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Kernel and utilities

  • Linux 2.6.26 (see ["KernelFAQ#new-features-in-lenny"]);

  • lspci (pciutils 3.0.0) has a -Q option to query the central database.
  • mount : [http://lwn.net/Articles/281157/ read-only binds] ; --make-shared, --make-slave, --make-private, --make-unbindable

  • [http://kvm.qumranet.com KVM] (kernel + qemu-kvm...)

  • [http://www.ntfs-3g.org/index.html ntfs-3g] (i.e R-W support)

    • gnome expects ntfs-3g to mount volumes, which isn't installed by default so it fails. Is there a regression here ? (needs testing).
  • [http://web.mit.edu/ksplice/ ksplice] (Rebootless Linux kernel security updates)

  • List of Discontinued/Renamed modules.
    • Most legacy CD (pre IDE!): aztcd, gscd isp16, mcdx optcd sjcd sonycd535 (Old CD-ROM drivers not SCSI, not IDE)

Removed

  • No support for Linux 2.4

Desktop

Laptop

  • cpu frequency scaling enabled by default.

Server

removed

  • EVMS

NAS

Security

Besides the regular Debian security support for the full archive, Lenny introduces pro-active security features to preemptively reduce the chance on vulnerabilities:

  • Debian Installer now applies any security updates before the first boot.
  • Several security-critical packages have been built with GCC ["Hardening"] features. TODO: list.
  • The standard system contains fewer setuid root binaries.
  • Various applications have added hardening improvements specific to their application.

Programming

  • Python 2.5 as the default Python interpreter
  • Tcl/Tk 8.5
  • Perl 5.10
  • GCC 4.3
    • gcc/g++ 4.2/4.3 as default C/C++ compiler depending on architecture
    • gfortran 4.3 as default FORTRAN compiler (g77 has been removed)
  • ROOT data analysis package/toolkit, version 5.18, see ["DebianScience/ROOT"]

Debian system

  • Support of symbols files (dpkg-gensymbols, dpkg-shlibdeps)
  • Support of new source package formats (so that they can be used in lenny+1)
  • debhelper 7
  • dpkg triggers
    • Manual page database updated automatically when installing packages
  • apt-get autoremove
  • 'aptitude safe-upgrade' replaces 'aptitude upgrade'
  • 'aptitude full-upgrade' replaces 'aptitude dist-upgrade'
  • Usable cross-building support of Debian packages with Debian tools.
  • DebianVolatile is official.

  • ["Kernel/Oops"] / kerneloops.org ([http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/kerneloops pic])

  • Grub2 uses root=${UUID}, to on new installed systems.
  • Other boot changes: kexec+readahead+insserv+dash can give faster boot

Debian Installer

Only major changes are listed. For details the various release announcements can be checked.

  • Support for multiple CDs/DVDs during the installation
  • Update of system clock using NTP
  • Experimental support for SATA RAID (dmraid)
  • relatime mount option (see [http://manpages.debian.net/man/1/mount mount(1)]).

  • isolinux boot menu (i386/amd64)
  • Option to install Debian from MS Windows (i386/amd64)
  • Various changes affecting automated installs (preseeding)
  • New hardware support: ...
  • New translations: ...
  • Dropped translations: ...
  • ...
  • Prompts for a media with required non-free firmware, if required.
  • BluRay installation images for i386 and amd64.

  • multipath support (multipath-modules)

  • possibility to add volatile.debian.org to sources.list (by pre-seeding)

No longer supported in Lenny

Even though the page is called "New" this is probably the best place to track major changes in this category too (after all, the fact that support for something was dropped is new too). -- fjp

  • Architecture : sparc32
  • Packages :
  • Firmware : the following firmwares have been removed from Debian main.?BR This particularly affects network cards (which might be required for a net-install). In order to activate affected devices, the 'non-free' section has to be enabled. ?BR Todo: add link to documentation for new installations; add list of affected firmware -- jw

Upgrade issues

This section lists (potential) upgrade issues that may need to be documented.

  • [sparc] 2.6.26 kernel does not work with X.Org 7.0/7.1, but should work with 7.3; see [http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/3/43 lkml]

  • On system with nfs, nfs-common MUST be upgraded before mount see [http://bugs.debian.org/493095 #493095]

  • As of 2.6.25 (and still in 2.6.26 in lenny), megraid_mbox kernel panics if you have non-RAID devices on the PERC3/DC RAID controller and possibly other Dell PERC3 models, see [http://bugs.debian.org/490903 #490903]

  • Upgrading over ssh when the connection is managed by NetworkManager can lead the upgrade failing/hanging when the NetworkManager service is restarted. If you are lucky, the ssh connection will not drop out; if you are unlucky, the ssh connection will drop out and at the next interactive point in the upgrade (e.g. dpkg "replace this file" or debconf) the entire upgrade is left in a horrible state.

Notes

  • a good start would be to review the programs in default tasks + the most installed programs not in tasks.
  • New hardware support ; new modules ?


  • The layout for this page can have two axes. We'll have to figure out how to write it down at some point :
  • New vs dropped feature :
    • New stuffs (especially those with high popcon count !)
    • Improved stuff since Etch.
    • Dropped stuffs
    • Deprecated stuffs
    • Changes in DFSGfreeness - alpine, openjdk, djbdns, ttf-liberation in main
  • Categories
    • Infrastructure, Organization, etc.
    • Architectures.
    • Software Theoretically, we should focus on user features (i.e sysadmin feature). However, considering our audience, we should include a few word on technologies

      • Common software (kernel)
      • Server oriented software.
      • Desktop oriented software.
      • Developer features (esp. DD ?).
      • Other features (embedded, etc.)
    • Miscellaneous (the last but not the least) : Debian Installer, Debian Live, LSB, CDD

Releasenotes svn repository

The svn repository for the releasenotes is located at svn://svn.debian.org/svn/ddp/manuals/branches/release-notes/lenny

Due to license incompatibility, the content of the NewInLenny wiki page can't be copied to the release notes. (This isnt fully true anymore, the lenny release notes are GPL2 as is this page.)

So if you write some text, then you should also send a mail to the release-notes maintainers. (We won't repeat that mistake for Squeeze).

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  • By making a new contribution, you relicense your previous contribution(s) to this page under the new license.
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