hurd d-i: roadmap update

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@@ -22,35 +22,24 @@ I will be keeping track of my progress on this page.
   * 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);
+    [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;
-  * mach initrd support underway:
-    I get the ramdisk with `$(ramdisk-create)` in the boot script,
-    `getstat()` and `read()` should be ok I believe,
-    but for some reason `ext2fs copy:device:rd0` complains that
-    it cannot get the "hypermetadata".
-    Also to be noted:
-    grub2 has a 16MiB limit on the size of multiboot modules,
-    and does not have a `modulenounzip` command anymore,
-    I guess the former would be ok for the forseeable future,
-    but I will need to fix the latter.
+    [images](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/hurd-installer) published.
 
 ### Roadmap
 
-#### Week 3 (2010-06-07..13)
-
+* busybox: fix `mkdir -p` on Hurd
+* see what breaks in the installer and fix the problems one by one
 * busybox: submit upstream and to #323670,
   fix stty/stat/ipcs on kFreeBSD,
   generally port more stuff,
   notably (u)mount/swaponoff.
-* mach ramdisks: implement more device ops,
-  fix the remaining problems
-* grub2: modulenounzip or something
-* libc0.3-udeb: investigate it not having `/lib/ld.so -> ld.so.1`
-* netcfg: make it work on Hurd somehow (port `busybox ip`?)
-* see what breaks in the installer and fix the problems one by one
-  (install-time netcfg, cdrom detection, whatever)
+
+*Milestone (expected 2010-06-21):
+installer kindof works, with documented manual intervention required*
+
 * tweak the hurd debian package to handle
   what native-install used to be required for
   [apparently there's already some relevant stuff done in the postinst,
@@ -58,41 +47,34 @@ I will be keeping track of my progress on this page.
   or some special code would be needed in the installer
   to enable say, /servers/socket/local before anything
   is attempted in the chroot]
-* roadmap: redistribute all that stuff in the following weeks
-  (or maybe, reorganize the roadmap around milestones instead of weeks,
-  with expected completion dates, as suggested by antrik)
-
-#### Week 4 (2010-06-14..20)
-
+* netcfg: make it work on Hurd somehow (port `busybox ip`?)
 * Hurd-specific partitionning (use supported fs types and options).
   NB: we will need support in mach to reload the partition tables,
   or alternatively use the parted support in libstore somehow.
 * grub2 installation
 
-#### Week 5-6 (2010-06-21..07-04)
-
-* unexpected stuff
-* cleanup
-* call for testing
-* fix bugs
-
-At this point we would have a basic but working installer.
-Hopefully the summer would not be over yet...
-
-#### Week 7-8 (2010-07-05..18)
-
-* hurd console
+*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):
+  ajust the ramdisk support in Mach,
+  use tmpfs if possible,
+  possibly add `module -nounzip` to grub2.
+* mklibs{,-copy}:
+  test library reduction,
+  make it copy the ld.so -> ld.so.1 symlink.
+* hurd console fonts
 * better DHCP support during and after installation
-* support more types of installation images
 
-#### Week 9-10 (2010-07-19..08-01)
-
-* give a shot at the graphical installer ?
-
-#### Week 11-12 (2010-08-02..15)
+*Milestone (expected 2010-07-19):
+it works great and it's beautiful*
 
 * test, fix, document
-
+* support more types of installation images
+* give a shot at the graphical installer if time permits
+* see how [[zhengda]]'s work on DDE could be integrated
+* etc..
 
 ### Mostly done