Here's the beta release status after a month or so of trying to stabilise and fix things: - Unstable is an uninstallable mess, with d-i broken by the new passwd component, and the new kernels and initrd generators also having problems. So we can only test d-i changes with a) difficulty or b) once they reach testing. - debian-installer FTBFS on alpha, but apparently only on the buildd. http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=debian-installer&ver=20051026&arch=alpha&stamp=1130532682&file=log&as=raw We need this build if alpha will be in the beta. The other builds of 20051026 should be final for the beta, but still need to be installed and tested out. - amd64 CDs seem to be significantly broken, we've been getting many failure reports all week. (#336353, #335556, #335653, #336173, #336451) Unless this is resolved and we see some successful amd64 installs, it won't be in the beta. - Thanks to fjp, base-installer 1.35.4 should get d-i working again with secure apt and CDs, but we're currently mssing uploads of successful builds for 3 architectures. This is the last udeb we plan to put into testing for the beta, once it's built everywhere. Also, once this udeb does reach testing, it should be possible to do some etch_d-i CD installs and test things out. -- see shy jo
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