Re: Please review the Debian Installer for Lenny RC1 announcement
Christian Perrier wrote:
> Subject: Re: Please review the Debian Installer for Lenny RC1 announcement
Ah, that's a lot less likely to be taken for a Lenny release
announcement than last time!
> <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>
Too many semicolons.
It's not obvious why an error message from aptitude should mean a
failed install. Does the new d-i really still use the buggy version
of apt mentioned in the archived bug #473559? Or is this a
different issue?
Don't say both that other languages may have the same problem and
that they shouldn't. Besides, it's the writing system that's the
problem, not the language!
* Installations in Russian (and possibly Japanese) may fail due to
an error from aptitude - most other locales seem unaffected;
> <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>
^
Missing space.
> <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>
Again s/;/ -/
> <li>should work on almost all PowerPC systems that have an ATI graphics card, but is unlikely to work on other PowerPC systems;</li>
The implied subject is "the graphical installer", but that's awkward
after the previous bulletpoint had a different overt subject.
Bulleted lists of only two elements are clumsy anyway. How about
eliminating the inner <ul> and saying:
* i386/amd64: GRUB installation on cpqarray RAID volumes
(/dev/ida/cXdX) may fail;
* PowerPC: the graphical installer should work on almost all
systems with ATI graphics cards, but probably not others;
* Touchpads should work with the graphical installer, but support
may be suboptimal - if you experience problems, you should
use an external mouse instead.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- 20081114.wml.orig 2008-11-09 11:15:16.000000000 +0000
+++ 20081114.wml 2008-11-09 11:21:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -41,16 +41,11 @@
<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>Installations in Russian (and possibly Japanese) may fail due to an error from aptitude - most other 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>
+<li>i386/amd64: GRUB installation on cpqarray RAID volumes (/dev/ida/cXdX) may fail;</li>
+<li>PowerPC: the graphical installer should work on almost all systems with ATI graphics cards, but probably not others;</li>
+<li>Touchpads should work with the graphical installer, but support may be suboptimal - if you experience problems, you should use an external mouse instead.</li>
</ul>
<p>
<a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer/errata">See the errata</a> for details and a full list of known issues.
<define-tag pagetitle>Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1</define-tag>
<define-tag release_date>2008-11-14</define-tag>
#use wml::debian::news
<p>
The Debian Installer <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team";>\
team</a> is proud to announce the first release candidate of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Lenny.
</p>
<h2>Improvements in this release of the installer</h2>
<ul>
<li>Improved support for Live-CD installation media (much faster and more reliable than earlier releases);</li>
<li>Support for some NAS devices based on Marvell's ARM-compatible Orion chip:
<ul>
<li>QNAP TS-109/TS-209 and TS-409;</li>
<li>HP Media Vault mv2120;</li>
<li>Buffalo Kurobox Pro;</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Installer images for Netwinder have been added again;</li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/Xen#InstallLenny";>Installer images for i386 Xen guests</a></li>
<li>Support for hardware speech synthesis (speakup) has been added;</li>
<li>Upgrade of packages early in pkgsel, for example to get available security updates for base system packages;</li>
<li>Support for loading firmware from (removable) media during the installation;</li>
<li>i386/amd64: support for installing to and loading firmware from MMC/SD cards;</li>
<li>New translations: Welsh, Irish, Northern Sami, Serbian (Amharic and Marathi were added in beta releases).</li>
</ul>
<!--
<li>Architecture specific:
<ul>
<li>$arch: $description</li>
</ul></li>
-->
<!--
<h2>No longer supported as of this release</h2>
<ul>
<li>......</li>
</ul>
-->
<h2>Known issues in this release</h2>
<ul>
<li>Installations in Russian (and possibly Japanese) may fail due to an error from aptitude - most other languages seem unaffected;</li>
<li>i386: for this release installation from floppy disk is not supported;</li>
<li>i386/amd64: GRUB installation on cpqarray RAID volumes (/dev/ida/cXdX) may fail;</li>
<li>PowerPC: the graphical installer should work on almost all systems with ATI graphics cards, but probably not others;</li>
<li>Touchpads should work with the graphical installer, but support may be suboptimal - if you experience problems, you should use an external mouse instead.</li>
</ul>
<p>
<a href="$(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.
</p>
<p>
Installation CDs and DVDs, other media, errata, and everything else you'll need
are available from the <a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer">Debian Installer web site</a>.
</p>
<p>
The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this release.
</p>
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