installation-guide (20070319ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low * Resynchronise with Debian. Remaining changes: - Build only English (for now, until we figure out how to avoid trashing translations quite so badly with Ubuntu branding etc.). - Build only Ubuntu architectures (amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, powerpc, sparc). - Extensive (although possibly incomplete) Ubuntu branding, adjustments for our mirror layout, etc. - Add "Ubuntu and Debian" and "What is Ubuntu?" section, text borrowed from the Ubuntu web site. Disable the "What is Debian GNU/Linux?" section. - Direct installation reports to ubuntu-users for now. - Adjust various memory and disk space requirements. Talk about the default Ubuntu desktop and Ubuntu tasks rather than Debian tasks. - Document mounting /sys in various places. - Unset supports-floppy-boot for all our architectures. - Add a few more supports-floppy-boot and bootable-usb conditionals. - Document our root password and sudo arrangements. - Document netboot-style USB images. Still mention the hd-media images, but they're downplayed since many USB sticks are too small for a full Ubuntu ISO image. - Document Kickstart installations (currently only the basics, a reference to Red Hat's documentation, and the differences from Anaconda). - Note that an empty preseed file is equivalent to a normal manual installation. - Rename doc-base.TEMPLATE to TEMPLATE.doc-base. - Update keyboard preseeding documentation for console-setup. - Update chroot-install guide for console-setup and language packs; add a bit more advice about installing grub. - Remove text talking about devfs-style device names, which are no longer supported. - Fix links to web copies of installation manual and example preseed file. * Bump kernelversion to 2.6.22. * Bump x11ver to 7.3. * Bump GNOME version to 2.20. * Bump release version and names for Gutsy (LP: #119177). * Refer to the standard task rather than ubuntu-standard. * Disable documentation of the GTK frontend. * Remove latex-hangul-ucs-hlatex build-dependency, as we don't build for Korean. installation-guide (20070319) unstable; urgency=low [ Frans Pop ] * Cleaned up definitions of some entities and removed unused ones. * Implement infrastructure that allows entities to be translated. Thanks to Miroslav Kure for providing the patch. Closes: #344048, #406515. * Disable Korean PDF/PS formats for builds for the website. * appendix/files: update information about mouse configuration, based on a patch from Peter Samuelson (for which thanks). Closes: #406290. * boot-installer, appendix/preseed: document preseed/interactive parameter. [ Joey Hess ] * Fix package name for installation-reports, and manual unfuzzy of all translations. Closes: #408408 [ Frans Pop ] * welcome: - make links to FSF and GNU more consistent (closes: #410317) - we do not necessarily share the ideals of the FSF (closes: #410129) Thanks to Francesco Poli for suggesting these changes. * using-d-i: guided partitioning now creates swap inside LVM. Thanks to Francesco Poli. Closes: #411399. * Document installs over PPPoE. Based on a text proposed by Eddy Petrisor. Closes: #408340. * installation-howto: update for the integration of base-config into D-I. * appendix/preseed: - as exim no longer asks any questions during installations, there is no real need to document it anymore - add link to Philip Hand's website as it contains many creative examples - document how to select the ftp protocol during mirror selection - document how to install from CD/DVD only (and not use a network mirror) * Update base/standard system and task sizes. [ Joey Hess ] * Document debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated. [ Wouter Verhelst ] * Update mac68k installation after notes from Finn Thain, upstream mac68k kernel hacker. [ Frans Pop ] * Replace entity in example-preseed.txt file. Thanks to Geert Stappers for spotting the error. Closes: #413257. installation-guide (20070122) unstable; urgency=low * Enable Catalan, Brazillian, Korean and Spanish again. * Enable new Hungarian translation. installation-guide (20070115) unstable; 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. * Update Sparc specific information and document common installation issues for Sparc. Many thanks to Jurij Smakov for reviewing the Sparc manual and for his overview of issues. * Etch ships with X.Org 7.1. * Update number of developers, packages and mailing lists. * General revision of minimum hardware requirements throughout the manual. * Update of installed/download size of tasks. * Document the graphical installer, including the main known issues. * Avoid generating XML files multiple times for translations using PO files when using build.sh or buildweb.sh sripts. * 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. - Remove sun4cd (sparc32) from and add sun4v (sparc64) in hardware table. - Rewrite of NIC support, document wireless support (for selected arches) and explain issues surrounding drivers that require firmware. * preparing: - Clean out ancient hardware issues. * boot-installer/parameters: - Document anna/choose_modules and mirror/protocol boot parameters. - Use a clearer way to list the short form of parameters. - Document new option to blacklist kernel modules. * 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 ] * Prepare for release. This release is mostly for testing purposes, the real release targeted at Etch will be next week. * Add and enable amd64 architecture. * Update control file for dropped m68k and added amd64 architectures. * Disable Catalan, Korean, Spanish and Brazillian translations as they are not yet complete. * Enable Finnish translation. -- Colin Watson