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)
41 - sign materials automatically
46 - add notification capabilities
49 - separate out options that control catalyst versus the package manager
50 - options key should specify catalyst options
51 - new keys for package managers
56 - add support for livedvd
57 - do we use livecd/type or something new
58 - make livedvd type perform several actions automatically, if configured
59 - auto-fetch distfiles
60 - automatically pull stages
61 - local disk via absolute or relative path
63 - change user creation to be more flexible
64 - stage4 and netboot support
65 - build boot software for targets on-demand
66 - removes cdtar requirement
67 - allows one to specify multiple bootloaders
68 - boot/loader: grub elilo
69 - netboot/boot/loader: pxelinux elilo
70 - livecd/boot/loader: isolinux elilo
71 - add ability to specify other "bootables" to build/install, like memtest86+
72 - livecd/boot/image: memtest|/path/to/image
73 - do we also need a way to specify an initrd with this?
74 - add variable support for spec files
75 - automatic substitution