[Pkg-ltsp-devel] almost ready for upload

[Otavio Salvador]

Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant at freegeek.org> writes:

> i think the pkg-ltsp main branch is ready for upload, though i'd like to
> consider a couple more features... :)
>
> the initramfs-tools bugs seem to be fixed in both 0.69b(etch) and
> 0.73b(sid), though it still is a little flaky. i can write a workaround
> plugin if it comes to that.
>
>
> there are a couple features i'd like to merge:
>
> http://llama.freegeek.org/~vagrant/bzr-archives/ltsp/vagrant-new-plugins
>
> this makes the plugin loading based purely off of the plugin
> filename(alphanumeric), rather than first loading common plugins,
> followed by vendor (debian/ubuntu/other) plugins.
>
> it also allows the vendor to override a plugin in common. as a bonus
> feature at almost no extra cost, the admin can override plugins in
> /etc/ltsp/plugins. this makes it much simpler to figure out what order
> the plugins get loaded in, and do simple workarounds for testing
> purposes.
>
> i haven't experienced any real problems using the new plugin order
> installing debian (hopefully the same is the case for ubuntu), so i
> think (and really hope) we can merge vagrant-new-plugins.

I ack the merge.

> http://llama.freegeek.org/~vagrant/bzr-archives/ltsp/vagrant-ldm
>
> allows logging into an alternate server by specifying user at server in the
> username field. it's a pretty simple patch, and would make it much more
> flexible in locations with multiple application servers. i haven't
> tested it, and don't know if there are corner-cases in which it could
> cause weird bugs.

postpone it for next upload.

> http://llama.freegeek.org/~vagrant/bzr-archives/ltsp/vagrant-update-kernels
>
> this splits some of the ltsp-update-kernels code into the ltsp-client
> package, fixes problems with multiple installs in /opt/ltsp (i.e.
> powerpc + i386 + amd64), and makes the package dependencies on netboot
> code architecture-specific.  there's a few bugs i'm working on fixing,
> and hopefully should be ready in a few days.

postpone it for next upload.

So we try to keep ltsp in a stable status as possible while we
continue to improve it in meanwhile. What the others think?

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