[arch-general] Offer help for our ISO building

[Aaron Griffin]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter at plaetinck.be> wrote:
> Gerhard Brauer wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> i would like to offer my help to the ISO build and test procedure. I'm
>> sure i have the time and skill to help on archiso and installer skripts.
>>
>> Currently i will look deeper to get the isolinux thing get running as a
>> maybe alternative to grub-legacy.
>> Also to get the keyboard/font selection and the time zone setting
>> better integrated in the installer.
>>
>> Also if there are concrete things to do feel free to contact me.
>>
>> Regards
>>        Gerhard "gerbra"
>>
>
> I'm currently working on a totally refactored installation
> framework/installer.
> It's not an official project yet, but the arch devs agree that it looks good
> and Aaron wants to put it on the installcd.
> See
> http://www.nabble.com/Fifa:-Flexible-Installer-Framework-for-Arch-linux-td20256427.html
>
> Any help is welcome (testing, code review (lots of open TODOS), conceptual
> review, ...)
> See the AIF packages http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=aif
> - aif-alpha_0.5 is the least bleeding edge but most stable.
> - aif-git should also be stable and more uptodate
> - aif-blockdevicerefactor-git is atm very unstable, i'm in the middle of a
> big refactor there.
>
> PS: I think the keyboard layout selection should be outside the installer,
> because the shorter the command the better.
> I prefer to type 'km' in a foreign layout then /arch/setup (yes, even with
> tab completion)

I'm going to do a complete re-write of the ISO scripts. I'm not happy
with the route I took them, so want to redo them. What is there works
though, even if it is a tad crappy.

If you contact me over jabber sometime tomorrow, I will probably be
working on the ISO stuff. As for the installer vs Dieter's installer:
the next ISO will have the stock installer on it, but I am thinking
about adding the AIF stuff as "experimental" so we can test it out.