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This page is used to prepare the next release announcement to be send to debian-boot and debian-devel-announce mailing lists.

Title: Release Candidate 1 release of Debian Installer

The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze.

Improvements in this release of the installer

  • Linux kernel updated to 2.6.32-29;
  • Updated artwork for Squeeze theme (603554);

  • Fixed Finnish keymap in graphical installer
  • Fixed usability issues with very long questions about accepting firmware licenses when some non-free firmware is used
  • Fixed mklibs segfaults on static objects
  • Avoid reloading modules that have a network interface that is already configured.
  • Support the new suite name for "volatile".
  • Fix text of examples in debconf templates to fit the new partition numbering scheme in GRUB 2.
  • Fix resolv.conf writing of manual entered values in case DHCP doesn't supply them.
  • Live Installer:
    • Don't depends on fs modules since it can be loaded during the filesystem lookup.
    • Also removing backend packages for both live-boot and live-config when running normal installation.
    • Calling depmod before modprobing support modules.
    • For consistency, and for more flexibility with custom d-i kernels, also making anna call for installing support modules never fail.
  • On GNU/kFreeBSD:
    • Disable partman-zfs on kfreebsd-i386.
    • Fix generation of fstab CD-ROM entries.
    • mark modules disabled due to firmware issues as optional.
  • On GNU/Linux:
    • nic-modules: add qlcnic module.
    • ata-modules: force inclusion of ata_generic.
      • armel:
        • kirkwood: Added support for QNAP TS-119P+ and TS-219P+
        • ixp4xx: remove unneeded modules to save RAM on the NSLU2. Downgrade ext4-modules to priority extra.
        • iop32: remove ide-core-modules and ide-modules, add ata-modules and pata-modules for the GLAN Tank.
      • powerpc:
        • Shorten unnecessarily long Efika machine map entry to let it match with "Efika 5200B PowerPC System" machine string, too.
        • Add support for YDL ?PowerStation, a CHRP machine with IBM Bimini board and SLOF firmware.

        • Selectively load necessary modules to control G5 PowerMac fans. All G5 PowerMac models are covered now.

        • fancontrol-modules (powerpc64): add windfarm_pm121 for iMac iSight machines.
        • pata-modules: add pata_mpc52xx for Efika 5200B board. Depend on core-modules.
        • nic-modules (powerpc64): add ehea module for on-board ethernet adapters present on all IBM Power 6 and later System p boards.
        • core-modules: add bestcomm-core. pata_mpc52xx and fec_mpc52xx depend on it. Powerpc64 reuses powerpc definition.
        • Let linux-boot-prober work on all chrp machines.
        • Handle YDL initrd image in linux-boot-prober fallback test.
        • use short unique OS labels returned by os-prober.
        • Add oldlabel to the label, if available.
        • Use persistent device naming symlinks and UUID/LABEL tags instead of unix block device names.
  • Localization:
    • Lao and Sinhala languages added
    • 70 languages activated (included English)
    • For 57 of these, translation is 100% complete

Behavioral changes in this release

  • Use "mirror" as default hostname for custom FTP or HTTP mirror.
  • Remove -8 (if present) from getty options for serial terminals.

Known issues in this release

See the errata for details and a full list of known issues.

Not yet known issues in this release

We do need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will need are available at our web site.

Thanks

The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this release.

Blockers for final release

  • 603536 (fixed in daily built images, need debian-cd upload): use iso-level 4 to properly work on IBM PowerPC machines;

  • 362029: resolv.conf not always written on the installed system (has claimed-to-be-tested patch)

  • 602421: multiple CD installs not working

  • 598130: grub-pc fails to be installed.

  • If you know any other please add it for review.

Good to have fixed

  • If you know any other please add it for review.


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