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--URGENT---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-check for fpons/pixel BOTH that resize_fat is clean for current version
-relative to 7.0-2.
-
-heavy testing of diskdrake to avoid corrupting partition table, current version
-should be available to fix bogus partition table, writing enabled only when
-partition is Ok (fixme? allow primary partition inside extended one, but with
-warning on diskdrake startup, made them as warning ?).
-
--features-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-add rpmdrake in menu
-
-(7.1 or later) clean SCSI CDROM autoboot.
-(done,gc,8.0) stage1 & cdrom: add ability in expert to choose the scsi cdrom drive to use
-
-(7.1)better help for partitioning in newbie
-
-(7.1)Improved network configuration (PPP and/or Ethernet)
-PPPoE install and configuration (SuSE includes it, DHCP-like)
-(7.1)standalone applications for configuration (netdrake, timetool, authentificationconf, soundcard)
-
-----
-(7.2) replace normal with standard (in the installClass's)
-
-(7.2 or later)horizontal sub-steps
-
-(7.2 or later)diskdrake in text mode
-
-ask "do you have SCSI?" before asking "probe PCI or not"
-
-(?) paride in stage1
-(done,gc,8.0) stage1 & network: add ability to choose the network interface to use
-
-(?) msec custom
-
-(?)firewall configuration (instant firewalling?)
-
-(?)widget for displaying fdisk (dindinx)
-add fdisk using the zvt widget (taken in gnome-libs)
-
-(?)help in some configuration files.
-
-ability to add nfs/weird_fs entries in fstab
-
-size of packages in crypto
-
--to test--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-what's lseek64?
-
-ensure installClass is set to something in auto install.
-
-for axp, swriteboot -f1 if swriteboot failed.
-axp with swap part sigsegv
-
-tree for choosing monitors (buggy?)
-
-what happens if a module fails to insmod (scsi step), in beginner/normal/expert
-
-fstab must be sorted (/usr/local after /usr)
-
-RAID upgrades
-
-add choice clean /tmp or not in expert
-
-kernel chosen by default must be the one according to supermount/secure
-
-bug if ide-scsi, no more hdX, but scd0 (aka sr0)
- (and add alias block-major-11 ide-scsi ?)
-
-check on update for conf.modules and modules.conf !
-
-with /usr, /usr/local and /usr/local/e mount points i get an error at step mounting local filesystems
-
--easy fixes-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-rpmdrake proposition for cdrom labels
-
-use option nocheck to mount for upgrades
-
--fixes needing thinking-----------------------------------------------------------------
-bug: changing mem= in miscellaneous doesn't modify lilo conf if you backtrack
-
-ask network configuration only if NIC found?
-
-configure DHCP for newbies if ethernet & DHCP card available
-
-xvidtune like screen configuration (see SuSE's yast)
-
-live cdrom for alpha (sparc?)
-
-network boot
-
-get the error when getting/reading .rpm files fail
-better timeout handling for network installs
-
-handle not enough room for update
-(fpons)verify the free space is big enough.
-
-the XFdrake test does not handle the fontset
-
-> Here I go into the printer configuration select 'HP Deskjet 722C Colour',
-> print a test ASCII page, pressing 'No' when prompted to indicate the page did
-> not print OK and then hitting cancel when prompted to choose a printer type
-> again.
-> ask_from_list cancel at /usr/lib/libDrakX/my_gtk.pm line 504.
-
-diskdrake: take from parted mklabel, hide(?)
-
-bug in kde desktop if keeps home but not an upgrade
-
-bug in users: mandrake user is added twice in strange installs
-(mixed of security 0 + ???)
-
-bugs rpmdrake:
-- just after installing a package, switch to `Installed', the package has wrong name
-- refresh the kde desktop after package installation in rpmdrake
-(restart kpanel)
-- rpmdrake and same name packages
-
-urpmi: pb if XXX-devel requires XXX = 1.2.3 and we updgrade XXX-1.2.3
-
-bug in defcfg in with lang=fr_FR, display is buggy
-
-bug keyboard focus: after switch in console at Xconfig step
-
-
-
--to look at--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-adduserdrake to remove/update users
-
-(???)free provider auto configuration facility (to be discussed).
-auto ppp-configure with free provider
-
-(?)on laptop, configure the MMU to use swap not very often
-
-(?)checkboxes in groups based on compssList (and availableSpace?)
-
-(?)see what can be done with nvram (50 bytes to save information)
-
-better wacom support
-
-(fpons)bug: CANON BJC 4X00 do not work with current rhs-printfilters
- (work with magicfilters (debian))
- (should be handled by ghostscript BJC600's driver)
-
-(pix)install text on mem=8M, mem=16M?
-
-(pix)kickstart
-partitioning? raid?
-X configuration and bootloader in kickstart
-
-XFdrake chooseResolutions with ask_from_list do not permit ``Show all''
-
-(?) options in mkfs, progress bar when formatting
-
-(?) when some error occurs, partition must be unset isFormatted
-
--hardware-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- with no floppy drive, mkbootdisk step fails badly
-- with bad floppy or write protected, mkbootdisk doesn't say anything
-- try detect_devices::floppies (and how are scsi floppies handled?)
-maybe: do a iotcl FDGETPRM to detect fd1, fd0.
-
-need a simple solution to precise mouse type (syslinux option?)
-
-ELSA Gloria has bad ddc info
-
-token ring is tr0 not eth0
-
-I have Mandrake 6.1 installed and working on a ThinkPad 770.
-To enable the PCMCIA Token ring I have to append the following line to
-/etc/pcmcia/config.opts
-module "ibmtr_cs" opts "mmiobase=0xd2000 srambase=0xd4000"
-
-smp not detected (mhoward@memphisonline.com on cooker, bios=BP6PW)
-
-UDMA66 (ultra66.o for promise)
-
-aha152x needs "insmod aha152x.o aha152x=0x140,11,7"
-
-(obsolete) usb module not removed if no mouse found
-
-(fpons)handle dat drives
-
-hibernation on laptop -> clock not restored
-
-# in 2.3.15 "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|SiS900 10/100 Ethernet" is handled
-
-(?)enable the testing of the mouse type (under X) (wheel)
-possibility to specify the mouse
-
--(?)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-(?) handle NT (add entry for it in lilo, put it in fstab)
-
-(?) lilo-0.22-19mdk is buggy with boot=/dev/hde & root=/dev/sda13, it needs
-disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80 & disk=/dev/sda bios=0x81
-
-(?)using setxkb, enable the testing of the keyboard
-
-(?)XFdrake does not handle fbdev
-
-(?) Je viens de faire une installation sur une machine où seul Be était
-installé. Je l'ai supprimé et installé (mode recommandé) Oxygen. Au
-redémarrage, le boot manager de Be apparaît et il est impossible de
-démarrer Linux.
-Pourquoi ne pas installer LILO si on supprime toutes les partitions ?
-
-(?)initrd in bzip2
-
-(?)smaller zsh (or ash in initrd)
-
-(?)is configureNetworkNet needed with dhcp/bootp?
-
-(?)bug in upgrade: install from hda1:/usr/local/blah with hda1:/
-
-(?)mandrake_desk was not installed while kdebase it there on upgrade
-
-(?)when clicking on X configuration, installation of packages is not displayed
-
-(?)maybe remove commented lines in /usr/lib/perl5/... files
-
-(?)timezone using a picture (pb: how to delimit zones)
-when asking GMT or not, display the time for each possibility
-the list is too big for USA
-
-(?)ability to select the type of install when booting of cdrom
-(?)use the ability of el torito to handle 2.88MB or more
-
-(obsolete)lilo-deinstallation in case of lilo auto-installation for beginners
-
-(?)loadFont sucks
-
-(obsolete)trash on the screen when X first starts
-
-(?)remove the gray line surrounding the logo
-
-(?)cleanup /etc/services & /etc/protocols
-
-(?)strange: no scsi of type 'fd', only 'tape'
-
-(?)remount ro before X test.
-
-(?)remove every << and >> (doesn't handle > 32bits)
-
-
--done---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-(7.1,done,fpons) improve printerdrake to at least have the same functionalities as printtool.
-
-(done,fpons)diskdrake can olverlap partitions (resize lower, resize original typically
-after clear all and auto allocate, try maximal size available).
-
-(done,fpons)rewrite mouseconfig in perl?
-
-(done,pix)kudzu or not in miscellaneous
-
-(done,pix)warn the user if not enough ram to fulfill install
-
-(done,fpons)test after printer config
-
-(done,pix)ask for more than the memory size detected
-
-(done,fpons)modem config
-
-(done,pix)call kudzu in batch to initialize its list
-
-(done,pix)standalone generator of mdkinst_stage2.gz
-
-(done,pix)text install
-
-(done,pix) if u choose mouse usb != found mouse, it fails at X config
-
-(done,pix) diskdrake bug: saved information on floppy contains isMounted.
-
-(done,pix) update devices.c from modules.pm
-
-(done,pix) in lilo.conf, put
-disk=/dev/hdb
- bios=0x80
-
-(done,pix) diskdrake
-auto_partitions
-suggested partition tables must be better foreach installClass
-
-(done,pix) update the list of modules (in update_kernel)
-
-(done,pix) language support: only choose the right locales and upmark the packages requiring it
-
-(done,pix) move security question before isntallation of packages
-
-(done,pix) install ssh
-
-(done,fpons,pix) change the boot message of syslinux (have something different from RedHat)
-
-(done,pix) install_steps.pm: 569 (128M + 3)
-
-(done,pix) bug: mouse freeze just before network configuration (mouse primax)
- (was kudzu)
-
-(done,pix) signal 11 in stage1 nfs kickstart mount failed
-
-(done,pix) ask supermount or not, no supermount with kernel-secure
-
-(done,pix) fix bug in g_auto_install (can't go through all)
-
-(done,pix) bug: install from ciril.fr fails
-
-(done,pix)wizard for partitioning in case of one full vfat
-
-(done,dindinx)app for choosing drakxtools (drakxconf)
-(done,pix)verify being root
-(done,pix)log::l -> initlog
-
-(done,pix)install apmd for laptops (maybe not start apmd though)
-(done,pix)icewm apm (sh icewm_apm)
-(done,pix)kde apm (put Kapm.kdelnk in ~/Desktop/Autostart)
-
-(done,pix)bug in adduserdrake: missing pwconv in md5
-(done,pix)correct the default value of draksec (cp draksec)
-(done,pix)in draksec, (and maybe others) have --expert as default if /etc/sysconfig/system has TYPE=expert
-
-(done,pix)bug in XFdrake in install, cancel in choose Card do not close the window
-
-(done,pix)in XFdrake, testing should not overwrite /etc/X11/XF86Config
-
-(done,pix) hwiz and supermount and eject :(
-
-(done(replaced by msec's),pix) bug: usermod -G urpmi a not done (full install)
-
-(done,pix)perl and .ph's
-
-(done,pix) BUG bootp in network install sigsegv
-
-(done,pix) move the last done stuff before Xconfiguration if possible
-
-(done,pix)draksec is buggy, don't try security >= 4
-
-(done,pix)install apmd on laptops?? (maybe ask emcweb@btinernet.com (see alix))
-
-(done,pix)missing alias ll for root
-
-(done,pix)urpmi.addmedia: |gzip instead of doing it afterwards
-
-(done,pix)locale (and fonts?) buggy in case ramdisk is used
-
-(done,pix)rpmdrake: Installed packages not in hdlist should be there
-
-(done)in ftp install, locale not installed properly
-
-(done,pix)pcmcia.img does not handle hd/cdrom
-
-(done,pix)cyrillic font buggy in DrakX
-
-(done,fred)remove xfs user from kdm
-
-(done,pix)bug with 2 cdrom drives (.kdelnk to there for 1st drive)
-
-(done,pix(works))test ramdisk stage2 and romanian
-
-(done,pix)kfmrc
-
-(done,pix)on laptop, default to 1024x768
-
-(done,pix)mkinitrd and deps
-
-(done,fred(removed the call))XFdrake and mousedrake freeze if lothar launches them
-
-(done,pix)crypto message
-
-(done,pix)test bug with lilo and windows (if not on mbr)
-
-(done,pix)removed icons come back later (kde desktop)
-
-(done,pix(was bug in upgrade reading old config))
- segfault in linuxconf (adapter 1 empty)
- (test with the sysconfig sent)
-
-(done,fpons)bug: Lrosqu'on effectue une mise à jour et que /etc/lilo.conf
-contient la variable « default » positionnée sur autre chose que
-« linux » ou « windows », DrakX est incapable de générer LILO.
-
-(done,fpons)bug: GeForce and hd.img?
-
-(done,fpons)for upgrade in expert, give choice of packages to install
- choosing packages available in upgrade?
-
-(done,pix)rpmdrake: pb uninstalling package with dependencies (rpmdrake is killed?!) (as root too)
-
-(done,pix)noatime option for ext2 fs on laptops (do not wake up the hd)
- Do not update inode access times on this
- file system (e.g, for faster access on the
- news spool to speed up news servers).
-
-(done,pix)kde's icons: 28 horiz and 25 vert grid for big icons
-
-(done,pix)bug: DrakConf don't follow the charset -> add setlocale(LC_ALL, "")
-(done,pix)for ko|ja|zh, gnome-terminal should point to rxvt (-CLE)
-(done,pix)group cdrom in /etc/group (gid=22)
-(done,pix)drakxtools should require urpmi
-(done,pix)bug: gdm unset LANG
-(done,pix) zip with automount -> ppa not autoloaded
-(done,pix)when you set the kde icons to Large, maybe it'd be good to chown the .kderc
-(done,pix)lilo in russian/japaneese is horrible
-(ok,pix)test ide burners
-(ok)test check bad blocks optional for mke2fs
-(done,pix)hd install: no umount is done at the end of install :(
-
-just before release:
-(done,pix)- mandrake_doc-xx, the symlink is no good in /usr/doc/mandrake as
-(done,pix)- crypto dependencies to update
-(done,pix)- update kudzu's pcitable
-(done,pix)- update pcitable for 86C368 if 3.3.6 (and other S3 3D's)
- ("ATI|3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x" -> changed to Server:Mach64)
-
-(done,pix)with 2MB of video ram, chooses 8bpp instead of 16bpp
-
-(done,pix) replace
- { device => "loop7", type => 0x83, size => ((cat_('/dos/lnx4win/size.txt'))[0]*2048), mntpoint => "/", isFormatted => 1, isMounted => 1 },
-by
- { device => "loop7", type => 0x83, size => cat_('/dos/lnx4win/size.txt') * 2048, mntpoint => "/", isFormatted => 1, isMounted => 1 },
-
-(done,fpons)in ftp install, bug with X server install with wu-ftpd 2.6 (see http://www.wu-ftpd.org/broken-clients.html)
-
-(done,pix)ask package installation languages (must be put in RPM_INSTALL_LANG)
-
-(done,pix)bug (by dadou): Si la partition racine est trop petite pour installer le système, un
-message d'erreur apparaît pour signaler le problème (bien) mais on ne
-peut en sortir. La seule solution est de redémarrer.
-
-(obsolete)bug when selecting compssUsers, do not deselect after (if u deselect)
-
-(done,pix)detect ide burners and then add hdX=ide-scsi to kernel cmdline
-
-(done,pix)urpmi: handle many args on cmd-line
-
-(done,pix)fix any // in path to ftp server otherwise windobe server bug :(
-
-(done,pix)diskdrake and auto partitioning, may have the last creation of partition rejected,
-try to figure why?
-
-(done,pix)in chooseResolutions: display the graphic card found
-
-(done,pix)with pcmcia, need ONBOOT=no
-
-(fpons,done) XFree: handle by card options
-eg: SIS6326 needs "no_bitblt" "no_bltimage" and 24bpp instead of 32bpp
-
-(done,pix) Xconfiguration: if "can't open fixed font", relaunch xfs.
-
-(obsolete) pb with dependencies ``missing'': icewm do not require XFree86 and so you can have icewm but no X server
-
-(obsolete) bug in ext2resizing (no sparse superbloc, don't finish properly)
-
-(done,pix,7.1)manage a lot of language (ergonomic issue as it already exists)
-
-(done,pix,7.1)tree for choosing things like timezone, monitors, graphic cards, modules, mice, keyboard? ...
-
-(done,pix,7.1)sound config, although very simple, no dedicated steps and only PCI (or maybe ISA-PNP if time left ?)
-
-(done,pix,7.1)partitioning, keyboard shortcut.
-
-(done,fpons,7.1)index/compress hdlist? (for multi-cd)
-! for multi-cd live is mandatory, small transaction are mandatory too.
-
-(done,pix,7.1?)loopback partitions (even root one)
-
-(done,pix)in ok_cancel, focus has 3 states, should be 2 (ask dindinx)
-
-(done,pix,7.1)Generally improved package selection /ergonmic issue.
-Tree -> CTree, ``all'' branch with all packages
-show the value associated (100->a must, 90->great, 80->nice, ... 10->useless, 0->do not install)
-
-(done,pix)let diskdrake have dos/win partition automatically set up with mount point,
-this will help loopback too.
-
-(done,pix,7.1)grub
-
-(done,pix,7.1)feature missing: cancel installation
-
-(obsolete) bug in diskdrake: can in strange cases create a primary partition at sector #0
-
-(done,pix(partly, protection against bugging))bug in diskdrake:
-in expert: blank, create hda5 at beginning, create hda6 at the end, create hda7
-in the middle, remove the first one. Result hda5 at the end and bug.
-
-(obsolete) have a better time estimation of the remaining time in install packages
-
-(done,dindinx+pix)ask_many_from_list can't keyboard scroll
-
-(done,pix,7.1)individual package selection: double click is tiring...
-
-(done,fpons,7.1) sparc ehancement, avoid V7+ machine target (div and mul not in v7 standard)
-
-(done,fpons,7.1)syslinux in graphical mode to be improved for heavily bogus BIOSes.
-
-(done,pix)missing feature in lilo configuration: can't give hda2 with /boot/vmlinuz if
-already hda1 with /boot/vmlinuz
-
-(done,pix)in 640x480 install box is to small (cuz of 'Cancel' button beeing added)
-
-(done,pix)chooseGroup with individual alone
-
-(done)(7.1) rewrite crypto stuff
-(done)crypto: add a cancel & progress bar while downloading
-(done)error handling (like reading hdlist)
-(done)(7.1)progression bar on crypto.
-
-(done, daouda&pix,7.1, other persons)rescue:
-- small modification for stage1 to get the rescue stage2
-- create a stage2 with many tools (fdisk, bash...)
-the rescue could be on another cd (if multi-cd)
-! care must be taken about modules (if ide is in module...)
-
-(done,7.1)install in 800x600
-- need handling of both 640x480 (mostly for VGA16) and 800x600
-
-(done,NEED 7.1) auto-install for corporate, very important (need consolidation).