--- trunk/manual/debian/changelog 2006/04/29 19:46:52 36805 +++ trunk/manual/debian/changelog 2006/12/29 03:47:48 43623 @@ -1,5 +1,150 @@ installation-guide (2006xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + [ Colin Watson ] + * Document new pkgsel/include setting. + * Fix incorrect documentation on preseeding additional apt sources. + * Fix typo in hppa hardware support documentation + (https://launchpad.net/bugs/55164). + * Adjust chroot-install guide to take account of debootstrap being + Architecture: all now (https://launchpad.net/bugs/64765). + + [ Frans Pop ] + * Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall and Holger Wansing. + Closes: #378404, #370484, #370425. + * Update instructions on how to set module parameters for PLIP installation. + * Update chroot install instructions to use aptitude instead of apt-get. + * Add /srv in overview of directory tree in partitioning appendix. + * Update section on partitioning using LVM to reflect recent changes. + * Apply various patches by or based on suggestions from Nathanael Nerode. + Some of the bigger changes include: + - Update of processor support for the i386 architecture. + - Update information on setting up a RARP server. + * Add variant for the AMD64 architecture. Closes: #305977. + * Suppress warnings about missing IDs for sections and such. + * Reorganize supported hardware table; i386 no longer has flavors. + * Document SMP-alternatives as one of the variants of SMP support. + * Document how to shut down the system. Based on patch from Holger Levsen. + Closes: #248067. + + [ Miroslav Kure ] + * Update information about booting with encrypted partitions. + Closes: #378651. + + [ Joey Hess ] + * Update preseeding docs to document listing more than one disk for + partman-auto/disk and grub-installer/bootdev + + [ Changwoo Ryu ] + * Add support for Korean PDF output. Requires latex-hangul-ucs-hlatex. + Closes: #381657. + + [ David Härdeman ] + * Update preseeding documentation for partman-auto. + + [ Frans Pop ] + * Correct error for alpha netboot installations. Thanks to Aurélien Géröme. + Closes: #386591. + * Correct number of release arches. Thanks to Holger Wansing. Closes: #384321. + * Minor corrections suggested by Malcolm Parsons. Closes: #388138. + * Document new boot parameters theme and directfb/hw-accel. + * Remove now obsolete distinction between classic and common kpkg. + * Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.17. + * Set default value for manual_release in build wrapper scripts. + * Add new section in preseeding appendix on partman-auto-raid. Not included + in preseed text file as it is still somewhat experimental. + * Document changes in guided partitioning and added encrypted LVM support. + * Disable m68k for official builds as it is not a release architecture. + * buildweb.sh: use 'mv -f' to avoid errors during builds on the webserver. + * Minor corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall. Closes: #394413, #394471. + * Update task sizes as per D-I RC1. + * New troubleshooting section on how to deal with CD-ROM related problems. + * Document how to pass parameters to kernel modules on boot. + * Document how to install KDE instead of Gnome in the section on pkgsel. + + [ Joey Hess ] + * Update for recent floppy changes. + * Remove hardcoded paths to executables in buildone.sh. + * Set HOME to a temporary directory before running w3m, to avoid it + trying to write to a home directory that may not exist on the buildds. + (See #393641) + * Update the installation report template to match current one in + installation-report. + + [ Philip Hands ] + * Clarify how -- affects which parameters end up in the target system's + bootloader's command line. + + [ Joey Hess ] + * Applied Phil's auto mode documentation patch, edited it, and moved + some things around for clarity. Closes: #395910 + * Document auto=true boot parameter. + + [ Frans Pop ] + * Add condition "g-i" for arches that support the graphical installer. + * Document mouse/left boot parameter. + * Explain usage of "owner" prefix when setting values for debconf variables + intended for the target system at the boot prompt. + * Give some examples of preseeding questions from the boot prompt. + * Document how to install the KDE desktop environment instead of GNOME. + * Don't list unsupported frontends in boot parameters section. + * Minor corrections suggested by Tapio Lehtonen. Closes: #397790. + * Minor corrections suggested by Holger Wansing. Closes: #397974. + + [ Martin Michlmayr ] + * Mention that RiscPC support is incomplete. + * Mention Intel IOP32x support. + * Talk about ixp4xx rather than the more specific nslu2. + + [ Frans Pop ] + * Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.18. + * Minor corrections and some rewrites based on suggestions from + Clytie Siddall. Closes: #367861, #380588. + * bookinfo: + - Add note for m68k that it is not a release architecture for Etch. + * hardware: + - Remove ancient section on parity RAM. Closes: #403035. + - Update documenation for Sparc, based on patch by Jurij Smakov. + Closes: #389516. + - PowerPC/APUS is currently not supported; removed from hardware table. + * boot-installer/parameters: + - Document anna/choose_modules boot parameter. + * boot-installer/trouble: + - Fix reference to Save debug logs menu option. + Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402439. + - Add a note that installation reports will be published. + * install-methods: + - All architectures that support TFTP booting also support DCHP, so remove + the "supports-dhcp" condition. + - According to the text, Alpha supports BOOTP. + - Use dhcp3-server for examples rather than dhcp (version 2). + - tftpd-hpa does not use /tftpboot by default; allow for this in examples. + Closes: #342076. + * using-d-i: + - Extend description of lowmem installs based on a patch suggested by + Holger Wansing. Closes: #400263. + * boot-new: + - Remove reference to apt guide (not installed by default) and obsolete + debian-guide. Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402492. + - As lynx is no longer installed, suggest w3m as text based browser. + - Explain how to browse /usr/share/doc/ using a graphical web browser. + - Mention documentation packages. + - Clarify what happens on first boot and how to get help to in case of + problems. + * post-install: + - Remove section on reactivating Windows; the installer should detect it + automatically after all. Closes: #402437. + - Add extended section on email configuration (moved from using-d-i as + exim4 now configures for "local mail only" by default). Closes: #402857. + * appendix/preseed: + - Clarifications based on comments from Tapio Lehtonen and Holger Wansing. + Closes: #397923. + * appendix/chroot-install: + - Changes suggested in review by Wiktor Wandachowicz. Closes: #394929. + + -- Frans Pop Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:25:30 +0100 + +installation-guide (20060726) unstable; urgency=low + [ Joey Hess ] * Update kernel building section to conditionalise some more 2.4 kernel stuff. @@ -20,8 +165,49 @@ * Document -- command line option for passing parameters to boot loader configuration (closes: #309889). * Switch Finnish from XML-based to PO-based translation. + * Bring numbering and layout of GPL more in line with original. With thanks + to Holger Wansing. + * Add functionality to include optional paragraphs in translations. + Initially two have been defined: + - a paragraph in bookinfo for information about the translation; + - a note in appendix/gpl.xml required with unofficial GPL translations. + + [ Joey Hess ] + * Document new preseed/run setting. + * Prebaseconfig renamed to finish-install, which changes some documentation, + and. notably, renames one of the xml files. + * hd-media size changed to 256 mb. + * Document new aliases added in preseed 1.17 for common debconf boot + parameters: fb, url, file, locale, interface. - -- Frans Pop Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:42:35 +0200 + [ Frans Pop ] + * Document guided partitioning using LVM and update partitioning section. + + [ Martin Michlmayr ] + * The RiscPC flavour is now known as "rpc" rather than "riscpc". + * As of 2.6, r4k-ip22 also rupports r5k machines do the r5k-ip22 flavour + has been dropped. + + [ Holger Levsen ] + * Added the remaining suggestions about nubus and non-powerpc macs + (closes: #364546). + * Restructured the chapter about powerpc supported hardware, moved + unsupported machines to the end. + * Updated the information about existing kernel flavours. + + [ Miroslav Kure ] + * Document installation to encrypted partitions (partman-crypto). + * Update XOrg to 7.0. + + [ Frans Pop ] + * Etch has been assigned version 4.0. + * Update kernel versions to 2.6.16. + * Base languages to be built for website on list of release languages. + * arm, mips and mipsel switched to 2.6 kernels. + * Enable Brazillian Portuguese and Vietnamese translation for release. + * Disable Greek translation as it is too incomplete. + + -- Frans Pop Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:27:52 +0200 installation-guide (20060427) unstable; urgency=low @@ -81,8 +267,6 @@ [ Frans Pop ] * Document new option to preseed additional apt sources for target system. * Document how to create a preconfiguration file. - - [ Frans Pop ] * Enable Catalan, Italian and Swedish translations for release. * Disable Brazillian Portuguese translation as it is too incomplete.