coordinator which will be very > unhappy if new material is bringed in at the very last minute while we > had *months* for bringing it in on time beforehand.
Agreed but to my defense: I'm subscribed to debian-devel since 21 Jul 2010. > > I'm really sorry, but if people want WPA in the installer, then they > should probably wake up at moments, in the release process, we are > developing new features, not when we are desperately trying to > stabilize things. Well the patch is dated in 2008, so yes, people should have been quicker voting and working for this feature. > > As is, if this patch adds localizable material, I'll object against I'm fairly sure it will but I guess in case this feature is important enough for a good number of people an unofficial installer version may be made available until Wheezy is released (at least for i386 and amd64). > it. > > Kind regards Harald -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101102193249.ga14...@harald-has.a-little-linux-box.at
