Thanks to Damien Danneels and Jarret Raim for generously donating their webspace and bandwidth.

Bugfixes against the 0.5.3 Syllable release:

• stty is included, so that accepting input without pressing <enter> works again (and various other bits that depended on stty being present)
• "Unknown" partitions show up in the installable partitions list
• reflowed welcome.txt so that it doesn't wrap in the middle of "through"
• The correct version (0.5.3) is now used in the auto-generated GRUB menu.lst file

New Features in 0.1.12.7 (compared to base 0.5.3 installer):

• none yet :o)

Current Features as of 0.5.3 Syllable release:

• Autogeneration of GRUB menu.lst from detected partition configuration
• Using Arno's new ATA driver
• The script always fires up a shell if some error occurs; error messages are always visible
• Doesn't require pressing "enter" at single-character prompts
• Displays a list of valid install partitions, along with filesystem info (from fsprobe)
• Only prompts user to verify overwriting an existing partition if it is unrecognized by fsprobe
• Synchronizes filesystem immediately after unpacking installation (before any other message is printed whatsoever). This should cut down on corrupted installs.

Short-term Goals:

• Needs to print coherent warnings for all abnormal situations
• Needs to suggest to the user how all error situations might be resolved, or where to look for help
• Needs to allow user to return to previous steps in the installation
• All options need to have reasonable defaults
• Needs to have a more consistent feel
• The image should contain network iface drivers and the dhcpcd
• There should be another version of the image that has Syllable applications already installed and stuff (aka a Live CD)
• Users should be able to do preliminary configuration somehow
• other stuff I forgot

Long-term Goals:

• Bring back the second terminal in a manner that will make sure it doesn't overlap the install terminal
• Needs to implement a "help" option for each prompt in the installation
• "One click install" (will depend on "sensible" defaults being foolproof)
• "One click install (but you choose the partition)" 8)

Casualties:

• 1 Memorex CD/RW (developing radial cracks at the hub)