SalixmeetDec2013

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Contents

Active participants

  • djemos
  • ElderDryas
  • gapan
  • laprjns
  • mimosa


Minutes

Grub

After much discussion it was agreed that Salix should move to Grub2 if possible; one of the main sticking points is EFI boot Further investigation is needed

  • djemos has been making a number of grub-related packages
  • mimosa suggested adding grub-customizer and lsb-rebase to Salix as standard (the latter is just a config file telling grub Salix is Salix not Slackware, and could go in zzz-settings)
  • djemos suggested moving to ext4 instead of xfs, because the latter may not be well supported by Grub2

Torrent server

Donations have been going well and Salix can now afford to have a torrent server; gapan asked for recommendations, and decided to ask Thenktor

Packaging

  • gapan is hoping there can be a beta in December. The priority is anything needed as standard, and anything anyone uses themselves. Please post to the ML if you intend to package anything packaged by someone else last time.

That said, laprjns and others laid claim to certain packages and their deps, as follows:

  • laprjns: exaile, thunar-plugin, deluge
  • gapan: gstreamer*
  • djemos: ibus
  • mimosa: zim; fredg and TimCowchip packages (but feel free, just let me know)

Guide

When the content is ready and has been checked for obvious failings, gapan will 'release' it to the ML to ask for people to proofread. ElderDryas has already volunteered

Live

  • mimosa gave a progress report in JRD's absence. A lot has been done, but there may still be a fair amount to do. djemos has been liaising with JRD.

GHC

No need to exclude it, because anyone doing a Salix version upgrade should decide what to do

Mini-iso

It was suggested to make a mini-iso to support non-PAE hardware, network installs, etc

The next meeting

Not everyone may be able to come, but we can all contribute to what will be discussed at the next meeting.

The original agenda

  • gapan: default torrent client for xfce
  • gapan: grub/lilo
  • gapan: GPT/EFI testing
  • gapan: ibus/scim
  • gapan: ftp/nfs/http etc installation options in the installer
  • mimosa: Live progress
  • mimosa: Guide
  • mimosa: packaging stuff by people who've left
  • gapan: torrent server
  • mimosa: some things mentioned at last week's abortive meeting:
  • mimosa: add djemos grub-customizer and lsb-rebase to Salix as standard (the latter is just a config file telling grub Salix is Salix not Slackware, and could go in zzz-settings)
  • mimosa: ghc should be added to slapt-get excludes; an upgrade breaks all haskell packages and should be handled manually in the event of a Salix version upgrade