1 This file is a rough list of changes that need to be made to catalyst. If you
2 have questions about any of these items, or wish to help with development, send
3 them to the gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org mailing list. Bug reports should
4 be filed at http://tinyurl.com/79slrk (http://bugs.gentoo.org) under the
8 - Remove spec_prefix from all exported variables
9 - variables without spec_prefix are global and used in all targets
10 - variables with spec_prefix only apply to that target
11 - add multiple target support for spec files
13 - targets: stage1 stage2 stage3 stage4 livecd netboot
14 - add more validation and checking for code which affects both host and target
15 - setup defaults if host isn't configured
16 - allow configuration globally (catalyst.conf), per-spec, or per-target
18 - check host settings (size, location, etc) and restore them when done
20 - check host settings (distcc_hosts, etc) and restore them when done
22 - check host settings (icecream_hosts, etc) and restore them when done
23 - add support for new portage features
25 - metadata_overlay (portage default in 2.1.6)
32 - Build-time dependencies
34 - newuse versus changed-use
36 - Add --keep-going support
37 - detect GCC version in seed stages for supported settings (CFLAGS)
38 - add statistics gathering/reporting
40 - sessions started/completed/failed
41 - targets started/completed/failed (and per-subarch here, too)
42 - sessions/targets run-time, CPU/RAM/disk usage (max and final)
44 - sessions/targets active
46 - packages/stages/snapshots in respective caches
47 - cache hit ratio/percent
50 - currently-running jobs
52 - dependency calculation
54 - easily retrievable (text files? BDB? SQLite? configurable?) for SNMP, etc
55 - add option to perform update of the (in-cache) seed before processing target
59 - sign materials automatically
61 - add logging support (partially done through use of catalyst.output.msg())
64 - add notification capabilities
67 - seperate out options that control catalyst versus the package manager
68 - options key should specify catalyst options
69 - new keys for package managers
74 - add support for livedvd/liveusb
75 - do we use livecd/type or something new
76 - make livedvd type perform several actions automatically, if configured
77 - auto-fetch distfiles
78 - automatically pull stages
79 - local disk via absolute or relative path
81 - change user creation to be more flexible
82 - stage4 and netboot support
83 - build boot software for targets on-demand
84 - removes cdtar requirement
85 - allows one to specify multiple bootloaders
86 - boot/loader: grub elilo
87 - netboot/boot/loader: pxelinux elilo
88 - livecd/boot/loader: isolinux elilo
89 - add ability to specify other "bootables" to build/install, like memtest86+
90 - do we use a single spec key or multiple?
92 - livecd/boot/image: memtest|/path/to/image (pre-built, label=memtest)
93 - livecd/boot/image: memtest86+ (use PM)
94 - livecd/boot/image: memtest|build-memtest86+ (use PM, change label)
95 - livecd/boot/image: memtest|auto (locate in cache, try build, and fail)
97 - livecd/boot/labels: gentoo gentoo-nofb gentoo-nodetect memtest
98 - livecd/boot/image: gentoo gentoo gentoo memtest86 ("kernel" line)
99 - livecd/boot/opts: default default default,nodetect none
100 - do we also need a way to specify an initrd with this?
101 - setup defaults for each arch
102 - allow overrides/adds
103 - verify usability on arch
104 - add variable support for spec files
105 - automatic substitution
112 - system (functionally equivalent to stages 1 through 3, produces "stage3")
113 - world (stage4 work-a-like)
114 - merge livecd-stage1 and livecd-stage2 into livecd target
115 - do we add targets for other live (LiveDVD, LiveUSB, LiveNet) media?
116 - add support for multiple userland images on a single media
117 - 32-bit and 64-bit kernels/userlands
118 - multiple arches/ABIs
119 - normal and debug kernels/userlands