UbuntuExpress to-do list

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• yaboot installation (ColinWatson)

• infer country from timezone and reconfigure locale accordingly
• combine partman and partman_commit so that we don't have to start up the partitioner again

• change partman control flow (including in d-i, probably) to better support [:UbuntuExpress/PartitioningTool:proposed multiple-disk UI] (FabioMassimoDiNitto)

• general gparted cleanup (DanielSilverstone)

• do something better than the current mountpoint selector

• include partitioning commit in main installation progress bar (ColinWatson)

• use apt-setup to generate standard sources.list?
• copy network configuration
• lots of UI polishing:
  • keymap screen needs a good polishing
  • username/password screen needs sprucing up
  • kill hostname question (possibly requires espresso-netcfg?)
  • autopartitioning screen is a quick hack, redo once partman lets us do better
  • excise remaining Spanish strings

  • replace breadcrumbs with "Step x of y" in bottom left corner (DanielSilverstone)

  • summary page needs to have Install not Forward
  • probably more
• sort out localisation in general

• KDE frontend (specific to-do items can go here later) (JonathanRiddell)

done

• API shake-up to allow debconffiltered coprocesses to run asynchronously
• actually run debconffiltered coprocesses asynchronously so UI works smoothly
• missing UI steps:
  • language

  • keymap (TollefFogHeen)

  • location/timezone (need to evaluate existing code, e.g. Evolution timezone widget)
  • "ready to install" summary
• language pack support
• automatic partitioning was broken
• sort out espresso-grub trying to install grub from the network
• move copy/configuration code to a separate debconffiltered process to avoid progress bar code duplication and so that it runs asynchronously without messing around with threads
• UI polishing:
  • separate windows for installation progress bar and farewell text
  • use a dialog from partman/confirm* instead of the weird "confirm automatic partitioning" checkbox
  • tell the user he needs to be root for the installer to work (if started as non-root)
  • back button doesn't always work properly
• add glue to make preseeding work

braindump from UI sprint

• picture on left-hand side depicting stage of installation
• move locale select box into main body of page
• more conventional background colour for locale page
• max dimensions: 700x500 (?)
• keymap:
  • move keymap page after location selection
  • add typing-test region to keymap page
• location:
  • not clear that you don't have to hit the timezone point first time
  • more explanatory text at the top of the timezone page
  • current time should use LC_TIME
  • first click should be a magnifying glass?
  • border around map
  • async NTP run?

  • UTC -> GMT

  • UTC-8.5 => GMT-8:30

• identification:
  • "Who are you?"
  • once passwords are same length, display inline error on mismatch
  • restore hostname question ("Computer name") - short hostname only (no standard for where to put longer name)
  • run laptop-detect, "username-desktop" / "username-laptop" as default hostname
• advanced partitioning:
  • "Prepare partitions"
  • move explanatory text to bottom
  • otherwise do what we can
• mountpoints
  • needs format checkbox
• summary
  • ditch expander and "Details"
• install bar
  • madly wrong copying time
  • lack of shimmering?
• final page
  • needs better wording
  • reboot needs to switch VC (gdm-flexiserver)