Hi all, Many must have been waiting anxiously for this mail. No, you don't get a time schedule for D-I RC2 yet, just an overview. The schedule will follow sometime later this week (on relevant lists).
STATUS
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The (maybe-not-yet-completely-final) kernel for Etch is now available in
unstable, which means we can now seriously start preparing D-I RC2. All
kernel (module) udeb packages have been rebuilt and uploaded, so we can
switch D-I to 2.6.18-4 tomorrow. The kernel team may be planning one last
upload [1]; see also issues below.
Most functional changes for d-i have already been uploaded to unstable;
only a few minor changes are still pending.
There have been quite a few translation updates since RC1, so a major
upload for most udebs is still needed, probably later this week. There
will be _no_ string freeze (or rather: no period to allow for translation
updates), basically because there have been no relevant string changes
since RC1.
As we have a new kernel with an ABI update and also quite a few changes in
D-I since RC1, we will need to allow some time for testing daily images.
We are very happy that in recent weeks we [2] have been able to solve all
major issues with the graphical installer that were still present in RC1.
We will send a call for testing to d-d-a when daily images sufficiently
approach what RC2 should look like.
Before we can start migrating udebs to testing, the final kernel (plus all
related packages like linux-latest) should already be in testing, so that
is a major dependency for our planning.
We still see quite a lot of uploads of packages that have udebs or affect
installs. It would be really nice if things could settle down now so we
get a somewhat more stable environment for RC2 and Etch. However, this is
up to the Release Managers.
Important for D-I porters
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If there are any architecture specific issues or planned changes that
require attention before RC2, please mail details and planning to d-boot
ASAP.
We will also need some uploads of arch-specific udebs (mostly for
translation updates), put I will ping the relevant porters for those.
ISSUES
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#403706 - allow-hotplug and udev
I'm not sure if this still requires a change in d-i. Both issues that
triggered this BR have now been fixed in udev and the proposed change in
d-i still feels like it should not be needed.
#380226 - NTFS (partition) not recreated correctly after resize:
incorrect start sector
This RC bug affects resizing of Windows Vista partitions. Unfortunately it
has not received the attention it deserves. It currently looks like
resizing Vista partitions will not be supported during installation.
#407759 - JMicron CD controller on Intel 965 motherboards not supported
by current kernel
Basically it is up to the kernel team to determine if this can be resolved
for Etch. We've seen at least three recent reports though, so it is
likely to hit quite a few users.
Of course there are other issues, but AFAIK none that can't be listed as
errata. If you feel there are important issues missing, please reply.
Other
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- ppp-udeb has today been uploaded with significantly improved PPPoE
support.
- A new dejavu has recently been uploaded with some important
improvements.
- I've committed a last minute change in apt-setup to reduce the maximum
waiting time while scanning for the security mirror; this could take
up to 6 minutes and has now been reduced to 1.5; see #393033 for
details.
Cheers,
Frans Pop
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2007/01/msg00874.html
[2] With special thanks to Attilio Fiandroti for his excellent work
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