Re: [Tails-dev] Fwd: headsup: new persistency in live-boot

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Author: anonym
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Fwd: headsup: new persistency in live-boot
04/06/2012 06:52 PM, intrigeri:
> anonym wrote (06 Apr 2012 15:37:18 GMT) :
>> Now I've tested current devel of Tails built with the new upstream
>> live-{boot,config} and there actually seems to be some major breakage:
>
>> * NetworkManager isn't started
>> * the amnesia password isn't set when a sudo password is given (it
>> remains 'live')
>> * probably more.
>
>> I think this is due to the move of the live-boot initscript into
>> live-config.
>
>> It seems we're much better off shipping the custom built live-boot
>> snapshot that we currently use, modified to use the new name of
>> live.persist (and other string changes related to that file, if any)
>> in combination with a known compatible live-config (e.g. 3.0~a35-1)
>> for Tails 0.11. We deal with proper upstream integration after that.
>
>> What do you think?
>
> Totally agreed.
>
> Then, I think we can tag RC1 right now, and get ourselves a RC2 later,
> with the updated strings. (I prefer not to see our RC1 blocked by an
> external event that may, or may not, happen soon.)


Sure. If possible we should instruct our RC1 testers to manually rename
the live.persist file when RC2 is shipped.

Cheers!