## General ##

-include benchmarking
-- http://sourceforge.net/projects/unixbench/
-- https://code.google.com/p/byte-unixbench/
-- https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench
-- (http://blog.due.io/2014/linode-digitalocean-and-vultr-comparison/ etc.)
-package in AUR
-base rewrite in python. pyalpm may come in handy here.


## NETWORKING ##

-shorewall/some other firewall?
-WISH: locked-down VPN?
-autodetection/configuration of network. DHCP is currently running by default, but does it need to support IPv6? if so, how would the user configure their network?
-SECURE SSH: https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html
-DISABLE NETWORKMANAGER AND "fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1"??? keeps spawning wpa_supplicant (and thusly killing networking proper)
-for netboot, custom user agent (should be defined by build.conf)
--iPXE's curl
--initrd's curl


## Building ##

-GUMMIBOOT IS GONE FROM THE REPOS. I could repackage it, but better to just see what the hell archiso's doing.
-WISH: Better logging[0]
-WISH: signing for secureboot releases (PreLoader and gummiboot handle this okay, but require manual intervention
-use manual chrooting functions ONLY if distro not detected as arch. if /usr/bin/systemd-nspawn exists, use that instead
--does arch-chroot work across all distros? see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_bundled_32-bit_system_in_Arch64 and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot
--i think this might be unnecessary. testing across other major distros is necessary, but i think i can just use the chroot'd arch-chroot
-tweak build.conf (and build.conf.sample) to source the pwd and set as BASEDIR ***if*** the project resources are present in pwd, otherwise throw warning
--this is half-done;PWD is currently used by default.
-does gummiboot? loader? wtfever it's called support splash backgrounds? can i implement that differently somehow?
--yes, see e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/3bwgf0/where_put_the_splasharchbmp_to_splash_screen_boot/
-strip out/remove unnecessary and orphan packages (e.g. gcc, make, automake, etc.)
-incorporate iPXE tweaks:
--http://ipxe.org/crypto 
--http://ipxe.org/cmd/imgtrust
--http://ipxe.org/cmd/imgverify
--enable use of custom CA/self-signed certs for HTTPS etc. DONE, partially. need to incorporate codesign certs/keys. routines, conf variables
-enable mirror= kernel commandline.
--if mirror_(NAME) is present, use that as repo name.
--if it starts with /, treat as mirrorlist (Include); otherwise use Server = 
--if it has mirror_SIG-X, set signature options e.g. _SIG-N would be "SigLevel = Never"
-iPXE background support. sed -rf "${BASEDIR}/src/ipxe_local/script.sed" ${SRCDIR}/ipxe/src/config/general.h ; sed -rf "${BASEDIR}/src/ipxe_local/script2.sed" ${SRCDIR}/ipxe/src/config/console.h
--note that iPXE VESAFB console is not (yet) supported in EFI, so this is on hold.

## Split into Separate Tools CD ##

-include WinMTR, build Mac OS X MTR for dist/tools on CD
-include pre-compiled LibreCrypt for opening LUKS parts on Windows (https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt)
--curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt/master/README.md | egrep 'InstallLibreCrypt_v[A-Za-z0-9\.]*.exe' | cut -f2 -d'"'


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FOOTNOTES:


[0] I'd really like to implement the following in build.conf; like:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=275743
# The following is the setting for "verbosity". A more accurate way of saying it is how output should be handled.
# Note that for it to be properly parsed, it MUST be in the form of a linear array (e.g. VAR=(1 2 3) ).
# '| tee -a ${BASEDIR}/logs/${FUNCNAME}.$(date +%s)' means "display output for STDOUT and STDERR, and also log STDOUT to logs/<function name>.EPOCH_TIME"
# '2>&1 /dev/null' means "hide STDOUT and STDERR, no logging"
# '>> ${BASEDIR}/logs/${FUNCNAME}.$(date +%s) 2>&1' means "log both STDOUT and STDERR to logs/<function name>.EPOCH_TIME, no output"
# '>> ${BASEDIR}/logs/${FUNCNAME}.$(date +%s)' means "log STDOUT to logs/<function name>.EPOCH_TIME, display (but don't log) STDERR)"
# '' means "no logging; display both STDOUT and STDERR"