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This file is a rough list of changes that need to be made to catalyst.  If you
have questions about any of these items, or wish to help with development, send
them to the gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org mailing list.  Bug reports should
be filed at http://tinyurl.com/79slrk (http://bugs.gentoo.org) under the
Catalyst component.

Global:
- Remove spec_prefix from all exported variables
  - variables without spec_prefix are global and used in all targets
  - variables with spec_prefix only apply to that target
- add multiple target support for spec files
  - target: stage1
  - targets: stage1 stage2 stage3 stage4 livecd netboot
- add more validation and checking for code which affects both host and target
  - setup defaults if host isn't configured
  - allow configuration globally (catalyst.conf), per-spec, or per-target
  - ccache
    - check host settings (size, location, etc) and restore them when done
  - distcc
    - check host settings (distcc_hosts, etc) and restore them when done
  - icecream
    - check host settings (icecream_hosts, etc) and restore them when done
- add support for new portage features
  - Cache backends
    - metadata_overlay (portage default in 2.1.6)
	- sqlite
  - Jobs
  - Load Average
  - Dependency checking
    - Deep checking
	- Complete Graph
	- Build-time dependencies
  - USE changes
    - newuse versus changed-use
  - Failure detection
    - Add --keep-going support
- detect GCC version in seed stages for supported settings (CFLAGS)

Config:
- security
  - sign materials automatically
- logging
  - add logging support
    - file-based
	- syslog
  - add notification capabilities
    - email
	- snmp trap
- separate out options that control catalyst versus the package manager
  - options key should specify catalyst options
  - new keys for package managers
    - portage_features
	- pkgcore_features

Targets:
- add support for livedvd
  - do we use livecd/type or something new
  - make livedvd type perform several actions automatically, if configured
    - auto-fetch distfiles
	- automatically pull stages
	  - local disk via absolute or relative path
	  - URI
- change user creation to be more flexible
  - stage4 and netboot support
- build boot software for targets on-demand
  - removes cdtar requirement
  - allows one to specify multiple bootloaders
    - boot/loader: grub elilo
	- netboot/boot/loader: pxelinux elilo
	- livecd/boot/loader: isolinux elilo
  - add ability to specify other "bootables" to build/install, like memtest86+
	- livecd/boot/image: memtest|/path/to/image
	- do we also need a way to specify an initrd with this?
- add variable support for spec files
  - automatic substitution
    - %DATESTAMP%
	- %BUILDDIR%
  - user-defined
    - %DISTRIBUTION%
	- %AUTHOR%