Hello, Just to forward the announcement for the debian installer, and make a call for testing: could you please check that brltty works as appropriate in that release? (e.g. USB autodetection)
Otavio Salvador, le Mon 17 Mar 2008 21:14:36 -0300, a écrit : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > [ previous announcement had a wrong URL on it pointing to the images > directly, please use our web site instead ] > > The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the first beta of > Debian Lenny's Installer. > > This is the first release since Etch and the whole team has been hard > at work during the past 11 months to make this release full of new > features and bugfixes. > > We do need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, > so please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything you else > you will need are available at our web site: > > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > > Main improvements > ================= > > The comprehensive changelog of what has changed since the release of > Etch is available on the wiki[1]. > > Support for CD/DVD sets is back > - ------------------------------- > > Support for loading additional CDs or DVDs from a set (a feature > missing in Etch) has been added again. As language-related packages do > not all fit on the first CD, this greatly improves the situation for > non-English speakers performing installations without internet > connectivity. > > Clock synchronization using NTP > - ------------------------------- > > By default, the installer will now attempt to synchronize the system > clock using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) when a network connection > has been configured. The hardware clock will be updated before the > system is rebooted. > > This ensures a valid system time during installation, preventing odd > behaviors with cryptographic signatures or filesystem checks. > > Support for "volatile" has been added > - ------------------------------------- > > The installer now supports adding the "volatile.debian.org" repository > when adding additional APT sources. In the same way as > security.debian.org, it will be configured by default when the > "stable" distribution is installed. > > In addition, it is now possible to disable the security and volatile > sources when the installer is run in expert mode and > security.debian.org will be configured by default for installations of > "testing". > > Please read the debian-volatile homepage[2] for more information about > the volatile project. > > Starting the installer from Microsoft Windows > - --------------------------------------------- > > Since the integration of the win32-loader package[3], it is now > possible to start the installer directly from Microsoft Windows > without the need to change BIOS settings. Upon insertion of a CD-ROM, > DVD-ROM or USB stick, an autorun program will be started, offering a > step-by-step process to start the Debian Installer. A few installer > settings (including language) will be preconfigured from this process. > > Experimental support for Serial ATA RAID (dmraid) > - ------------------------------------------------- > > As previously announced[4], the debian-installer now includes > experimental support for installing Debian on systems with Serial ATA > RAID as supported in Linux via the dmraid utility. Please see the > dedicated wiki page[5] for more information. > > Other noteworthy changes > - ------------------------ > > * The installer has been updated to use Linux 2.6.22 > * Various changes have resulted in reduced memory usage > * Rescue mode now supports LUKS encrypted partitions > * Various code cleanups, reorganizations and refactorings have been done > * A new language, Amharic has been added (to graphical installation) > > No longer supported > =================== > > * DECstation (mips) and RiscPC (arm) machines are no longer supported > * The sparc32 architecture is no longer supported as kernel support > for it was dropped[6] > > Known issues in this release > ============================ > > * Support for the "relatime" mount option has been added, but is > currently broken. See #460824 > * i386: kernel oops during installer startup on Thinkpad T41. See > #470522 > * mips: the installer won't start on at least SGI O2[7] and qemu[8] > * arm: this release doesn't support Netwinder[9] > * s390: the "tape" installation method is unusable due to a kernel > issue. See #466906 > > Plans for next Beta release > =========================== > > The next beta will be focused mainly on getting an installer version > working with Linux 2.6.24. > > Other contributors have nevertheless spoken about working on non-free > firmware support[10], improvements on the partioner[11], locale support > and mirror selection[11] and improvements to the graphical > installer[12]. > > The debian-installer team is still looking for active contributors for > new features, bug triaging and squashing, improvements on the manual > and the developer documentation. If you want Lenny to release on time, > please join and help[13]! > > References > ========== > > 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/HumanReadableChangelogs/LennyBeta1 > 2. http://www.debian.org/volatile > 3. http://packages.debian.org/win32-loader > 4. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/07/msg00008.html > 5. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataRaid > 6. http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2007/07/msg00049.html > 7. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2008/02/msg00056.html > 8. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/03/msg00190.html > 9. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/02/msg00920.html > 10. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/02/msg00274.html > 11. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/02/msg00285.html > 12. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/03/msg00121.html > 13. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Contrib Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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