Fwd: Draft of Debian 2.2 release announcement
Hello!
I was just checking debian-publicity@lists.debian.org and noticed that
they are planning the release announcement for Debian 2.2. The
following is the third draft. Please feel free to join
debian-publicity@lists.debian.org and read its archive and join the
discussion.
For your information, I have just sent a suggestion to mention Chinese
and Korean besides Japanese; or better yet, list all the supported
languages, because I believe that Debian's international support is as
good as or even better than that in XLinux and Mandrake. ;-)
Oh yeah, and when the release announcement is finalized, it would be
nice if someone could translate it into Chinese too. :-) Of course,
we will also add a few more paragraphs describing the Chinese support
in detail too.
Thanks, and have fun!
Anthony
----- Forwarded message from Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> -----
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:54:55 -0700
From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
To: Debian Publicity List <debian-publicity@lists.debian.org>
Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Third draft (was Re: we need a release announcement -- soon)
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J"
Chris Lawrence wrote:
> > The Debian Project is pleased to announce the latest release of the
> > Debian GNU/Linux Operating System. This release has been in
> > development for approximately 18 months, and has been extensively
> > tested by several thousand developers and end-users.
> [...]
>
> Looks great! Nice happy medium between my excessive verbosity and
> hacker-standard brevity ;-)
Ah, with just 1 comment before, I wasn't sure if everyone hated it, or
if it was just perfect. ;-)
I'm still trying to come up with an alternative for the cliched first
paragraph. I've chacked all the package version in it now, and corrected
one.
Other details that I think need checking:
* 500 developers?
* Does Debian ppc support the iMac, and if not, what is a common peice of
hardware it _does_ support? What about the G4? (I'm trying to list
some sample hardware by name, not by chip type.)
Latest draft attached.
--
see shy jo
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.debian.org/
Announcing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, the "Joel 'Espy' Klecker" release
August 15th, 2000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Debian Project is pleased to announce the latest release of the
Debian GNU/Linux Operating System. This release has been in
development for approximately 18 months, and has been extensively
tested by several thousand developers and end-users.
Debian is a free Linux system. The developers are 500 volunteers from
all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. Debian's
dedication to free software, its non-profit nature, and its open
development model make it unique among Linux distributions.
With the addition of the PowerPC and ARM architectures, Debian now
supports a total of six architectures -- more than any other
distribution. Debian now runs on iMacs and Netwinders, and of course
Intel PC's, Sun SPARCs, Alphas, and older Macintosh and Amiga hardware
are still supported.
Debian 2.2 features a more streamlined and polished installation,
including automatic network setup via DHCP, a simplified software
selection process (just indicate the tasks your Debian system will
be used for), and a simplified configurator for the X Window System.
Debian can be installed via CD, or from the network and a few
floppies:
FTP: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/
Mirrors: http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist
CD-ROM: http://www.debian.org/distrib/vendors
CD Images: http://cdimage.debian.org/
Upgrades to Debian 2.2 from earlier releases are automatically
handled by the apt package management tool. As always, Debian
systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, with no downtime.
For detailed documentation about installing and upgrading Debian,
please see <http://www.debian.org/releases/2.2/>.
Debian 2.2 is based on the latest stable Linux kernel (2.2.16),
updated with Alan Cox's patches expected to go into 2.2.17. The 2.2
kernel series includes significant improvements in usability and
stability; it also includes more hardware support, for both older
and newer products; laptop users will particularly notice
improvements in the PCMCIA subsystem. Some other highlights from the
nearly 800 updated packages include:
o C Library 2.1.3
o XFree86 3.3.6
o GCC 2.95.2
o GnuPG 1.0.1
o Perl 5.005.03
o Python 1.5.2
o PAM 0.72
o ncurses 5.0
o teTeX 1.0.6
o Emacs 20.7
o XEmacs 21.1.10
o GNOME 1.0.56 [1]
1200 new software packages have been added to Debian 2.2. Some of the
newly available software includes:
o postfix A new secure mail transport agent
o openssh A free implementation of the secure shell
o openldap LDAP client and server packages
o w3m A new text-mode browser, with support for tables
o gdm The GNOME display manager
o cvsup An efficient mirroring system for CVS
o everybuddy An all-in-one messaging client
o reportbug A tool to report problems in Debian
o zope A web application server for dynamic web sites
o xmms The X Multimedia System; an audio player
o kaffe A free, JIT-capable, virtual machine for Java bytecode
o gnapster An interface to the popular MP3 sharing service
o And last, but not least, 56 new games.
Debian 2.2 incorporates not only a great deal of updated and new
software, but many enhancements, such as:
o Widespread use of the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).
With PAM, Debian systems can be configured with standard Unix
passwords or more secure options such as shadow and MD5
passwords, "smart cards", and one-time-password
implementations.
o A new network configuration system, configured through the
/etc/network directory, which improves support for multihomed
hosts.
o Closer compliance to the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
(FHS), including a better separation between system-specific,
architecture-specific, and architecture-independent data for
use in heterogeneous environments.
o Better support for international users. Japanese support is
integrated into the core Debian archive, and other non-Latin
character encodings are also better supported through wider
internationalisation (I18N) support. European languages are
also better supported, with more and better translations to
more languages.
The Debian project has always hoped to serve as a base for more
specialised distributions, and in the past year this goal has been
realized, with the adoption of the Debian system as a basis for
commercial Linux distributions. Corel Corporation, Libra Computer
Systems, and Stormix Technologies are among the companies that
currently distribute distributions based on Debian; others are on
the horizon. In addition, Debian CDs have been bundled with several
Debian books. What remains the same, however, is the project's
volunteer base, its dedication to the Debian Social Contract[2],
and its commitment to provide the best operating system possible.
Debian 2.2 is another important step in that direction.
Debian 2.2 is dedicated[3] to the memory of Joel "Espy" Klecker, a
Debian developer who unbeknownst to most of the Debian project,
was bedridden and fighting a disease known as Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy during most of his involvement with Debian. Only now is
the Debian project realizing the extent of his dedication, and the
friendship he bestowed upon us. So as a show of appreciation, and in
memory of his inspirational life, this release of Debian is
dedicated to him.
References
1. GNOME 1.2 packages for Debian 2.2 are available from Helix Code
http://www.helixcode.com/
2. http://www.debian.org/social_contract
3. ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/dedication-2.2.txt
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Anthony Fok Tung-Ling Civil and Environmental Engineering
foka@ualberta.ca, foka@debian.org University of Alberta, Canada
Debian Chinese Project -- http://www.debian.org/international/chinese/
Come visit Our Lady of Victory Camp -- http://www.olvc.ab.ca/
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