Dear Rick, Thanks for your interest in GNU/screen support for D-I activity!
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Rick Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 24, 2016, at 9:00 AM, Roger Shimizu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> - ask users of all ARCHs related to check whether the GNU/screen is >> working well under d-i environment. Maybe need to add a wiki to track >> things efficiently. >> >> What do you think of my plan? >> Any suggestion is appreciated. Thank you! > > I’m willing to test on a few architectures: Macintosh powerpc-32bit and > powerpc-64bit, Cubox-i (armhf), Sheevaplug (armel), OpenRC (armel). > > If you want me to test any of those, I’ll need some info: > > 1) What is this change supposed to accomplish? Do you have a canonical > use-case I can attempt to model? > 2) What kinds of test do you want me to perform? And what results are you > expecting? Actually, it's in "call for review" status, instead of "call for testing", because there's no built images ready yet. Of course you can build everything yourself, but it may take 1-2 hours for one ARCH, which I think it's too long. I called for review because I want to confirm that those changes are necessary. For example, I know for it's necessary to have GNU/screen support for armel/armhf/arm64 platform; howover, for i386/amd64 PC, it usually have CRT/LCD and physical keyboard attached, so it's easily to switch console by Alt-F1 ~ F4 during debian installing.So for i386/amd64 netboot targets, GNU/screen support is considered unnecessary. I want to know this kind of situation for other ARCHs. You mentioned Macintosh powerpc -32/-64, I think it's the same situation like i386/amd64 from point of view of GNU/screen support. They're unlikely needed. For other arm devices you have, I guess it's necessary. And I'll inform you when the testing images are ready, with instructions. :-D Thank you! -- Roger Shimizu, GMT +9 Tokyo PGP/GPG: 17B3ACB1
