We ship images for computers like the Gigabyte D945GCLF2D which are
not working. All the SeaBIOS images are also not working in the GNU
Boot 0.1 RC4. And many of the images were never tested.
In the 0.1 RC4 the images were removed from the FTP as keeping them
would increase too much the risk of users breaking their computer.
However to make the removal of images really work, the people
responsible for the release would then need to test all the images
themselves to be really sure that things are working, or to somehow
build a procedure where some users privately get the images before the
release.
This doesn't work because it would put too much burden on the actual
maintainers: it would require too much time for testing all the images
and this is not automated. In additions the current maintainers don't
even have all the supported computers and the GNU Boot project relies
on all users that can test to test the images.
In addition, releasing the images as part of the release procedure is
easier for everybody: the testers can also get the full source code
easily, they don't need to use custom images, anyone can test, etc.
Because of that it was decided that it was better to teach users to
minimize the risk themselves by looking at the status before upgrading
GNU Boot.
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
While this mentions a previously held install party, it encourages
people to organize install parties and shows that they could be
mentioned on the GNU Boot website in some ways.
In addition it also explains the pros and cons of install parties.
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
This enables to later on have some separation between the first
installation which typically requires to open the computer or at least
need a special procedure like for I945 ThinkPads, with upgrade
instructions that just require to run 'flashrom -p internal -w
<gnuboot-image>'.
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
This allow to have on the same page different options (Install, Buy
preinstalled) to get GNU Boot, and have a short description of each
option as it is not necessarily obvious which option can work for a
given user.
In addition it also enables to warn people just using 'Download' to
read the documentation as it is not obvious what to do once a user
downloaded an archive with images inside.
And finally it also allow to add more options later on.
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
Before being merged with the commit
dc6e1f32c1 ("Import website-build to
build the GNU Boot website."), website-build was a separate git
repository.
And so, even after the merge, until the commit
20d122e94a ("website-build: use website
from local git repository."), it still worked in the same way and
still downloaded the website from git.
This prevented merging the website and website-build directories
together as the GNU Boot repository also needed to be a valid Untitled
website repository as well.
Now after this commit, the website is built from the same git tree, so
we can simply adjust the build scripts to be able to move things
around.
In addition of making things more clear for contributors, it also
simplify the migration to haunt as with haunt we typically have the
haunt.cfg (and the autotools build code if needed) code in the top
directory and the markdown files in a subdirectory.
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2024-06-11 20:29:47 +02:00
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Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
