Add interactive installer, tagged releases, GRUB fixes, and docs refresh - #1
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Interactive installer (plain-prompt TUI, no new dependencies):
- src/installer/install-lib.sh: shared install logic extracted from the
QEMU test autoinstaller (pure helpers, prompt helpers, effectful steps),
sourceable and bats-tested; both frontends share one implementation.
- src/installer/silverblue-install: prompts for disk (type-ERASE gate),
hostname/timezone/locale/keymap, bootloader, microcode, linux-firmware,
network stack (none/systemd-networkd/NetworkManager), root password, and
an optional wheel+sudo admin user. Installed as /usr/bin/<prefix>-install;
live-ISO motd points at it. UEFI-only, no LUKS/swap by design.
- The unattended autoinstaller keeps byte-identical test behavior and
becomes a thin frontend over the shared library.
Testing:
- tests/unit/test_installer{,_prompts}.bats: 20 new unit tests.
- tests/qemu/run.sh --interactive + harness phases drive the interactive
installer over serial via SILVERBLUE-INSTALL-PROMPT markers, then boot,
log in with the configured password, and verify the target (including
that no test-only artifacts leak onto interactive installs).
- Harness probes now lead with a bare Enter so GRUB menu countdowns are
never cancelled into the entry editor.
GRUB fixes (pre-existing bugs exposed by the new coverage):
- grub package now installed via pacstrap; the chroot pacman -S ran after
the hermetic path disabled remote repos and always failed.
- recordfail no longer holds the menu forever (timeout=-1 -> 10s): staged
updates on headless GRUB machines used to hang at the menu.
- GRUB rollback test exercises the health-check OnFailure path; unattended
recovery from an unloadable kernel is documented as systemd-boot-only.
- Frontends run with set -E so SILVERBLUE-INSTALL-FAIL markers and cleanup
fire for failures inside library functions.
CI/releases:
- v* tags publish ISO + SHA256SUMS to GitHub Releases (gh CLI, no new deps).
- Manual QEMU job gains scenario (unattended/interactive/both) and
bootloader (systemd-boot/grub) dispatch inputs.
- ISO is named after DISTRO_ID instead of archlinux-*.
Docs/website: new docs/installing.md (synced to /guides/installing/),
README/SECURITY/CONTRIBUTING/DERIVING/update-flow updates, Download hero
action, FAQ/getting-started/comparison refreshed to reflect releases and
the installer.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Interactive installer (plain-prompt TUI, no new dependencies):
Testing:
GRUB fixes (pre-existing bugs exposed by the new coverage):
CI/releases:
Docs/website: new docs/installing.md (synced to /guides/installing/), README/SECURITY/CONTRIBUTING/DERIVING/update-flow updates, Download hero action, FAQ/getting-started/comparison refreshed to reflect releases and the installer.