JauntyUSBCreator
Launchpad Entry: jaunty-usb-creator
Created: 2008/12/17
Contributors: EvanDandrea
Packages affected: usb-creator
Summary
This should provide an overview of the issue/functionality/change proposed here. Focus here on what will actually be DONE, summarising that so that other people don't have to read the whole spec. See also CategorySpec for examples.
Release Note
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It is mandatory.
Rationale
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Use Cases
Assumptions
Design
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Implementation
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UI Changes
Should cover changes required to the UI, or specific UI that is required to implement this
Code Changes
Code changes should include an overview of what needs to change, and in some cases even the specific details.
Migration
Include:
- data migration, if any
- redirects from old URLs to new ones, if any
- how users will be pointed to the new way of doing things, if necessary.
Test/Demo Plan
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This need not be added or completed until the specification is nearing beta.
Unresolved issues
This should highlight any issues that should be addressed in further specifications, and not problems with the specification itself; since any specification with problems cannot be approved.
BoF agenda and discussion
need console frontend to usb-creator command line option to specify a directory to write to, where will it write the MBR to? Don't. documentation issue, write syslinux mbr using dd package adding functionality is a requirement of the bacula discussion adding to alternate CDs? stick them in the pool directory? an option to go the other way, given the directory, write it to a usb disk chrooted directory launching command? ctrl-d. Would need to update the md5sum of the squashfs. late_command like option to run a script in the chroot. Kern Sibbald (Bacula)
From UDS session
Package selection (gnome-app-install) Windows frontend using pygtk or ctypes wrapper (from wubi) kde frontend Any issues with the UI? policykit - move to gvfs for non-deprecated icon/name lookup full localization support for SD cards install into a folder? command line options and text frontend always show format button slight reworking of HAL code (watch for property modifications before scanning for new devices) upload to debian fix update-initramfs issue make sure that everything that gets saved to casper-rw is something we care about (ex. not /tmp) make sure that we're syncing the disk after writing, updating the kernel's view of the partition table after writing it, etc accurate free space calculation fix wubi to work from usb disks download button to grab the latest release (and md5sum)? check md5sum if .md5sum file is in the same directory. PPA sources via gnome-app-install (able to do locally to usb-creator? or system wide) talk to soren about collaboration terminal for editing the underlying filesystem save the selections you make in the usb-creator (package selection specifically) and you can share the resulting file with your friends bug in g-a-i whereby PPA packages are not shown, talk to mvo, google repository CDs as well as USB disks as targets
JauntyUSBCreator (last edited 2008-12-17 19:29:39 by c-76-124-0-181)