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
GNOME 2.22 [http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/]-~
- gvfs replaces gnome-vfs (although nautilus will remain to gnome-vfs)
experimental webkit support (epiphany-webkit)
- gnome-keyring is generalized (including SSH keys support and pam_gnome_keyring)
- system-config-printer replaces gnome-cups-manager
- Native "print to PDF" support.
new apps : [http://live.gnome.org/Cheese/ cheese], [http://www.gnome.org/projects/vinagre/ vinagre], [http://live.gnome.org/Sabayon sabayon]
Improved application evolution, evince, totem (automatic download codecs), gedit (syntax-highlighting), screen-saver (Leave Message feature), Network-manager and power-manager.
- Improved Internationalization.
- Many improvements in accessibility support (new applications, at-spi integration in gecko applications)
X.org 7.3 ~-[http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.3]-~
- Xserver autoconfiguration (most of xorg.conf becomes useless)
- RandR 1.2 support on Intel, ATI, and some G80 boards (autodetection of available modes, dynamic resizing, placing and rotating of outputs), but no multiple displays anymore
- ATI R5xx and R6xx modesetting and 2D acceleration support
Openoffice.org 2.4 ~-[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.4]-~
- Emacs 22
Gimp ~-[http://gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.4.html] ; [http://developer.gimp.org/NEWS-2.4]-~
- gParted 0.36 (can move partitions)
Expected
- Gecko 1.9
- KDE 4.0/4.1?
- iceweasel/Firefox 3 (?)
Server
- Nagios3 (removal of nagios2)
- MySQL 5.1
- PostgreSQL 8.3
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.
- Debian-installer
- Nicer boot prompt with menu
- Ability to use multiple CD/DVD discs during the install
- Ability to start the installer from Windows
DebianVolatile is official.
Expected
- TDebs (?)
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 ?