[Yaird-devel] Bug#457461: Bug#457461: Bug#457461: Please reevaluate bug#457461

[maximilian attems]

hello,

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 01:45:23PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>   * Please discuss details of each issue at the bugreport filed/forked
>     to track that specific issue.

your aggressive snipping makes you look better then you are,
not okay.
 
 
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:41:35AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> 
> >haven't looked at the codebase since longer so taking the changelog
> >entries for granted.
> 
> Please use the Debian BTS as primary source of bug status!
> 
> 
> >* cmdline - ignores any of the boot passed arguments
> >  even critical ones like root, rootfs or rootdelay
> >
> >on the TODO of the webpage, unchanged status.
> 
> Minor: http://bugs.debian.org/340759

at least important, but falls more under grave.
 
 
> >* missing debian arch support - for example s390
> >
> >you still pretend to work everywhere
> 
> Serious: http://bugs.debian.org/457461

ack
 
 
> >* UUID, Label - apparently only works for some fs
> 
> Wishlist: http://bugs.debian.org/337065
> 
> Details snipped: Please file at above bugreport, not here!

again severly underflated, /etc/fstab *needs* to work with UUID.
 
 
> >* missing firmware - several scsi drivers need firmware inside initramfs
> >  no loader on initramfs nor any mechanism to add it
> 
> Fixed: http://bugs.debian.org/337065
> 
> Details snipped: Please file at above bugreport, not here!

not fixed, you don't load firmware out of the box.
reopend and this one is grave.

why don't you use modinfo output to add the firmware in the initramfs?
 
 
> >* missing cryptsetup support see #336599
> 
> Fixed (cryptsetup generally): http://bugs.debian.org/457464
> 
> Wishlist (dm-crypt specifically): http://bugs.debian.org/336599

highly doubt your optimistic views, anyway important.
 
 
> >* no dmraid support
> 
> Normal: http://bugs.debian.org/337724

again important
 
 
> >* no usplash support
> 
> Wishlist: http://bugs.debian.org/457466

ack
 
 
> >* brutal hardcoding - breaks ony every new linux image
> >  either due to /proc, /sys or /boot/config hardcoded parsing
> >  see #443821 for the latest 2.6.23 variation
> 
> Fixed: http://bugs.debian.org/457467
> 
> Details snipped: Please file at above bugreport, not here!

ack on progress.
afais you still rely on /boot/config parsing,
finaly one /proc parsing error got reducedd to a warning.
 
 
> >* dead upstream - 24 debian revisions
> 
> Fixed: http://bugs.debian.org/457468
> 
> Details snipped: Please file at above bugreport, not here!
 
 
> >well from my side no cake, 2 points out of 9 got worked on.
> >the most grave being no firmware support for loading your root
> >device.
> 
> Thanks for your input, Max.  Please file at proper bugreports next time!

please spend more time on fixing code.

repeating that on my side the firmware loading is grave enough
to consider yaird not fit for a release.
will not waste more time on this evaluation unless explictly asked.

regards

-- 
maks