Re: [Tails-dev] UEFI support: wrapping-up [Was: Please test …

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Alan wrote (25 Feb 2014 14:00:05 GMT) :
>> >  1. Ship a 64-bit kernel (#5456) in 0.23. I'm committed to lead this
>> >     to a conclusion. Assigned to the 0.23's RM (anonym) for review.

>> >
> This will be done, as far as I understood.


Correct.

>> >  3. Workaround the syslinux menu display bugs (#6576) I have seen on
>> >     various hardware. Some of these bugs (on Mac) are blocking boot
>> >     entirely, some are merely inconveniences.

>>
> I tested an easy workaround that works fine:


Great!

Please clarify what hardware this was tested on :) If that's a Mac,
then it would be good to try on the other system that exposed issues
in our tests (ThinkPad X230 IIRC, see the blueprint for details) too.

> removing the background and adding a Title line to replace it.


Do you have any plans to push a Git branch that integrates
this workaround?

> So perhaps we could ship beta UEFI support for the release following
> 0.23?


Well, 1.0 is supposed to be basically 0.23.1 relabeled, so I'm not
convinced it's a good idea to upgrade from syslinux v4 to v6, and
potentially trigger boot regressions, in that point-release. But it's
the RM's call, obviously.

Cheers,
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