Re: Call for reviews: Squeeze release annoucement
Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote:
> svn+ssh://svn.alioth.debian.org/svn/publicity/announcements/en/2011/2011-02-06-squeeze-announce.wml
> or
> https://alioth.debian.org/scm/viewvc.php/announcements/en/2011/2011-02-06-squeeze-announce.wml?root=publicity&view=log
Patch attatched - a couple of non-nativisms, a couple of slight
changes to punctuation of lists, but I'm not trying to impose Smith
Review house style on the commas, and I'm leaving it consistently
en_GB ("flavours", "fulfils" - I'd have to leave "discs" anyway).
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
# The content of this announcement has been frozen
# please refrain from changing it, but feel free to fix gramar / typoes /
# style (if not intrusive)
<define-tag pagetitle>Debian 6.0 <q>Squeeze</q> released</define-tag>
<define-tag release_date>2011-02-06</define-tag>
#use wml::debian::news
<p>After 24 months of constant development, the Debian Project is
proud to present its new stable version 6.0 (code name
<q>Squeeze</q>). Debian 6.0 is a free operating system, coming for the
first time in two flavours. Alongside Debian GNU/Linux, Debian
GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced with this version as a <q>technology
preview</q>.</p>
<p>Debian 6.0 includes the KDE Plasma Desktop and Applications, the
GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments as well as all kinds of
server applications. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3
and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB.</p>
<p>Debian runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems
to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of nine
architectures are supported by Debian GNU/Linux: 32-bit PC / Intel IA-32
(<code>i386</code>), 64-bit PC / Intel EM64T / x86-64
(<code>amd64</code>), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (<code>powerpc</code>),
Sun/Oracle SPARC (<code>sparc</code>), MIPS (<code>mips</code>
(big-endian) and <code>mipsel</code> (little-endian)), Intel Itanium
(<code>ia64</code>), IBM S/390 (<code>s390</code>), and ARM EABI
(<code>armel</code>).</p>
<p>Debian 6.0 <q>Squeeze</q> introduces technical previews of two new
ports to the kernel of the FreeBSD project using the familiar Debian/GNU userland:
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD for the 32-bit PC (<code>kfreebsd-i386</code>) and
the 64-bit PC (<code>kfreebsd-amd64</code>). These ports are the first
ones ever to be included in a Debian release which are not based on
the Linux kernel. The support of common server software is strong and
combines the existing features of Linux-based Debian versions with the
unique features known from the BSD world. However, for this release
these new ports are limited; for example, some advanced desktop
features are not yet supported.</p>
<p>Another first is the completely free Linux kernel, which no longer
contains problematic firmware files. These were split out into
separate packages and moved out of the Debian main archive into the
non-free area of our archive, which is not enabled by default. In this
way Debian users have the possibility of running a completely free
operating system, but may still choose to use non-free firmware files
if necessary. Firmware files needed during installation may be loaded
by the installation system; special CD images and tarballs for USB
based installations are available too. More information about this
may be found in the Debian <a
href="http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware";>Firmware wiki page</a>.</p>
<p>Furthermore, Debian 6.0 introduces a dependency based boot system,
making system start-up faster and more robust due to parallel
execution of boot scripts and correct dependency tracking between
them. Various other changes make Debian more suitable for small form
factor notebooks, like the introduction of the KDE Plasma Netbook
shell.</p>
<p>This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as
<ul>
<li>KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.4.5</li>
<li>an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.30</li>
<li>the Xfce 4.6 desktop environment</li>
<li>LXDE 0.5.0</li>
<li>X.Org 7.5</li>
<li>OpenOffice.org 3.2.1</li>
<li>GIMP 2.6.11</li>
<li>Iceweasel 3.5.16 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox)</li>
<li>Icedove 3.0.11 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird)</li>
<li>PostgreSQL 8.4.6</li>
<li>MySQL 5.1.49</li>
<li>GNU Compiler Collection 4.4.5</li>
<li>Linux 2.6.32</li>
<li>Apache 2.2.16</li>
<li>Samba 3.5.6</li>
<li>Python 2.6.6, 2.5.5 and 3.1.3</li>
<li>Perl 5.10.1</li>
<li>PHP 5.3.3</li>
<li>Asterisk 1.6.2.9</li>
<li>Nagios 3.2.3</li>
<li>Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 (dom0 as well as domU support)</li>
<li>OpenJDK 6b18</li>
<li>Tomcat 6.0.18</li>
<li>more than 29,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from
nearly 15,000 source packages.</li>
</ul>
Debian 6.0 includes over 10,000 new packages like the browser Chromium,
the monitoring solution Icinga, the package management frontend Software
Center, the network manager wicd, the Linux container tools lxc and the
cluster framework corosync.
</p>
<p>With this broad selection of packages, Debian once again stays true
to its goal of being the universal operating system. It is suitable
for many different use cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from
development servers to cluster systems; and for database, web or
storage servers. At the same time, additional quality assurance
efforts like automatic installation and upgrade tests for all packages
in Debian's archive ensure that Debian 6.0 fulfils the high
expectations that users have of a stable Debian release. It is rock
solid and rigorously tested.
# maybe add a nice quote from the DPL/RMs here
</p>
<p>Starting from Debian 6.0, the <q>Custom Debian Distributions</q> are
renamed to <a href="http://blends.alioth.debian.org/";><q>Debian Pure
Blends</q></a>. Their coverage has increased as Debian 6.0 adds <a
href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-accessibility/";>Debian
Accessibility</a>, <a
href="http://debichem.alioth.debian.org/";>DebiChem</a>,
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEzGo";>Debian EzGo</a>, <a
href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis";>Debian GIS</a> and <a
href="http://blends.alioth.debian.org/multimedia/tasks/index";>Debian
Multimedia</a> to the already existing <a
href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu";>Debian Edu</a>, <a
href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/";>Debian Med</a> and <a
href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience";>Debian Science</a> <q>pure
blends</q>. The full content of all the blends <a
href="http://blends.alioth.debian.org/";>can be browsed</a>, including
prospective packages that users are welcome to nominate for addition to the
next release.</p>
<p>Debian may be installed from various installation media such as
Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CDs and USB sticks or from the network. GNOME is
the default desktop environment and is contained on the first
CD. Other desktop environments — KDE Plasma Desktop and
Applications, Xfce, or LXDE — may be installed through two
alternative CD images. The desired desktop environment may also be
chosen from the boot menus of the CDs/DVDs. Again available with
Debian 6.0 are multi-architecture CDs and DVDs which support
installation of multiple architectures from a single disc. The
creation of bootable USB installation media has also been greatly
simplified; see the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/squeeze/installmanual">Installation Guide</a> for more details.</p>
<p>In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux may
also be directly used without prior installation. The special images
used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks and
netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the
<code>amd64</code> and <code>i386</code> architectures only. It is
also possible to use these live images to install Debian
GNU/Linux.</p>
<p>The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 has been improved
in various ways, including easier selection of language and keyboard
settings, and partitioning of logical volumes, RAID and encrypted
systems. Support has also been added for the ext4 and btrfs
filesystems and — on the kFreeBSD architecture — the
Zettabyte filesystem (ZFS). The installation system for Debian
GNU/Linux is now available in 70 languages.</p>
<p>Debian installation images may be downloaded right now via
<a href="$(HOME)/CD/torrent-cd/">bittorrent</a> (the recommended method),
<a href="$(HOME)/CD/jigdo-cd/#which">jigdo</a> or
<a href="$(HOME)/CD/http-ftp/">HTTP</a>; see
<a href="$(HOME)/CD/">Debian on CDs</a> for further information. It will
soon be available on physical DVD, CD-ROM and Blu-ray Discs from
numerous <a href="$(HOME)/CD/vendors">vendors</a>, too.</p>
<p>Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 from the previous release, Debian
GNU/Linux 5.0 (codenamed <q>Lenny</q>), are automatically handled by
the apt-get package management tool for most configurations, and to a
certain degree also by the aptitude package management tool. As
always, Debian GNU/Linux systems may be upgraded painlessly, in place,
without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read
the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/squeeze/releasenotes">release notes</a> as
well as the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/squeeze/installmanual">installation guide</a>
for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and
upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and translated
to additional languages in the weeks after the release.</p>
<h2>About Debian</h2>
<p>Debian is a free operating system, developed by more than one
thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the
Internet. The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its
dedication to the Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its commitment to provide
the best operating system possible. Debian 6.0 is another important step
in that direction.</p>
<h2>Contact Information</h2>
<p>For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
<a href="$(HOME)/">http://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to
<press@debian.org>.</p>
--- 2011-02-06-squeeze-announce.wml.pristine 2011-02-03 11:18:10.860916279 +0000
+++ 2011-02-06-squeeze-announce.wml 2011-02-03 11:37:24.080925972 +0000
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
(<code>amd64</code>), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (<code>powerpc</code>),
Sun/Oracle SPARC (<code>sparc</code>), MIPS (<code>mips</code>
(big-endian) and <code>mipsel</code> (little-endian)), Intel Itanium
-(<code>ia64</code>), IBM S/390 (<code>s390</code>), ARM EABI
+(<code>ia64</code>), IBM S/390 (<code>s390</code>), and ARM EABI
(<code>armel</code>).</p>
<p>Debian 6.0 <q>Squeeze</q> introduces technical previews of two new
-ports to the kernel of FreeBSD project using the known Debian/GNU userland:
+ports to the kernel of the FreeBSD project using the familiar Debian/GNU userland:
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD for the 32-bit PC (<code>kfreebsd-i386</code>) and
the 64-bit PC (<code>kfreebsd-amd64</code>). These ports are the first
ones ever to be included in a Debian release which are not based on
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
href="http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware";>Firmware wiki page</a>.</p>
<p>Furthermore, Debian 6.0 introduces a dependency based boot system,
-making system start up faster and more robust due to parallel
+making system start-up faster and more robust due to parallel
execution of boot scripts and correct dependency tracking between
them. Various other changes make Debian more suitable for small form
factor notebooks, like the introduction of the KDE Plasma Netbook
shell.</p>
-<p>This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as the
+<p>This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as
<ul>
<li>KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.4.5</li>
<li>an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.30</li>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
<li>Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 (dom0 as well as domU support)</li>
<li>OpenJDK 6b18</li>
<li>Tomcat 6.0.18</li>
-<li>and more than 29,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from
+<li>more than 29,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from
nearly 15,000 source packages.</li>
</ul>
Debian 6.0 includes over 10,000 new packages like the browser Chromium,
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
chosen from the boot menus of the CDs/DVDs. Again available with
Debian 6.0 are multi-architecture CDs and DVDs which support
installation of multiple architectures from a single disc. The
-creation of bootable USB installation media has also been extremely
+creation of bootable USB installation media has also been greatly
simplified; see the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/squeeze/installmanual">Installation Guide</a> for more details.</p>
<p>In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux may
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
<p>The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 has been improved
in various ways, including easier selection of language and keyboard
-settings and partitioning of logical volumes, RAID and encrypted
+settings, and partitioning of logical volumes, RAID and encrypted
systems. Support has also been added for the ext4 and btrfs
filesystems and — on the kFreeBSD architecture — the
Zettabyte filesystem (ZFS). The installation system for Debian
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