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>
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
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