Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-16 Thread Justin B Rye
Paul Gevers wrote: > How about (dropping the package specific section, and just merge it into > upgrade items): > 5.1. Upgrade specific items for bullseye > 5.2. Items not limited to the upgrade process > * Limitations in security support > * Gnome accessibility issue > *

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-16 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Justin, On 13-04-2021 11:14, Justin B Rye wrote: > [...] "package-specific-issues" at > present, mislabelled as a case where the package might not upgrade > smoothly; we don't really have any known cases of that to list, so > maybe we ought to reorganise the subsections a bit. I would have >

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 13 apr 21, 10:14:25, Justin B Rye wrote: > > If this goes in a list that's organised in terms of packages then it > needs to give more of a hint about where the problem originated: > > ^With the implementation of sulogin now used, Or maybe /now used/used since buster?

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-13 Thread Justin B Rye
Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Justin, Andrei, > > Thanks for the proposed text below. I struggle a bit with where to place > it. What do you suggest? It's not really an upgrading issue, is it? Maybe at the end of "issues", next to the similarly chronic issue of GNOME mouseless a11y? That's under

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-12 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Justin, Andrei, Thanks for the proposed text below. I struggle a bit with where to place it. What do you suggest? It's not really an upgrading issue, is it? Paul @Andrei, I guess I should put it in the equivalent place in the buster release notes too, right, after fixing suite names in the

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-10 Thread Justin B Rye
Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> (Should there be some hint here at the fact that this has happened >> because we've switched to an implementation of sulogin without the >> slightly dodgy Debian-specific patches?) > > This is explained in the bug report for who cares to investigate, in my > opinion it's

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 10 apr 21, 10:53:52, Justin B Rye wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Ok, here is something, just to get the discussion started: > > Thanks! My suggestions below still need some work, but I'll call this > my first pass: > > > The `rescue` boot option is unusable without a root

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-10 Thread Justin B Rye
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Ok, here is something, just to get the discussion started: Thanks! My suggestions below still need some work, but I'll call this my first pass: > The `rescue` boot option is unusable without a root password. > > If a password for the `root` account is not set the

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-04-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 06 apr 21, 21:59:24, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Andrei, > > On 21-03-2021 08:33, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 18 mar 21, 11:56:16, Paul Gevers wrote: > >> Control: tags -1 moreinfo > >> > >> On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:12:59 +0200 Andrei POPESCU > >> wrote: > >>> Some text based on below

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-03-21 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 21.03.2021 12:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [Bcc: debian-boot] Dear Debian-User subscribers, The Release Notes editor is asking whether this is still an issue for bullseye (i.e. if the patch to Debian Installer mentioned below was applied in the meantime). It will be a while until I get to

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2021-03-18 Thread Paul Gevers
Control: tags -1 moreinfo On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:12:59 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Some text based on below would make sense for the Release Notes for > buster. If agreed I'll try to come up with a wording. Sure. Does this also apply for bullseye, or is the issue fix somehow? > > On Lu, 07

Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

2020-12-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Package: release-notes X-Debbugs-CC: debian-u...@lists.debian.org Dear Release Notes Maintainers, Some text based on below would make sense for the Release Notes for buster. If agreed I'll try to come up with a wording. On Lu, 07 dec 20, 10:11:48, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at