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## http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/06/msg00046.html
 * Compare packages pulled by tasks, especially desktop and laptop [TODO]

New stuff in lenny:

Kernel and utilities

  • Linux 2.6.24 ([wiki:KernelFAQ new-features-in-lenny]); no support for Linux 2.4

  • lspci (pciutils 3.0.0) has a -Q option to query the central database.
  • mount : --make-shared, --make-slave, --make-private, --make-unbindable
  • KVM (kernel + qemu-kvm...)
  • ntfs-3g

Expected

  • Linux 2.6.26

Desktop

Expected

  • Gecko 1.9
  • KDE 4.1?
  • iceweasel/Firefox 3 (?)

Server

  • Nagios3 (removal of nagios2)
  • MySQL 5.1
  • PostgreSQL 8.3
  • FreeRADIUS 2.0

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)

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
  • Usable cross-building support of Debian packages with Debian tools.
  • DebianVolatile is official.

Expected

  • TDebs (?)

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
  • volatile.debian.org added to sources.list by default
  • Experimental support for SATA RAID (dmraid)
  • relatime mount option
  • isolinux boot menu (i386/amd64)
  • Option to install Debian from MS Windows (i386/amd64)
  • Various changes affecting automated installs (preseeding)
  • New translations: ...
  • Dropped translations: ...
  • ...

Expected

  • multipath support
  • relatime default

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

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 ?