Release Notes: minor improvements/fixes
The following are minor improvements and fixes to the Release Notes for the x86 architecture in the following pages: ch-whats-new.en.html and ch-moreinfo.en.html. Most of these changes can be implemented in the Release Notes for other architectures.
Chris Hagar
--- ch-whats-new.en.html Sat Apr 6 14:00:48 2002
+++ ch-whats-new.en.html-new Sat Apr 6 15:05:51 2002
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
version.]
<p>
-Previously Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 release ('potato') supported six computer
+Previously, Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 ('potato') supported six computer
architectures. In this release those six are joined by four more indicated by
a trailing asterisk [*] below. Here is the full list of architectures for this
release:
@@ -89,11 +89,16 @@
</ul>
<p>
-Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 for the Intel x86 architecture ships with kernel version
-2.2.20.
+You can read more about port status, and port-specific information for your
+architecture at the <code><a href="http://www.debian.org/ports/i386/";>Debian
+port web pages</a></code>.
<p>
-The 2.2 kernel series has been updated and developed extensively introducing
+Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 for the Intel x86 architecture ships with
+Linux kernel version 2.2.20.
+
+<p>
+The 2.2 kernel series has been updated and developed extensively, introducing
several valuable changes both in the kernel and in other programs based on
kernel features, along with a whole slew of new hardware drivers and bug fixes
for existing drivers.
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@
The new <code>debootstrap</code> tool downloads, unpacks and extracts Debian
GNU/Linux packages for the base system installation. This is an improvement
over the previous installation system which used a tarball containing the base
-system. The installation base system can be more dynamically updated with this
+system. The installation base system can be updated more dynamically with this
system.
<p>
@@ -127,14 +132,14 @@
any tasks to which each package may belong.
<p>
-This allows greater selection of tasks and it is much easier to only install
-selected components of tasks, i.e. not the whole thing.
+This allows greater selection of tasks, making it much easier to only install
+selected components of tasks, instead of the whole thing.
<p>
Debian 3.0 is much more secure than previous releases. The base installation
provides fewer unnecessary services that might be the target of attack. Debian
-3.0 includes many more security-oriented applications such as firewall
-administration, server hardening and intrusion detection. The packaging system
+3.0 includes many more security-oriented applications such as for firewall
+administration, server hardening, and intrusion detection. The packaging system
has also been improved so it can be configured to automatically check digital
signatures. When configured, it will refuse to install Debian packages if the
digital signature doesn't match. This limits the possibility of trojan horse
@@ -160,8 +165,7 @@
Almost all configuration at install time and for later reconfiguration is done
using Debconf, which comes in a variety of flavours: a non-interactive method,
dialog (curses-based), and a new GNOME frontend. Debconf's engine has also
-been revamped and improved and is now more flexible than ever. In short,
-Debconf makes the world go around :)
+been revamped and improved and is now more flexible than ever.
<p>
For full details on the Debian installation system, users are advised to read
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@
<dt>`vanilla'</dt>
<dd>
The standard kernel package available in Debian. This includes almost all
-drivers supported by Linux built as modules. This includes drivers for network
+drivers supported by Linux built as modules, including drivers for network
devices, SCSI devices, sound cards, Video4Linux devices, etc. The `vanilla'
flavor includes one rescue, one root and three driver disks.
</dd>
@@ -192,11 +196,11 @@
<dt>`compact'</dt>
<dd>
Like `vanilla', but with many of the less-frequently-use drivers removed
-(sound, v4l, etc). In addition, it has built-in support for several popular
-PCI ethernet devices -- NE2000, 3COM 3c905, Tulip, Via-Rhine and Intel
-EtherExpress Pro100. These built in drivers allow you to take full advantage
+(sound, Video4Linux, etc). In addition, it has built-in support for several popular
+PCI ethernet devices: NE2000, 3COM 3c905, Tulip, Via-Rhine and Intel
+EtherExpress Pro100. These built in drivers allow you to take better advantage
of the Debian installer's net install feature to install the driver and/or base
-system over the network so that only the root and rescue disks need to be made.
+system over a network, so that only the root and rescue disks need to be made.
Finally, `compact' also supports several common RAID controllers: DAC960, and
Compaq's SMART2 RAID controllers. The `compact' flavor includes one rescue,
one root and one driver disk.
@@ -221,8 +225,8 @@
not exist in the (more stable) other flavors. It supports more USB hardware,
modern IDE controllers, newer network cards and Ext3 and Reiser filesystems.
Compared to the driver set of our main kernel-image-2.4.x-yz packages, some
-non-essential drivers have been removed in order to keep the number of needed
-floppy disks in a sane range.
+non-essential drivers have been removed in order to minimize the number of
+floppy disks needed.
</dd>
</dl>
@@ -240,7 +244,7 @@
<p>
The Debian package management tools apt and dpkg have been improved
-considerably in this release. Now apt supports "pinning" in which
+considerably in this release. Now, APT supports "pinning" in which
the user can opt to download certain packages from different distributions,
e.g. testing or unstable, while still keeping the bulk of packages in the
stable distribution. APT will automagically download and install appropriate
@@ -263,13 +267,14 @@
<p>
This release of Debian GNU/Linux contains the much improved XFree86 4.1
release, which includes support for a greater range of hardware, better
-autodetection support, and improved support for advanced technologies such as
-Xinerama and 3D acceleration.
+autodetection of hardware, and improved support for advanced technologies
+such as Xinerama and 3D acceleration. XFree86 3.3.6 is available as an option,
+to support older hardware that is not supported by XFree86 4.1.
<p>
For the first time, Debian GNU/Linux includes several full featured free
-graphical web browsers in the form of Mozilla, Galeon and Konqueror. With the
-inclusion of KDE 2.2 for the first time, as well as the new GNOME 1.4 release,
+graphical web browsers: Mozilla, Galeon and Konqueror. With the
+inclusion of KDE 2.2 as well as the new GNOME 1.4 release,
Debian's desktop provision has been radically improved.
<p>
--- ch-moreinfo.en.html Sat Apr 6 14:52:22 2002
+++ ch-moreinfo.en.html-new Sat Apr 6 14:58:21 2002
@@ -104,21 +104,20 @@
<p>
We strive to make Debian GNU/Linux a high quality operating system, however
-that does not mean that the packages we provide are totally free of bugs.
-However, as our service to our users we provide all the information on reported
-bugs at bugs.debian.org, this is consistent with Debian's open development.
+that does that it is possible to provide packages that are totally free of bugs.
+As our service to our users we provide all the information on reported
+bugs at bugs.debian.org; this is consistent with Debian's open development.
<p>
If you find a bug in the distribution or in packaged software that is part of
-it, please report it so that it can be properly fixed for next releases.
+it, please report it so that it can be properly fixed for future releases.
Reporting bugs requires a valid email address, we ask for this so that we can
trace bugs and developers can get in contact with submitters should they need
more information.
<p>
-You can submit a bug report either by using <code>reportbug</code> and
-<code>bug</code> or manually using email. Please read the documentation on the
-<code><a href="http://bugs.debian.org";>Bug Tracking System</a></code>.
+You can submit a bug report by using the programs <code>reportbug</code> or
+<code>bug</code>, or by manually using e-mail. Please read the documentation on the <code><a href="http://bugs.debian.org";>Bug Tracking System</a></code>.
<br>
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@
documentation into your own language.
<p>
-If you can dedicate more time, maybe you could manage a piece of the Free
+If you can dedicate more time, you could manage a piece of the Free
Software collection within Debian. Especially helpful is if people adopt or
maintain items that people have requested for inclusion within Debian, the
<code><a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp";>Work Needing and Prospective
@@ -157,9 +156,9 @@
<p>
In any case, if you are working in the free software community in any way, as a
-users, programmer, writer or translator your aiding the communinity.
-Contributing is rewarding and fun, and as well as allowing you to meet new
-people it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside.
+user, programmer, writer, or translator, you are aiding the community.
+Contributing is rewarding and fun, and can provide the opportunity to meet new
+people.
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