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== (Re)-License ==
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  • Linux 2.6.26 (ToDo: write summary of those [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
  • [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.

Expected

  • No new feature pending

Desktop

Laptop

  • cpu frequency scaling enabled by default.

Server

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

  • kerneloops / kerneloops.org

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

Expected

  • No new feature pending

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 hardware support: ...
  • New translations: ...
  • Dropped translations: ...
  • ...

Expected

  • multipath support
  • realtime 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

Upgrade issues

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

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 :

  1. 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
  2. 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.

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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(Re)-License

  • All contributions to this page (since 2008-09-03) are under [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL v2].

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

People who have relicensed their works : @NAME@, Add You Name Here