On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 07:51:28PM +0200, Andreas W?st wrote: > Hi > > >> Maybe I did not not correctly explain myself, but I meant a list > >> corresponding to the debian releases (potato, woody, future releases) in > >> the first place, sitting on the debian ports page, although > > > > well this is easy, put the list in sgml format into the boot-floppies > > source tree. your too late to update potato, but we can certainly > > make sure woody has an accurate list before release, and then it will > > never be changed, because stable releases will never be changed. > > > Well, but that's what Chris Tillman is actually doing. What I am thinking of > is a dynamic list which gets updated as soon as a new hardware device, new > release update, new release, or other essential changes of the kernel or > boot-floppies come up, and lists all debian releases. For example something > like this: > > Releases boot-floppies > Device woody potato woody potato > ------------------------------------ > > Apple Computer > abc x x x x > def x x > ghi x x x > jkl x* x x x > mno x** x x x > pqr x x > > Motorola > stx > . > . > . > > [* please upgrade to 2.4.x kernel to take full advantage of your system > ** please use woody boot floppies for better install] > > This list can of course be altered, but just to get a impression of what I am > thinking of. > > Because, if some newbie enters debian.org, interested in debian for powerpc, > he > will first get trough to the ports pages (if he knows what ports mean), then
exactly what happened to me > to powerpc, and finally to install, where he will be presented a list which is > (more or less) completely outdated. Searching for my TiBook I will end up > with, > oh, does not seem to be supported. Hmm, ok, which distro is next on my > evaluation list, uhhm, ok, lets go to www.redhat.com... yup > So, thats fine, but there should be at least an up-to-date list available > (listing only debian releases) > on the debian website, where one not has to first search for the testing > install-manual (which is not obvious) to get a breakdown of the current > models. > > Well, if something like this would be useful and is desired I would maybe > volunteer to maintain such a page. > I certainly think it'd be valuable. > BTW: I could also be thinking of something like a form-to-mail survey page > with buttons for all powerpc models, release, boot-floppies and a button with > the > option running/not running, where newbies could report the status of their > systems, so, if its running on their specific piece of hardware or not. With > the help of this form, we could provide status info about machines who are not > yet tested with the various debian releases. I had this idea too, but don't know how hard it would be to implement. it seems like even if it just collects the information and dumps it in a text file somewhere, then someday someone could come along and make sense of it. Or, make it like a guestbook / poll type thing, where people can feel like they're contributing just by weighing in; a place for comments and a way to see the last 20 or so. As in, mivox.com/cgi-bin/tekbook.cgi . -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `- | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
