--- trunk/doc/TODO	2003/11/01 16:19:52	5564
+++ trunk/doc/TODO	2003/11/01 16:47:02	5565
@@ -1,66 +1,41 @@
 Important things to do before preview release
 =============================================
-Following up on Anthony Town's mail "Chaos and Damnation!"
-http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2003/debian-boot-200304/msg00067.html
+
 Here's a list of urgent things we need to do before issuing a preview
 release.
 
- * Finish the libdebian-installer transition, get a working install again.
-   Stauts: done or nearly so
+  * There are rumours that udeb_include and/or udeb_exclude are broken.
+    Is this true?
 
- * Finish partitioning/mkfs/mkswap/mount migration
-   - Call mkfstab somewhere. base-installer?
+  * Get the severities of the linux-kernel-di package fixed, they are
+    overrdidden to bad values and this makes some hardware and filesystems
+    unavailable by default in the installer.
 
- * HW detection [Petter Reinholdtsen]
+  * Fix mkreiserfs to not hang. (#213314)
 
-   - We need to start using module names from kernel 2.4 instead of 2.2
-     The fix is to migrate hw-detect (ddetect) to discover2.  We are
-     working with Jeff Licquia from Progeny to get this working.
-     (#179048)
-     (In the meantime, discover has been fixed to use 2.4 names.)
+  * Finish the libdebian-installer transition, get a working install again.
+    (Done or nearly so.)
 
- * Split off hostname configuration from netcfg.
-   See #201707 and #201869.
+  * Split off hostname configuration from netcfg.
+    See #201707 and #201869.
 
- * Error handling.  We need to make sure the user is told so when
-   something goes wrong.
+  * Error handling.  We need to make sure the user is told so when
+    something goes wrong. It's especially bad for debootstrap.
 
- * Progress bar when running mkfs
+  * Progress bar when running mkfs.
 
-This is a list of common mistakes that need to be corrected throughout the
-code base:
+  * bogl-term refresh problem
 
-  * All debconf commands that INPUT, GO, GET or SET questions should check
-    their return value. This is pure evil:
+  * Get some new successful CD installation reports with builds newer than
+    the Oct 8th build.
 
-    debconf->command(debconf, "GET", "mirror/distribution", NULL); /* unchecked return code ! */
-    asprintf(&command, "foo %s", debconf->value);
-    system(command);
+  * Update the web site to include user docs, including links to download
+    boot media.
 
-  * Nothing should send error messages to stderr. If there is an error,
-    use debconf to display a message. stderr messages will overwrite the
-    newt frontend.
+  * Finish updating this TODO file. :-/
 
-  * cdebconf's debconfclient.h has a set of macros for calling debconf
-    (debconf_get() and so on)
-    These should perhaps be used consistently throughout the code for
-    clarity.
-
-  * There needs to be a centralised logging method. Syslog will do, but
-    we currently have a lot of nasty code that appends messages to
-    /var/log/messages directly. All of that would be converted to pipe it
-    to logger. However, this is a problem, because piping a command to
-    logger loses the exit status of the command. Need some way to run a
-    command, logging the ouput to syslog, w/o losing exit status.
-
-  * udebs should not include postrm, prerm, preinst scripts. This includes
-    ones generated by debhelper.
-
-
-The old TODO list, out of date (FIXME!)
-=======================================
-
-Where we are:
+Current status
+==============
 
 	CD installs to i386 and (some) powerpc are working, with many
 	successful installs (and many bugs).
@@ -69,21 +44,9 @@
 	debian-installer install images are built daily for i386, powerpc.
 	This includes CD images.
 
-	debian-installer install images are available in the Debian
-	archive, in unstable.
+	debian-installer install images (i386, powerpc) are available in
+	the Debian archive, in unstable.
 	
-General things to keep an eye on:
-
-	- All udeb packages should be able to build debug versions if
-	  DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="debug".
-	- Udebs should not include .md5sum files, preinst, postrms, or
-	  prerms.
-	- Make sure all udebs declare dependencies on everything they
-	  depend on (this includes depending on ash, busybox, etc). The
-	  dependency web is pretty spotty right now.
-	- Keep this progress file up-to-date as you complete various parts 
-	  of it.
-
 Status for different parts of debian-installer.  The numbers are
 approximate (as in +/- 50%) and may change in any direction, at any
 time.
@@ -97,6 +60,8 @@
 	  utilities in /target so we can keep busybox's size down.
 	  (We will probably ship without this.)
 	- lintian support for udebs, to catch all the common gotchas
+	- ppp support
+	  Not as important for analog dialup, as for ISDN, pppoe.
 	- Some architectures
 		arm
 		hurd-i386
@@ -115,6 +80,10 @@
 		There are some basic implementations. The trick is to make
 		it a GUI that does not suck, while still using debconf
 		underneath.
+	- pcmcia support
+		Needs integration with the rest of the hardware detection,
+		instead of being a (broken) toplevel menu item.
+		Works sometimes, but only with vast pain.
 	- Some architectures
 		alpha
 		hppa
@@ -169,6 +138,9 @@
 		There are two of them, autopartkit and partkit.
 		partkit needs polish, both work, except for when they
 		don't. (See BTS.)
+	- iso-scan
+		Works, but does not flag the disk the iso is mounted from
+		as unusable by the rest of the installer.
 	- web site
 		http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
 		Could be better laid out, lacking some sections, other
@@ -176,6 +148,11 @@
 	- bts
 		Search for bugs tagged d-i
 		(Still need a non-manual way to tag our bugs.)
+	- archive integration
+		Only a few arches (i386, powerpc) have boot media in the
+		archive.
+		There is currently no mechanism to promote boot media
+		or udebs from unstable to testing.
 	- Some architectures
 		powerpc (some subarches)
 		i386
@@ -188,6 +165,10 @@
         - install media build system
 		The mrvn branch needs to be tested and merged.
 		The dest/ image names need to be reorganised.
+	- partconf
+		Reiserfs hangs, in interactive mode.
+	- hw-detect
+		Working but needs to be switched over to discover2
 
 [100%] Those shouldn't need to be touched any more 
        (except for wishlist features)
@@ -212,3 +193,36 @@
 		needs to be done, although the current ugly system works.
         - cdebconf
 		Working.
+
+
+Common problems
+===============
+
+This is a list of common mistakes that need to be corrected throughout the
+code base:
+
+  * All debconf commands that INPUT, GO, GET or SET questions should check
+    their return value. This is pure evil:
+
+    debconf->command(debconf, "GET", "mirror/distribution", NULL); /* unchecked return code ! */
+    asprintf(&command, "foo %s", debconf->value);
+    system(command);
+
+  * Nothing should send error messages to stderr. If there is an error,
+    use debconf to display a message. stderr messages will overwrite the
+    newt frontend.
+
+  * cdebconf's debconfclient.h has a set of macros for calling debconf
+    (debconf_get() and so on)
+    These should perhaps be used consistently throughout the code for
+    clarity.
+
+  * There needs to be a centralised logging method. Syslog will do, but
+    we currently have a lot of nasty code that appends messages to
+    /var/log/messages directly. All of that would be converted to pipe it
+    to logger. However, this is a problem, because piping a command to
+    logger loses the exit status of the command. Need some way to run a
+    command, logging the ouput to syslog, w/o losing exit status.
+
+  * udebs should not include md5sums files, or postrm, prerm, preinst
+    scripts. This includes ones generated by debhelper.