[arch-dev-public] draft for new isos

Dave Reisner d at falconindy.com
Tue Jul 17 17:45:08 EDT 2012


On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:41:15PM +0100, Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> we really need to write a news istem about new isos etc.. Here are some
> points we should mention:
> 
> * removed aif for now
> * looking for aif contributors and/or maintainer (need to ask Dieter if
> he likes to guide applicants or never wants to toch aif again -))
> * new arch install scripts
> * keyring is initialized on bootup; signature verification is enabled
> by default. keyring is copied to target system in pacstrap
> * need community help with documentation
> * only one single iso (for both arches, no core repo included)
> * regular (can we agree on monthly here?) releases
> * we should mention that the iso itself is signed and that it really
> should be verified
> 
> Anything I missed? Would anybody like to write up some actual text? :-)

PXE booting. There's documentation available for this:

http://releng.archlinux.org/pxeboot/

No promises, but I'll see if I can cobble together a starting point for
a news item tonight.

> Greetings,
> 
> Pierre
> 
> -- 
> Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com



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