On Tuesday 25 December 2007, Rick Thomas wrote: > 2) Frans says: > > - grub-installer Improve serial console parameters > > - libdebian-installer Added support for SGI O2 machines with > > 300MHz RM5200SC (Nevada) CPUs > > - Linux Installer Kernel Rebuild for Linux Kernel rebuild > > - partman-crypto Only use loop-mounting for the CD image > > in hd-media installs > > - rootskel Rebuild against klibc > > This appears to be removing mention of several important features > that I thought were going to be part of Sarge r7. Have these > features been dropped from the final product? Or are they just > deemed too unimportant to mention in the press release? Nothing is removed. They are just described in the "Debian-Installer Updates" section of the announcements instead. For the installer mentioning individual components in the announcement just does not make any sense, because from a users PoV they are not individually recognizable but just part of "the installation system". And it makes even less sense to have them mixed up with other normal packages.
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