28. 4. 2013.

Objavljen Debian 7.0 RC2


Debian instaler tim objavio je drugu RC verziju instalera za nadolazeću verziju Debian 7.0, sa kodnim imenom Wheezy. U ovom izdanju podržana su 73 jezika, a od toga potpuno je prevedeno 57.

Možete pogledati i listu poznatih problema. Mediji sa RC2 su dostupni za preuzimanje. Debian instaler tim se zahvaljuje svima koji su na bilo koji način doprineli ovom izdanju.

Poboljšanja u ovoj verziji su:
  • accessibility/gdm3: Introduce basic Orca support (#689559).
  • brltty: Fix getting stuck in text mode installer (#705196).
  • localechooser: Update to latest translations of ISO-3166.
  • netcfg:
    • Use dpkg-query -s instead of dpkg -l to check for package installation (#700939).
    • Fix netcfg/disable_dhcp vs. netcfg/use_autoconfig logic. The latter was ineffective (#703747#688273).
    • Install iw along with wireless-tools on the target system, it's the current de facto standard wireless tool (#697890).
  • rootskel-gtk: Make sure theme=dark works despite some changes in last brltty versions (#696968).
  • ttf-cjk-compact: Update for wheezy (#690523).
Promene u hardverskoj podršci:
  • New netboot image on armhf: vexpress.
  • initramfs-tools: Include more HID drivers into base, so that input drivers available in the installer also work in the installed system (#697619).
  • linux kernel:
    • Replace DRM_PSB with DRM_GMA500 (and DRM_GMA600, DRM_GMA3600, DRM_MEDFIELD).
    • Reenable MS Virtual PC guests in the ata_piix module.
    • Add hid-topseed to input-modules for use in the installer (#702611).
    • efi: Ensure efivars is loaded on EFI systems (#703363).
    • efivars: Work around serious firmware bugs.
    • Backport drm and agp subsystems from 3.4.37 for better graphics support (intel, nouveau, radeon).
    • Bluetooth: ath3k: Add support for VAIO VPCEH [0489:e027] (#700550).
    • media/rc: Add iguanair driver from Linux 3.7 (#696925).
    • rt2800: add chipset revision RT5390R support (#696592).
    • armhf/mx5: Fix missing storage drivers and fix network driver selection for the installer.
    • Add specialised USB keyboard/mouse drivers to input-modules for use in the installer: hid-a4tech, hid-cypress, hid-ezkey (#697035), hid-kensington, hid-keytouch, hid-kye, hid-multitouch, hid-ortek, hid-primax, hid-quanta, hid-samsung, hid-speedlink.
    • radeon: Relax firmware checks for DRM/KMS before R600 chips (#697229).
    • [armel/versatile,armhf/vexpress] i2c: Enable I2C, I2C_VERSATILE as modules (#696182).
    • net: Add alx driver for Atheros AR8161 and AR8162 (#699129).
    • [x86] i915: Invert backlight brightness control for various models including Packard Bell NCL20 (#627372) and eMachines G725 (#680737). Can also be enabled with theinvert_brightness=1 module parameter.
    • Backport the virtio-scsi module (#686636).
    • Enable the line6 module (#700211).