Re: [RFC] Draft of announcement and errata, last chance of change
> I've done the proposed fixes and also update the errata for another
> review.
>
> Please give it a last look before we announce. Errata is at
> http://people.debian.org/~otavio/d-i/errata.en.html and the announcement
> text below.
Apologies if this mail's a bit of a misshape - once again I've stopped
receiving any mail from lists.debian.org, so I'm having to fake things
up from the d-l-e web archive.
> The Debian Installer Team[1] is pleased to announce the Debian Installer
> 6.0 Alpha1. This first release since Lenny brings a lot of new features
> and improvements.
>
> Is also important to note that we disabled the Graphical Installer for
optional: ^have
(Implying current, but impermanent, consequences.)
> this release due a breakage in DirectFB backend of GTK+ library. We are
^the ^the
> working to get this fixed for next release.
^the
>
> As most people will have noticed, this release has taken more time than
> usual. This was due a lot of different reasons that go from technical
"Due to reasons" is common enough in speech, but it's the kind of
technically redundant expression that annoys some people, so say:
This was for various reasons
> (major changes in installer itself and other components that affect us)
^the
("in d-i" but "in the installer")
> to lack of manpower to manage all needed things in timely way. We really
all the work required quickly.
("Timely" means "on schedule", which isn't quite right; maybe
"without delay"? "In a hurry"?)
> need more people to help us and contribute, please contact us if you're
comma splice! promote s/,/;/
> interested in helping.
>
> Here follows the most important new features and improvements.
>
> Help during the installation process
> ------------------------------------
> The dialogs presented during the installation process now have the
> possibility to offer a help option for user. This is already in use in
capacity(?) to offer the user a help option.
> some dialogs during the installation and its usage will grow during next
and will be increasingly used in future
> releases. We believe this will improve the user experience during the
> installation process, especially for new users.
>
> Installation of recommended packages
> ------------------------------------
[is all good]
> Changes in selection of language/country/locale
> -----------------------------------------------
> The "localechooser" component of the installer has received some love. This
> component combines selection of three values:
> - language
> - location (country)
> - locale
I'm standardising on "* content; * content; * content."
What exactly is the difference between selecting an en_GB locale and
selecting (British) English as your language? Does the latter just
set LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8 for the d-i session?
> There have been improvements to make the selection of location and locale
> less interdependent and at the same time more flexible. The dialogs have
> been improved to provide better guidance.
>
> When selecting a location, users should select the "country where they
> live" as the selected location determines the local time zone the
> installed system will use. New is that for languages for which multiple
> locales are available, the installer will then (if needed) ask which
> locale the user prefers.
>
> So, using the Squeeze installer it is now possible during default
> installations to say for example "I want to use English as language, I
^my
> live in Germany (and thus want CET as time zone), and prefer en_GB.UTF-8
^my ^I
> as my system locale".
>
> Selection of additional locales to be generated (including legacy locales)
> is still only possible when installing in expert mode (using medium or low
> debconf priority).
When you say "still only possible", you mean this has remained true?
> More flexible preseeding of language/country/locale
> ---------------------------------------------------
[...]
>
> Improved mirror selection
> -------------------------
> The main improvements are better support for installing oldstable and
> archived releases from archive.debian.org.
>
> Other changes:
> * only displays available releases (in case of partial mirrors)
> * normally displays both the codename and the suite of available releases
> * warns if the default release is not available (instead of silently
> falling back to a different release)
> * improved checks that the selected mirror is consistent
That's three verb phrases and a noun phrase, but never mind.
Standardise the punctuation, though.
> Option to select the "UTC" time zone
> ------------------------------------
> This new option is only available in expert mode (or more exact: when
> installing at medium or low debconf priority).
>
> Changes in the partitioner (partman)
> ------------------------------------
> * support for using the ext4 file system
> * setting up RAID, LVM and crypto is simplified: it's no longer required
> to first set the correct usage for a partition
("Usage"? As in "use as rootfs"?)
> Tasks changes
> -------------
> Many changes were done regarding packages selection and also:
> - Accessibility packages were add to GNOME task;
> - laptop task has been modernized;
> - SSH Server task has been added;
Many changes have been made to package selection, plus:
* accessibility packages have been added to the GNOME task;
* the laptop task has been modernized;
* a SSH Server task has been added.
> Other changes
> -------------
> * installed systems get console-setup (instead of console-tools plus
> console-data)
> * [x86] installs grub-pc (grub2) by default
> * [armel] support for Marvell's Kirkwood platform:
> - QNAP TS-110, TS-119, TS-210, TS-219 and TS-219P [2]
optional: ^,
> - Marvell SheevaPlug [3]
> - Marvell OpenRD-Base and OpenRD-Client
Where do those footnotes point?
> * [armel] support for Intel Storage System SS4000-E
> * compatibility support for installing Lenny
> Note that as there is no updated kernel in Lenny, the installed system
> will still get the 2.6.26 kernel.
>
> You can download the installer at our webpage[2]. They include all the
> links you need - including the errata.
What's "they"? Does it mean "All the links you need are there"?
> 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team
> 2. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- announcement.old 2010-02-20 19:02:39.000000000 +0000
+++ announcement.new 2010-02-20 19:11:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
6.0 Alpha1. This first release since Lenny brings a lot of new features
and improvements.
-Is also important to note that we disabled the Graphical Installer for
-this release due a breakage in DirectFB backend of GTK+ library. We are
-working to get this fixed for next release.
+Is also important to note that we have disabled the Graphical Installer
+for this release due a breakage in the DirectFB backend of the GTK+
+library. We are working to get this fixed for next release.
As most people will have noticed, this release has taken more time than
-usual. This was due a lot of different reasons that go from technical
-(major changes in installer itself and other components that affect us)
-to lack of manpower to manage all needed things in timely way. We really
-need more people to help us and contribute, please contact us if you're
+usual. This was for various reasons that go from technical (major
+changes in the installer itself and other components that affect us)
+to lack of manpower to manage all the work required quickly. We really
+need more people to help us and contribute; please contact us if you're
interested in helping.
Here follows the most important new features and improvements.
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
Help during the installation process
------------------------------------
The dialogs presented during the installation process now have the
-possibility to offer a help option for user. This is already in use in
-some dialogs during the installation and its usage will grow during next
+capacity to offer the user a help option. This is already in use in some
+dialogs during the installation and will be increasingly used in future
releases. We believe this will improve the user experience during the
installation process, especially for new users.
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
-----------------------------------------------
The "localechooser" component of the installer has received some love. This
component combines selection of three values:
-- language
-- location (country)
-- locale
+ * language;
+ * location (country);
+ * locale.
There have been improvements to make the selection of location and locale
less interdependent and at the same time more flexible. The dialogs have
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
locale the user prefers.
So, using the Squeeze installer it is now possible during default
-installations to say for example "I want to use English as language, I
-live in Germany (and thus want CET as time zone), and prefer en_GB.UTF-8
-as my system locale".
+installations to say for example "I want to use English as my language, I
+live in Germany (and thus want CET as my time zone), and I prefer
+en_GB.UTF-8 as my system locale".
Selection of additional locales to be generated (including legacy locales)
is still only possible when installing in expert mode (using medium or low
@@ -96,34 +96,33 @@
Changes in the partitioner (partman)
------------------------------------
-* support for using the ext4 file system
+* support for using the ext4 file system;
* setting up RAID, LVM and crypto is simplified: it's no longer required
- to first set the correct usage for a partition
+ to first set the correct usage for a partition.
Tasks changes
-------------
-Many changes were done regarding packages selection and also:
-- Accessibility packages were add to GNOME task;
-- laptop task has been modernized;
-- SSH Server task has been added;
+Many changes have been made to package selection, plus:
+* accessibility packages have been added to the GNOME task;
+* the laptop task has been modernized;
+* a SSH Server task has been added.
Other changes
-------------
* installed systems get console-setup (instead of console-tools plus
- console-data)
-* [x86] installs grub-pc (grub2) by default
+ console-data);
+* [x86] installs grub-pc (grub2) by default;
* [armel] support for Marvell's Kirkwood platform:
- - QNAP TS-110, TS-119, TS-210, TS-219 and TS-219P [2]
+ - QNAP TS-110, TS-119, TS-210, TS-219, and TS-219P [2]
- Marvell SheevaPlug [3]
- - Marvell OpenRD-Base and OpenRD-Client
-* [armel] support for Intel Storage System SS4000-E
-* compatibility support for installing Lenny
+ - Marvell OpenRD-Base and OpenRD-Client;
+* [armel] support for Intel Storage System SS4000-E;
+* compatibility support for installing Lenny.
Note that as there is no updated kernel in Lenny, the installed system
will still get the 2.6.26 kernel.
-You can download the installer at our webpage[2]. They include all the
-links you need - including the errata.
+You can download the installer at our webpage[2]. All the links you need
+are there - including the errata.
1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team
2. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
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