New stuff in lenny:
Kernel and utilities
Linux 2.6.25 (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)
[http://web.mit.edu/ksplice/ ksplice](Rebootless Linux kernel security updates)
Expected
- Linux 2.6.26
Desktop
- Compare packages pulled by tasks, especially desktop and laptop [TODO]
GNOME 2.22 [http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/]-~
- many applications now use the new gio library instead of gnome-vfs, leading to important performance improvements
- A handful of packages (namely nautilus, gnome-panel and libgnome) will be shipped in their 2.20 version, as we felt gvfs was not stable and featured enough for a stable Debian release. We include our patched, rock-solid version of gnome-vfs instead, even though it means less performance.
Experimental webkit support (epiphany-webkit)
- gnome-keyring is generalized (including SSH keys support and pam_gnome_keyring)
system-config-printer replaces gnome-cups-manager
Automatic configuration of hotplugged printers (hal-cups-utils)
- Native "print to PDF" support.
Improved CD/DVD ISO support ([wiki:file-roller Archive Manager] can open an ISO ; nautilus-cd-burner can burn it.)
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)
gnome-app-install , aka "Add/Remove Applications"
Native Flash support, both in the desktop (swfdec-gnome) and in the browser (swfdec-mozilla)
X.org 7.3 ~-[http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.3]-~
- Xserver autoconfiguration (most of older xorg.conf becomes unnecessary)
- 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
- Inkscape 0.46
Gimp ~-[http://gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.4.html] ; [http://developer.gimp.org/NEWS-2.4]-~
- Gecko 1.9
- Rendering uses native widgets
- Iceweasel/Firefox 3
- drag and drop tabs across windows
- gParted 0.36 (can move partitions)
- Qemu(Kvm)
Laptop
- cpu frequency scaling enabled by default.
Server
Default system log daemon changed from sysklogd/klogd to [:Rsyslog:rsyslog]
- Nagios3 (removal of nagios2)
MySQL 5.1 (partitioning, Events, Row based replication... [http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-5.1-recap.html read this])
- 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)
- 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.
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 hardware support: ...
- 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
- Architecture : sparc32
- Packages :
- Debian tools that are removed : ["Linda"].
Removed packages, with no equivalent that "Provides" transition. (a [http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/proposals/2008-05-30_package-removal/debian/control list], as of 2008-05-30)
apache v1
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]
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 axis. 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
- 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