Joey Hess wrote:
> The following issues are contributing to delaying the rc2 release:
Update to the update, we have:
> - A new netcfg is needed to properly support WEP. It's built on all
> arches except sparc.
Turns out it didn't work. An even newer netcfg needs some testing and
has not even been uploaded yet. It also seems to fuzzy a string, which
is bad news. :-/
- Need new kbd-chooser to fix #280122, which I'm told is RC because
it affects powerpc installs which use 2.6 by default. I think a fix
is being worked on but we don't have one yet.
> - Changes in build/ to support hppa 2.6 kernels need new udebs that are
> not yet in testing. I don't know if the current udebs are ready yet.
> These changes also probably need associated debian-cd fixes.
> There's also a base-installer change needed to install the right
> kernel.
> I haven't decided to let this block the release yet, I could upload
> debian-installer w/o them. Leaning toward giving the hppa people as
> much time as possible to add 2.6 support though, since they really
> need it.
This may be in a working state, but has not yet been tested.
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