Do note that not everyone is running a Debian based system, so "the current Debian Testing binary packages" are worthless to us. On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 12:42:45AM +0000, Ady Ady via Syslinux wrote:> > Any response would be welcome :-) > > > As usual, builds/versions should not be mixed, at least within the same > platform (bios/ia32/x64). > > Currently, the Syslinux-related binary packages in Debian are: > > _ extlinux > _ isolinux > _ pxelinux > _ syslinux > _ syslinux-common > _ syslinux-efi > _ syslinux-utils > > The list of packages and their contents might (or might not) change in > the future. > > I don't know for how long we will have to repeat the following: the > current official upstream git master head is not worth testing, as it > will either FTBFS or the resulting binaries will fail. Testing official > upstream 6.04-pre2 or 6.04-pre3 will fail too. > > Unless potential regressions are part of the testing goals, there is no > point in testing with official upstream 6.03 when 6.04-pre1 (or, even > better, the current Debian Testing binary packages) are available. > > Regards, > Ady. > > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at syslinux.org > Unsubscribe or set options at: > https://lists.syslinux.org/syslinux-- Dr. William R. Somsky somsky at uw.edu Department of Physics, Box 351560 B217 Phys-Astro Bldg Univ. of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-1560 206-616-2954
> Do note that not everyone is running a Debian based system, > so "the current Debian Testing binary packages" are worthless to us.Debian's packages can be downloaded and used by anyone, even without having Debian as OS. Even Windows' users can do it. That's similar to downloading and using the upstream archive of Syslinux, whichever OS you are using. The upstream official archive of Syslinux 6.04-pre1 is the latest "successfully-working" available at this moment (in comparison to 6.04-pre2 and 6.04-pre3, that will fail). Debian's packages located either in the "Testing" repository or in the "Unstable" repository, are more up-to-date than upstream's 6.04-pre1, and they are not a complete failure (in contrast to upstream's 6.04-pre2 and 6.04-pre3). All things considered, I definitely wouldn't call Debian's packages "worthless" for non-Debian users. The current status of development of Syslinux leaves users with very few pragmatical choices (if/when we limit ourselves to Syslinux). Regards, Ady.
If they are useful, then one should note where they can be found and how to extract them for anyone not using a Debian-based distro. Saying just that they are in the Debian Testing repo, doesn't mean much to a non-Debian-er... On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 09:50:40PM +0000, Ady Ady via Syslinux wrote:> > Do note that not everyone is running a Debian based system, > > so "the current Debian Testing binary packages" are worthless to us. > > > Debian's packages can be downloaded and used by anyone, even without > having Debian as OS. Even Windows' users can do it. > > That's similar to downloading and using the upstream archive of > Syslinux, whichever OS you are using. > > The upstream official archive of Syslinux 6.04-pre1 is the latest > "successfully-working" available at this moment (in comparison to > 6.04-pre2 and 6.04-pre3, that will fail). Debian's packages located > either in the "Testing" repository or in the "Unstable" repository, are > more up-to-date than upstream's 6.04-pre1, and they are not a complete > failure (in contrast to upstream's 6.04-pre2 and 6.04-pre3). > > All things considered, I definitely wouldn't call Debian's packages > "worthless" for non-Debian users. > > The current status of development of Syslinux leaves users with very > few pragmatical choices (if/when we limit ourselves to Syslinux). > > Regards, > Ady. > > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at syslinux.org > Unsubscribe or set options at: > https://lists.syslinux.org/syslinux-- Dr. William R. Somsky somsky at uw.edu Department of Physics, Box 351560 B217 Phys-Astro Bldg Univ. of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-1560 206-616-2954