My wish list for 6.1

Alexander Leidinger Alexander at Leidinger.net
Fri Dec 16 02:05:31 PST 2005


Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> wrote:

> Guys,
>
> With code freeze for 6.1 about 6 weeks away, I'd like to put out my 
> 'wish list' for it:

What about putting 1. and 3. on the new ideas page (marked as important and
including a deadline)? At least for 3. more eyes would be beneficial.

> 1.  working kbdmux.  We need this for the growing number of systems that
> assume that USB is the primary keyboard.  Current status appears to be
> that the kbdmux driver breaks very easily.  We need this working well
> enough where it can be enabled by default, and all attached keyboards
> Just Work.

> 3.  Full review and update of the install docs, handbook, FAQ, etc. 
> There are sections that are embarrassingly out of date (one section of
> the handbook apparently states that we only support a single brand of
> wifi cards).  A co-worker of mine tried to install 6.0 using just the
> handbook install guide, and discovered that it really doesn't match
> reality anymore, in both big and small ways.  Contact me directly if
> you would like his list of comments.

Bye,
Alexander.

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