(please forgive any mistake: this is the first time I'm doing this...) Attached is the proposed text for the announcement for the D-I RC1 release. I worked on a local copy of the website CVS repository, where I added webwml/english/devel/debian-installer/News/2008/20081114.wml (assumign the release would happen on Nov. 14th). That file is attached to this mail and was built from http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/ReleaseAnnounce I'm not sure this is the correct process, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. --
<define-tag pagetitle>Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1</define-tag>
<define-tag release_date>2008-11-14</define-tag>
#use wml::debian::news
<p>
The Debian Installer <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team";>\
team</a> is proud to announce the first release candidate of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Lenny.
</p>
<h2>Improvements in this release of the installer</h2>
<ul>
<li>Improved support for Live-CD installation media (much faster and more reliable than earlier releases);</li>
<li>Support for some NAS devices based on Marvell's ARM-compatible Orion chip:
<ul>
<li>QNAP TS-109/TS-209 and TS-409;</li>
<li>HP Media Vault mv2120;</li>
<li>Buffalo Kurobox Pro;</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Installer images for Netwinder have been added again;</li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/Xen#InstallLenny";>Installer images for i386 Xen guests</a></li>
<li>Support for hardware speech synthesis (speakup) has been added;</li>
<li>Upgrade of packages early in pkgsel, for example to get available security updates for base system packages;</li>
<li>Support for loading firmware from (removable) media during the installation;</li>
<li>i386/amd64: support for installing to and loading firmware from MMC/SD cards;</li>
<li>New translations: Welsh, Irish, Northern Sami, Serbian (Amharic and Marathi were added in beta releases).</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Known issues in this release</h2>
<ul>
<li>Installations in Russian (and possibly some other languages) may fail due to an error from aptitude; most languages seem unaffected;</li>
<li>i386: for this release installation from floppy disk is not supported;</li>
<li>i386/amd64:GRUB installation on cpqarray RAID volumes (/dev/ida/cXdX) may fail;</li>
<li>Known issues for the graphical installer:
<ul>
<li>touchpads should work, but support may not be optimal; if you experience problems, you should use an external mouse instead;</li>
<li>should work on almost all PowerPC systems that have an ATI graphics card, but is unlikely to work on other PowerPC systems;</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer/errata">See the errata</a> for details and a full list of known issues.
</p>
<p>
We do need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything you else you will need are available at our web site.
</p>
<p>
Our thanks to everybody who has contributed to this release.
</p>
<p>
Installation CDs and DVDs, other media, errata, and everything else you'll need
are available from our <a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer">web site</a>.
</p>
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