Almost all packages targeted for Beta2 have now been uploaded and so far we've not seen any regressions. The only package that currently looks like it will need another upload is partman-auto-lvm in which some bugs were discovered during testing. I will start moving udebs to testing this week, starting with those that should not break Beta1. Development work can continue, but please do not upload any packages without consulting first. KERNEL STATUS ============= 2.6.15-4 was uploaded just before the weekend and currently has no RC bugs that will prevent its migration to testing. Steve Langasek seems in favor of hinting this kernel into testing early. This means that ports should update their 2.6.15 kernel udebs to 2.6.15-4 as soon as possible. Some ports have already done so, but the following still need the update: alpha, arm, ia64, powerpc. Two ports are still on older 2.6 kernel versions: hppa (2.6.14) and m68k (2.6.12). For hppa an update to current 2.6.15 is a requirement for inclusion in the release. For m68k AFAICT the 2.6 kernel udebs are not actually used yet, so this needs not block the release (but needs to be disabled in d-i config). ARCHITECTURE STATUS =================== Besides not having up-to-date 2.6 kernel udebs, hppa and m68k are currently not installable in either testing or unstable. Reason is FTBFS problems for packages in base which result in base not being installable. The reason that this also affects testing is that issues for these architectures are currently being ignored for migrations to testing. If these issues are not resolved before Beta2 is ready, this will probably mean hppa and/or m68k cannot be included in the release. The alpha port planned to default to 2.6.15 for Beta2, but this has not yet been implemented (was waiting for 2.6.15-4 probably). Please do so ASAP if this is still the intention. The powerpc port currently has two issues: a too large root floppy and some kernel images not being built resulting in cd building failures. Svel Luther has promised to look into these issues and it is expected these will be resolved in time for the release. As it looks now, s/390 will not be part of Beta2 although progress has been made on getting back parted support. As promised, I will send an updated planning after 2.6.15 migrates to testing. Cheers, FJP
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