On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Fredrik Eriksson <fredrik.eriksson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dieter Plaetinck schrieb: >>> Hi all, >>> Any estimation when the next arch release will be? Or will it be >>> announced on this mailing list a few days before? that would be good >>> enough too. >>> >>> The reason I'm asking is AIF has again undergone many changes. I could >>> start working now on a usable, reasonably stable alpha release without >>> lvm/dm_crypt support, >>> or if there's more time I can try to stabilize those features as well. >>> >>> Like Aaron said, it would be nice to have aif as an alternative, >>> experimental installer on the installcd, I would like to synchronize my >>> schedule a bit with the next release. >> >> phrakture wanted to do some work on the ISO scripts, I guess we release >> after that. The problem with AIF is that we need to get people to >> actually test it before we release! >> >> If we offer it as an alternative to the old installer and say it's >> experimental, it'd be no problem, but we probably won't get many testers. >> >> > > Would be nice anyway to get it on the installer ISO. IMHO there will be > even less testers if they'd have to muck about just to get ahold of it. > Adding it as an alternative atleast gives you some sort of testing (even > thou most probably won't report bugs or "features"). Right, that's what I was thinking - put it on there anyway because it's just about the only way to get people to test it. I doubt people will make vmware images just to test another installer.
