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       * gnome-control-center: DebianBug:687279 ; uploaded, to be unblocked.
       * aptitude: DebianBug:687294 ; sponsored/uploaded, to be unblocked.
       * gucharmap: DebianBug:687297 ; uploaded, to be unblocked.
       * gnome-control-center: DebianBug:687279 ; unblocked.
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       * norwegian (aspell-no, inorwegian, etc.): DebianBug:688676 ; NMU'd, to be unblocked.
       * postgresql-9.1: DebianBug:688678
       * norwegian (aspell-no, inorwegian, etc.): DebianBug:688676 ; unblocked.
       * postgresql-9.1: DebianBug:688678 ; uploaded, but “““micro”””release.
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       * tomboy: DebianBug:688706 ; uploaded, to be unblocked.
       * nmap: DebianBug:688708 ; uploaded, to be unblocked.
       * tomboy: DebianBug:688706 ; unblocked.
       * nmap: DebianBug:688708 ; unblocked.
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       * marble: DebianBug:688776 ; uploaded, to be unblocked.        * marble: DebianBug:688776 ; unblocked.

Release Goals for the next releases of the Debian Installer

d-i wheezy beta 3

Announce: <20120909220746.GD8314@mraw.org>

Merged features:

  • Extended support for speech synthesis.
  • New Debian logo:
    • Who: Paul Tagliamonte
    • Status: rootskel-gtk uploaded, d-i patched.
  • UEFI support.
    • Who: Steve McIntyre

    • Status: Patches being developed/tested/refined; all applied/uploaded; Steve only has to merge his UEFI branch into debian-cd now.
  • IPv6 support.
    • Who: Philipp Kern
    • Status: Some bugs remain (esp. preseeding), bug general status is looking good.
  • More xz-related unblocks. According to Julien, stay away from Priority: required packages.
    • Who: Ansgar Burchard, Cyril Brulebois
    • Status:
      • vim: 687265 ; unblocked.

      • openssh-blacklist: 687267 ; unblocked.

      • gnome-control-center: 687279 ; unblocked.

      • aptitude: 687294 ; unblocked.

      • gucharmap: 687297 ; unblocked.

      • ghostscript: 687300 ; unblocked.

      • sane-backends: 687413 ; unblocked.

      • norwegian (aspell-no, inorwegian, etc.): 688676 ; unblocked.

      • postgresql-9.1: 688678 ; uploaded, but “““micro”””release.

      • pidgin: 688692 ; dummily binNMU'd, bug reopened.

      • tomboy: 688706 ; unblocked.

      • nmap: 688708 ; unblocked.

      • grub2: 688773 ; Colin should upload shortly.

      • below, for KDE:

      • kde-runtime: 688758

      • kde4libs: 688766

      • marble: 688776 ; unblocked.

      • below, for LXDE/XFCE:

      • mythes-en-us_3.3.0-4_all.deb: strange, moved between source packages?
      • openjdk-6 packages: pkg_compress “fun”, rebuild running.

Deferred/canceled features:

  • Automatic installation of processor microcodes when non-free is installed.
    • Who: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
    • Status: Need help to get started; not convinced microcodes are that much of a “must” anyway.
    • Related: firmware-linux-nonfree installation for radeon (Philipp Kern).
  • Switch from aptitude to apt-get (a la tasksel).
    • Who: Daniel Hartwig, Christian Perrier
    • Status: Cyril Brulebois would like a rationale, and heavy tests.

Bug fixes which would be nice (from errata and installation reports):

  • CD1 without a network mirror isn't sufficient to install a full desktop environment.
  • Network issues when installing a desktop over a wireless connection: #682608
  • Broken Tamil display: 687176

  • Fix in sysvinit for SheevaPlug: 686991

  • Fix for wrong man-db/grub prompt: 686954

  • Fix for mousewheel support: 686953

  • Fix for GNU/kFreeBSD graphical installation: 686858

  • Fix for insufficient MFS_ROOT on GNU/kFreeBSD: 686861

  • Fix for cdebconf vs. speech synthesis: 682538