Re: [Tails-dev] Call for help: isohybrid.pl needs a maintain…

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Autor: Michael Rogers
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Temat: Re: [Tails-dev] Call for help: isohybrid.pl needs a maintainer
On 11/11/14 10:55, intrigeri wrote:
> First step is to get Tails Installer working on a couple non-Tails
> GNU/Linux distros: that's on our plate (#7046) and should be worked
> on in 2015 if everything goes right. It's quite some work, but
> shouldn't be too hard.
>
> Second step is to make Tails Installer multi-platform. The Windows
> side of things is a goal for the Tails 3.0 milestone (#7544). I
> expect the hard parts to be:
>
> * getting everything in working shape on Windows (GPT,
> partitioning, filesystem creation)
>
> * making it so it doesn't block our plausible deniability plans
> (#5929), that is Tails Installer should be able to create LUKS
> volumes on Windows that look exactly the same as the ones created
> on GNU/Linux (or, worst case, implement #5929 in a way that creates
> the "fake" persistent volume at first boot, instead of at
> installation time)
>
> * testing the resulting Windows port on various versions of
> Windows: nobody on our team uses Windows, so that won't be easy.
> Also, it won't be easy for us to automate these tests...
>
> Third step is to do the same for OS X. No idea how hard it'll be.


Thanks for the information! It's great to know that there's a plan for
this. I'll check out the tickets you mentioned.

Cheers,
Michael