Status ====== We now have D-I images and both daily and full CD images available for all architectures except m68k, which is currently waiting for BYHAND processing. So far the D-I images themselves are looking perfect. The full CD images are available earlier than scheduled, thanks to the fact that D-I images for almost all architectures were available at the same time and some very fast footwork by Steve McIntyre. Several calls to help testing these images have been sent out. We are planning to do a new, official build of all CD-images, but that will probably happen only just before the release announcement and with only minimal additional testing. Pending issues ============== > There has been recent activity on two longstanding partitioning issues: > - resizing NTFS partitions: looks to be resolved by Ben Hutchings > - flags for MAC partition tables: looks to be resolved by David > Härdeman Both these issues are now resolved. The second one caused a nasty regression due to a minor syntax error in a script, but that has been resolved too. During some intensive testing the last few days, a few issues have been identified that we want to resolve before RC2: - due to a recent change a wrong kernel was selected for some VIA processors; this has been fixed today in base-installer - a problem has been identified in the elilo package that affects new installations; a fixed version has already been uploaded to unstable - a problem has been identified with formatting new DASD partitions on S/390; this is being worked on - today a possible issue in tasksel was reported; needs investigation Schedule ======== A somewhat revised schedule (but still with the same target date :-) for RC2 looks like this: 12-16: Testing of D-I images and all CD images 16 : Make sure fixes for pending issues have made it to Etch 17/18: Final builds and testing of CD images 19 : Release RC2 Cheers, FJP
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