[Bug 806291] Re: [needs-packaging] Boot-Repair

[YannUbuntu]

Hello Fabrice, thanks for your review!
- desktop-file-validate: fixed upstream (i will update the GIT asap)
- copyright file: fixed upstream
- popup: fixed upstream
- syslinux and parted: they are highly recommended (add important features, such as "MBR restore" and "bootflag move"), but not absolutely required (main functionality "GRUB reinstall" doesn't require these 2 packages) . If not installed at Boot-Repair start-up, a popup will propose to download and install them, but if the user chooses not to install them (or if he does not have internet access), Boot-Repair will disable some functionalities. As some Linux distributions try to save space to fit their ISO into a CD, I prefer to let each distribution decide whether to include these 2 packages in their ISO, or not. Of course, i highly recommend to include these 2 packages in Ubuntu ISO if Boot-Repair is included.
- yes, Boot-Repair needs root privileges. See usr/share/boot-sav/g2s-launch.sh : Boot-Repair will use gksudo by default if it is detected on the system. If gksudo is not detected, it will try with gksu. If gksu is not detected, it will try sudo, then su -c. This kind of detection cannot be performed via the desktop file.
- Clean-Ubiquity (cleanubiquitybefore and cleanubiquityafter) won't delete any system (why do you think it will?), it will just make bootsector backups.

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Title:
  [needs-packaging] Boot-Repair

Status in Boot-Repair:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Boot-Repair is a small tool to repair frequent boot problems,
  reinstall GRUB, restore MBR...

  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1769482

  Stable packages are available for 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 ..
  on https://launchpad.net/~yannubuntu/+archive/boot-repair

  Licence: GPLv3

  It should be included in Ubuntu's repositories.

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