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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New install isos needed
  @ 2013-03-25 15:36 99%   ` Alec Warner
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From: Alec Warner @ 2013-03-25 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-dev

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
<jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Mar 2013, Pacho Ramos wrote:
>
>> Today I tried to boot latest install ISO (from January) and hit this
>> bug:
>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455924
>>
>> This breaks a lot of hardware requiring firmwares (like some wireless
>> drivers)
>>
>> Could a new ISO set be released?
>
>
> I'm working on it.
> The bug itself was fixed on catalyst some weeks ago (I still need to do a
> release with it, but our official box is using catalyst-9999 and has the
> fix).
> The 2 main issues with the stages and isos for the past 6 months have been
> developer time (I'm the one doing that work and haven't had as much free
> time) and the hardware hosting the official build box.
> The new buildbox has had a few hardware issues that have caused it to reboot
> while running the catalyst jobs. We also had a few issues with the tree that
> caused some build failures and the main reason why everyone is so interested
> in the new stages / isos, the recent major blocks affecting the tree, also
> caused issues for catalyst.

Skimmer seems to be happier on its new kernel, which we deployed last week.

-A

>
> In the meantime, anyone interested in new stages / isos, are free and
> welcome to test the ones built on my own server (using the official
> specs)[1].
>
> About the complaints regarding the packages in the minmal cds, releng's
> position is that it should include the bare minimum to install Gentoo.
> That's why we're now creating admin-cds, that use a hardened kernel /
> toolchain and include a few useful tools (still no X, though)[2].
>
>  [1] - http://www.jmbsvicetto.name/releases/auto/
>  [2] - https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352152
>
>> Thanks
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
>
> PS - I still haven't fixed my Gentoo email setup, so I wasn't following this
> thread until someone hinted about it.
>


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