hurd d-i: roadmap update

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@@ -17,16 +17,13 @@ has been accepted by the Debian project.
 
 I will be keeping track of my progress on this page.
 
-### Latest news
+### Links
 
-  * current status:
-    [busybox](http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2010/05/msg00048.html),
-    [genext2fs](http://bugs.debian.org/562999),
-    [libdebian-installer](http://bugs.debian.org/584538) and
-    [gnumach initrd](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-06/msg00047.html)
-    have been worked on;
-  * [modified packages](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/unstable) and
-    [images](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/hurd-installer) published.
+  * [Modified packages](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/unstable)
+  * [Latest images](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/hurd-installer)
+  * [Debian bugs](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=jk@jk.fr.eu.org&tag=gsoc2010)
+  * [BusyBox port](http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2010/05/msg00048.html)
+  * [GNU Mach initrd](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-06/msg00047.html)
 
 ### Roadmap
 
@@ -43,53 +40,63 @@ I will be keeping track of my progress on this page.
     * more work on it will be needed to make it fix the whole thing
       (postponed)
 
-* **partman**
+* (./) **partman** (2010-06-23)
     * (./) add hurd-i386 to
       `partman-partitioning/lib/disk-label.sh`
-      (2010-06-16)
+      (2010-06-16, commited by youpi on 2010-06-23)
     * (./) short-circuit
       `partman-basicfilesystems/init.d/kernelmodules_basicfilesystems`
       (2010-06-16)
     * (./) partman-auto recipes:
       make the default filesystem os-dependent
       when it has not been preseeded (ie. the *seen* flag is clear)
-    * rebuild with responsible version numbers and upload to my repository
-    * submit patches to bugs.debian.org
-      (expected 2010-06-17)
-
-* **libparted**: fix device paths (expected 2010-06-17)
-    * one-char-er patch to be tested real soon
-    * submit to bugs.debian.org
+    * (./) force 4k blocks and 128 bytes inodes
+    * (./) submit patches to bugs.debian.org
+      ([[!debbug 586870]] and [[!debbug 586871]])
+    * (./) rebuild with responsible version numbers and upload to my repository
+
+* (./) **libparted** (2010-06-23)
+    * (./) fix device paths ([[!debbug 586696]])
+    * (./) fix crash on exit for part:* stores ([[!debbug 586682]])
+
+* **hurd-udeb** (2010-06-23)
+    * (./) rebuild with the hack suggested by youpi for qemu network configuration
+    * (./) fix mount to accept `-o defaults`
+    * cleanup, ask youpi to commit
 
-* **mach**/**libparted**: reloading the partition table (unsure, urgent)
+* reloading the partition table (urgent)
     * unfortunately, *non-workable-aroud* without a reboot
-    * rumour has it that there is some support in mach,
-      we need to coordinate that with userspace
-    * rumour has it that there is some code to handle partitions in userspace
-      with libparted, might be interesting as well
-
-* **d-i/installer/build**: (expected 2010-06-19)
-    * publish the patch I use
-    * sort out the changes suitable for inclusion
-      and ask youpi and/or debian-boot@l.d.o to commit them
-
-* **hurd-udeb**: (expected 2010-06-19)
-    * rebuild with the hack suggested by youpi for qemu network configuration
-    * cleanup, ask youpi to commit
+    * (./) hurd-udeb now uses `part:N:device:X` for partition devices
+      (2010-06-23)
+    * it should drop-in a partman script
+      to reload them through `settrans -ag /dev/[hs]d*`.
+    * As an alternative,
+      Mach has some support in the form of linux drivers,
+      using it would require wiring the `BLKRRPART` ioctl,
+      but so far my attempts at this have failed.
 
 * **busybox**: submit upstream and to [[!debbug 323670]] (expected 2010-06-20)
     * (./) I have mentioned my work on the upstream mailing list,
-    * merge the recent changes from upstream,
+    * (./) merge the recent changes from upstream,
       notably to the build system.
+      (2010-06-23)
     * ask upstream for review and merge
     * backport any additional changes onto the debian branch
     * hijack [[!debbug 323670]] and submit my patches
 
-*Milestone (expected 2010-06-21):
-installer kindof works, with documented manual intervention required*
+* **base-installer**: 
+  implement the arch-specific shell functions for kernel selection
+  and devices in /target.
+
+* **d-i/installer/build**: (expected 2010-06-19)
+    * publish the patch I use
+    * sort out the changes suitable for inclusion
+      and ask youpi and/or debian-boot@l.d.o to commit them
+
+**Milestone (expected... sometime soon):
+installer kindof works, with documented manual intervention required**
 
 * **partman**: further adjustments
-    * force 4k blocks in every case
     * hide irrelevant mount options? (sync, relatime)
 
 * **busybox**: port 
@@ -117,8 +124,8 @@ installer kindof works, with documented manual intervention required*
 
 * grub2 installation
 
-*Milestone (expected 2010-07-05):
-installer works but it's still somewhat ugly and broken*
+**Milestone (expected 2010-07-05):
+installer works but it's still somewhat ugly and broken**
 
 * call for testing and fix the bugs
 * improve the [initrd situation](FIXME: link to bug-hurd post):
@@ -131,8 +138,8 @@ installer works but it's still somewhat ugly and broken*
 * hurd console fonts
 * better DHCP support during and after installation
 
-*Milestone (expected 2010-07-19):
-it works great and it's beautiful*
+**Milestone (expected 2010-07-19):
+it works great and it's beautiful**
 
 * test, fix, document
 * support more types of installation images
@@ -144,7 +151,7 @@ it works great and it's beautiful*
 
 #### Week 1 (2010-05-24)
 
-* genext2fs: patches [submitted](http://bugs.debian.org/562999)
+* genext2fs: patches submitted, [[!debbug 562999]]
   which add support for all block sizes and choosing them at runtime.
 * busybox: started porting the upstream and Debian package to Hurd and FreeBSD
 * rebuilding hurd-udeb from the pkg-hurd version
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ it works great and it's beautiful*
 #### Week 2 (2010-05-31 to 2010-06-06)
 
 * *busybox*: patches [posted](http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2010/05/msg00048.html).
-* *libdebian-installer4*: [ditto](http://bugs.debian.org/584538)
+* *libdebian-installer4*: [[!debbug 584538]]
 * started working on mach initrd support
 * the installation images could boot into the main-menu
   with the following changes: