Hi, On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 06:28:53PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: > > linuxbios - metapackage which draws in all/most other packages > > This strikes me as a bad idea since users may get the impression that > apt-get install linuxbios would be all that is required to change > BIOS.
Ok, maybe another, clearer name. But installing the package should not actively _do_ anything, it should merely provide the required tools. > While that would be very nice at some point I think we may not > be there quite yet. Ideally we should be able to programmatically > identify which mainboard a system is running on. Is this possible? > A fuctury BIOS checksum -> LB target whitelist perhaps? That might be nice, but I bet it's pretty hard to achieve... Anyways, I do not want the package to (automatically) flash the BIOS or similar things - that would surely result in distaster... > > linuxbios-doc - documentation > > Maybe more than one doc package since there are a few different kinds > of docs. I'm not familiar with debian package conventions so I don't > know what would be best. One -doc package should suffice. It can contain various types of documentation, that's no problem. > > linuxbios-utils - standalone utilities, e.g. romcc, flashrom, ... > > This makes sense, but ideally I think each util should be a separate > package. Again I don't know how well that fits into debian package > convetion. It'll be several packages already and one for every executable is overkill, IMHO. All utilities from the linuxbios source should be in linuxbios-utils, external utils (lxbios, etc.) can go in extra packages. > > Maybe also something like linuxbios-src which contains the rest, > > and which can be used to compile images(?) > > There are no real LB relases yet. Versioning would be done based on > snapshot date or svn revision. Hm, will this change anytime soon? I _could_ base the package on svn checkouts, but basing it on released tarballs would be nicer. Cheers, Uwe. -- Uwe Hermann http://www.hermann-uwe.de http://www.it-services-uh.de | http://www.crazy-hacks.org http://www.holsham-traders.de | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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