On Tuesday 25 December 2007, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > we will update 3.1 and 4.0 tomorrow and might need a bit of help for the > press announcement. We currently don't have any extra text for regarding > d-i in it. If you want any extra being mentioned, please speakk up > within the next 24h. > > Texts can be found here: > 3.1r7: http://ftp-master.debian.org/~luk/press.txt > 4.0r2: http://ftp-master.debian.org/~zobel/press.txt
As Jérémy is not available and I don't know whether Otavio will be, and given the limited time frame, I've taken the liberty to take a look at this. Attached proposed changes for both texts. Cheers, FJP
--- press_etch.txt.orig 2007-12-25 10:26:01.000000000 +0100
+++ press_etch.txt 2007-12-25 10:58:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its
stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). This update
mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release,
-along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
+along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian
GNU/Linux 4.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@
<http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist>
+Debian-Installer Update
+-----------------------
+
+The installer has been updated to use and support the updated kernels
+included in this release. This change causes old netboot and floppy images
+to stop working; updated versions are available from the regular locations.
+
+Other changes include stability improvements in specific situations,
+improved serial console support when configuring grub, and added support
+for SGI O2 machines with 300MHz RM5200SC (Nevada) CPUs (mips).
+
+
Miscellaneous Bugfixes
----------------------
@@ -55,17 +67,14 @@
glibc Fix nscd crash
gnome-hearts Added missing dependency
gnome-panel Fix authentication bypass
- grub-installer Improve serial console parameters
iceweasel-l10n Remove roa-es-val translation and updated ca package description
joystick Bring architectures back in sync
kernel-patch-openvz Rebuild for Debian Kernel rebuild
klibc Fixes nfsroot on mips(el)
lib3ds Fix strict-aliasing errors
libdbi-perl Fix potential dataloss
- libdebian-installer Added support for SGI O2 machines with 300MHz RM5200SC (Nevada) CPUs
libmarc-charset-perl Bring architectures back in sync
libnarray-ruby Rebuild against current ruby1.8 to fix a wrong library install directory
- Linux Installer Kernel Rebuild for Linux Kernel rebuild
linux-latest-2.6 Rebuild for Linux Kernel rebuild
lvm2 Fix to work correctly with striped lvm1 metadata
mpop Rebuild against etch (i386 only)
@@ -74,12 +83,10 @@
openscenegraph Bring architectures back in sync
openvpn Rebuild against liblzo2 to fix general protection errors.
pam Fix CVE-2005-2977
- partman-crypto Only use loop-mounting for the CD image in hd-media installs
po4a Fix CVE-2007-4462
postgresql-8.1 Fix regression introduced in 8.1.9
pwlib Fix CVE-2007-4897
pygresql Fix package on libpq
- rootskel Rebuild against klibc
sear Rebuild against lib3ds-dev
tzdata Recent timezone updates
unace Make program 64bit clean
--- press_sarge.txt.orig 2007-12-25 10:25:53.000000000 +0100
+++ press_sarge.txt 2007-12-25 10:51:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
oldstable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (codename sarge). Note that
this is the first time we do an update of oldstable. This update
mainly adds corrections for security problems to the oldstable release,
-along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
+along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian
GNU/Linux 3.1 but only updates some of the packages included. There is
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@
<http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist>
+Debian-Installer Update
+-----------------------
+
+With this release the installation system for sarge gains full support for
+installing "oldstable" from network mirrors. This includes base-config.
+
+The installer also uses and supports the updated kernels included in this
+release. This change causes old netboot and floppy images to stop working;
+updated versions are available from the regular locations.
+
+Other changes are a final fix to prevent leakage of sensitive data through
+saved log files and a minor fix in the partman-jfs component.
+
+
Miscellaneous Bugfixes
----------------------
@@ -49,12 +63,8 @@
apache2 Fix several minor vulnerabilities.
asterisk-spandsp-plugins Bring architectures back in sync.
atomix Bring architectures back in sync.
- base-config Add support for oldstable.
- base-installer Update for rootskel's support of the kernel.
bazaar Bring architectures back in sync.
camediaplay Bring architectures back in sync.
- cdrom-detect Add support for oldstable.
- choose-mirror Add support for oldstable.
commons-daemon Bring architectures back in sync.
debtags-edit Bring architectures back in sync.
fai-kernels Rebuild against latest kernel update.
@@ -65,7 +75,6 @@
gnuradio-core Bring architectures back in sync.
gr-audio-oss Bring architectures back in sync.
iroffer Bring architectures back in sync.
- iso-scan Add support for oldstable.
joystick Bring architectures back in sync.
k3d Bring architectures back in sync.
kdissert Bring architectures back in sync.
@@ -87,13 +96,10 @@
octaviz Bring architectures back in sync.
osspsa Bring architectures back in sync.
paje.app Bring architectures back in sync.
- partman.jfs Fix error in commit script.
pasmo Bring architectures back in sync.
plptools Bring architectures back in sync.
- prebaseconfig Prevent leakage of sensitive data.
python-biopython Bring architectures back in sync.
realtimebattle Bring architectures back in sync.
- rootskel Update kernel defaults.
scalapack Bring architectures back in sync.
skippy Bring architectures back in sync.
swt-gtk Bring architectures back in sync.
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