On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:08:24 +0200, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > PS: a draft of the news message, so you know what's included. > > 2011.08 snapshots. > Hi,
I would remove that "Hi". > time for a much needed update to the Arch installation media, as the last > release (<a > href="http://www.archlinux.org/news/201005-snapshots-less-is-more/";>2010.05</a>) > is not only quite outdated, but yields broken installations if > you do a netinstall (because the old installer is not aware of the <a > href="http://www.archlinux.org/news/changes-to-kernel-package-and-filenames/";>changed > kernel/initramfs filename</a> in our new Linux 3.0 packages). > > What has changed in this period of more then a year? than > > <a href="http://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git/";>Archiso</a> > (image builds): > > * TODO fill in snapshot of current core, including kernel 3., pacman-3 and > * glibc,, mkinitcpio/initscripts/netcfg > * Big overhaul: use dm-snapshot instead of aufs2 > * Consolidate image building, use single build.sh script which also > does dual-arch images. This is most likely not important for users. In general I would only mention stuff that affects users directly. Backend changes are awesome but the news draft is already really long. > * All needed files to boot for custom USB mediums installed on /arch > * Allow changing NBD export name > * Allow using serial console with console kernel parameter. > * Allow starting custom script with script kernel parameter, autologin tty1. > * Add support to mount iso in loopback mode > * Add new menu entry "Power off" ...which wont work on new computers anyway ;-) > * Added packages: btrfs-progs-unstable crda curl dhclient dialog > dnsmasq hdparm > netcfg nilfs-utils openconnect rp-pppoe rsync vpnc wpa_actiond > * Removed packages: aufs2 aufs2-util joe ndiswrapper > ndiswrapper-utils tiacx tiacx-firmware > * Remove x86test, add HDT to initial syslinux menu > * Add support for booting from memdisk > * XZ compression for SquashFS and initramfs. > * Various cleanups, improvements and bugfixes. > > <a href="http://projects.archlinux.org/aif.git/"AIF</a> (installation tool): > * experimental support for btrfs and nilfs2. > * support syslinux next to grub. May sound like you were able to install both in parallel. > * changes to configuration formats to support new rc.conf and linux3.0 > * make selecting source more flexible (multiple local and/or remote repos) > * show package descriptions when installing packages > * run with debugging and logging enabled by default, add > /arch/report-issues script > * make automatic profiles switch source depending on whether core or > netinstall system is running > * remove support for tcp_wrappers in accordance to Arch Linux policy > * change develop model: primary development goes on in (rewritable) > develop branch, master == stable. Not important to the user > * various code cleanups, improvements and bugfixes. > > <a href="https://github.com/Dieterbe/libui-sh";>libui.sh</a> (bash UI > framework) > * made long checklists much easier in CLI mode, by using $EDITOR No idea what this means. > * fix an endless loop in CLI mode. > * more flexible initialisation initialization > > > <a > href"=http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide"Official > installation guide</a>: > * brought up to date. > > For those interested in the build environment (which is now set up on a <a > href="releng.archlinux.org">new server</a>), can check <a > href="http://projects.archlinux.org/users/dieter/releng.git/";>releng.git</a> > > Please assure tickets exist in the <a > href="https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=6";>bugtracker - Release > Engineering project</a> for any issues you may find. > > * <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/download/";>Download</a> That is the most important link here; should probably be mentioned at the beginning. > * <a href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:2011.08";>List of > * packages</a> -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre
