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As you can probably guess by the subject, I've added |
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catalyst-2.0_pre20051111 to the tree. I plan on finalizing catalyst 2.0 |
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by the end of the month, so I really need testers for this. If you have |
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questions about this release, feel free to ask them on gentoo-catalyst. |
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For bugs, please files bugs. |
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To install it, you will need to do the following (on x86): |
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mkdir -p /etc/portage |
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echo "dev-util/catalyst" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask |
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echo "dev-util/catalyst ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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USE="doc" emerge catalyst |
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Please use USE="doc" to get the updated example spec templates. The |
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livecd-specs package has not been updated for catalyst 2.0, so there's |
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no need for USE="examples" unless you're unfamiliar with catalyst. |
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This is slotted to run along-side catalyst 1.x, so it shouldn't break |
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anybody's machines. Once catalyst 2.0 goes final, it will no longer be |
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slotted, as we are completely superseding catalyst 1.x with catalyst |
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2.0. |
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The main differences in your spec files are all going to be in |
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livecd-stage2: |
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livecd/cdfstype -> livecd/fstype |
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livecd/archscript (removed) |
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livecd/runscript (removed) |
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Everything else *should* be the same. There's also a ton of new options |
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for caching, so catalyst 2.0 runs should be dramatically faster for |
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repeated runs. We're planning on using this for 2006.0, so we want it |
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bug-fixed and stabilized by no later than the end of the year. Please |
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test this release. |
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This release also brings about the addition of the "stage4" target. A |
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stage4 is essentially livecd-stage1 + livecd-stage2, rolled into a |
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tarball, rather than an ISO. This allows you to deploy a pre-configured |
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(yay fsscript!) tarball out to multiple machines, install the |
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bootloader, and reboot. While I we are interested in bug reports on the |
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stage4 target, I ask you to focus time on the "classic" targets: stages |
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1 through 3, and livecd-stages 1 and 2, as we will be using these on the |
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next release. |
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Thanks again, |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |