diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'perl-install/install/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | perl-install/install/NEWS | 4493 |
1 files changed, 4492 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS index 6a25fc227..9a6552f2a 100644 --- a/perl-install/install/NEWS +++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,4494 @@ +- use task-plasma-minimal instead of task-plasma5-minimal +- use mutter with X11 backend +- Create /etc while creating installer system +- Adapt to latest gdk-pixbuf changes and use glycin to load images +- fix bugs in any::sessions() (mga#33738) + +Version 18.69 - 07 June 2025 +- Updated translations +- bytes_heavy.pl was merged into bytes.pm +- Agafari-16 console font support was dropped from kbd +- fix glob for svg pixbuf loader +- Don't use mdadm --chunk option when creating level 1 RAID (mga#33767) +- Detect legacy (non-PCI) Intel SST audio DSP devices (mga#33145) +- install rpm's /usr/lib/rpm/sysusers.sh to stage2 image by default +- Drop i586 bits + +Version 18.68 - 28 April 2024 +- Adapt to rpm-4.19.1 +- Fix debug build +- Updated translations + +Version 18.67 - 5 January 2024 + +- Fix grub2-efi package name on aarch64 (mga#32686) +- Updated translations + +Version 18.66 - 19 August 2023 + +- Revert change of default DHCP client to dhcpcd (mga#30938) + +Version 18.65 - 11 July 2023 + +- add ntfs3 to isFat_or_NTFS() +- sync list of modules needing firmware with kernel-desktop-6.4.2-2.mga9 +- Sync list_modules with kernel 6.4 + +Version 18.64 - 24 June 2023 + +- Change default DHCP client to dhcpcd (mga#30938) +- Updated translations + +Version 18.63 - 6 June 2023 + +- rescue: mount efivars in chroot on UEFI systems (mga#31844) +- Updated translations +- Fix total_memory() by using sysinfo() +- Add nvidia-newfeature.ko to nvidia modules supported list +- drakclock: set to checked if ntpd is started. + +Version 18.62 - 28 April 2023 + +- Update file list for changes in Adwaita icon locations + +Version 18.61 - 28 April 2023 + +- Include ModemManager and NetworkManager in Networking services category +- Updated translations + +Version 18.60 - 17 April 2023 + +- New artwork for Mageia 9 + +Version 18.59 - 14 April 2023 + +- Don't force pavucontrol when there is already pavucontrol-qt in plasma-desktop enviroment +- Updated translations + +Version 18.58 - 8 April 2023 + +- Modify draksound GUI to add support for switching to pipewire + +Version 18.57 - 29 March 2023 + +- Use OK/Cancel as button names when asking whether to retry + after failing to add on-line media +- Recognize new kernel 6.0 drivers +- Updated translations + +Version 18.56 - 9 February 2023 + +- Recognize new kernel 5.19 drivers +- Recognize new kernel 6.0 drivers +- Recognize new kernel 6.1 drivers + +Version 18.54 - 6 January 2023 + +- Apply workaround to fix display of release notes (mga#31294) + +Version 18.53 - 29 December 2022 + +- Add openssl config file needed when running cryptsetup (mga#31315) +- updated translations + +Version 18.52 - 3 December 2022 + +- support https URLs for online media +- allow user to specify the downloader used for online supplementary media +- allow user to specify a specific mirror and downloader when applying updates + at the end of installation +- updated translations + +Version 18.51 - 29 October 2022 + +- Include rpm & rpmdb to allow database to be converted to sqlite (mga#31024) +- Adapt to WebKit2 4.1 +- bootloader: ensure efivars are mounted before installing a UEFI bootloader (mga#31008) + +Version 18.50 - 17 September 2022 + +- bootloader: don't remove existing failsafe/nonfb entries on upgrade + if we aren't replacing them with new ones +- bootloader: add options to change the rEFInd background (mga#28073) +- Update the list of drivers that need a nonfree firmware against kernel-5.18 + +Version 18.49 - 8 June 2022 + +- Adapt to perl 5.28 +- package installation: + o retry downloading packages in case of error (mga#28539) +- Recognize new kernel 5.17 drivers +- Recognize new kernel 5.18 drivers + +Version 18.48 - 17 January 2022 + +- Enable to alter default downloader (mga#28539) + eg: " downloader=wget" + +Version 18.47 - 30 October 2021 + +- Adapt to xserver-21.1 +- Debug mode: + o Adapt to the fact that gdb-11.1 uses guile-3 + o Adapt to gdb-11.1 (missing scm files) + o Add a wrapper to easily debug Xorg + +Version 18.46 - 6 June 2021 + +- Adjust to x11-data-xkbdata-2.32 +- Adapt to gdk_pixbuf 2.42.6 + +Version 18.45 - 21 february 2021 + +- Fix step-categories color to make it visible in the installer (mga#28375) +- Adjust logo colours on left background +- translation updates + +Version 18.44 - 14 February 2021 + +- Set left background to release and improve colours + +Version 18.43 - 31 January 2021 + +- updated translations +- bootloader: don't remove os-prober before user makes choice (mga#28223) + +Version 18.42 - 26 January 2021 + +- updated translations +- prefer using UUID for mmcblk and nvme devices (mga#28111) + +Version 18.41 - 11 January 2021 + +- Artwork for Mageia 8 +- Left background set to rc1 + +Version 18.40 - 11 January 2021 + +- updated translations +- fix handling of TYPE"64bit" flags when reading rpmsrate + o ensure 32-bit packages are not pre-selected on 64-bit systems + +Version 18.39 - 04 January 2021 + +- Update translations +- disable timeout when installing updates (mga#27981) + o this can take a long time when there are many updates + +Version 18.38 - 29 December 2020 + +- bootloader: + o fix false detection of GRUB2 when installed in ESP but not in /boot, + which caused boot method to default to non-graphical GRUB2 (mga#27816) + o add option to configure rEFInd to not use EFI NVRAM (mga#27838) +- partitioning: + o erase iso9660 signature when clearing hybrid ISO disk (mga#27864) + o restrict line length when displaying base device info + to prevent window extending off screen (mga#27882) +- support https in media URL (mga#27776) + +Version 18.37 - 5 December 2020 + +- recognize more rtw88_* +- recognize new kernel 5.10 drivers +- sync list for modules needing firmware with kernel 5.9 + +Version 18.35 - 20 November 2020 + +- partitioning: + o do not mount ESP with umask=0 under UEFI (mga#27415) + o fix "partition table is too corrupt for me" error when a mdadm RAID array + has been created outside Mageia tools using raw devices (mga#26707) + o include tools for exfat + +Version 18.34 - 14 September 2020 + +- services: + o include systemd sockets and timers +- bootloader: + o keep timeout value when it's 0 (mga#27158) +- recognize new kernel 5.9 drivers + +Version 18.33 - 19 August 2020 + +- recognize new kernel 5.5 - 5.8 drivers +- support loading auto_install file from https url +- report.bug: + o log data about LVM + o log data about dmsetup + +Version 18.31 - 18 June 2020 + +- restore flat list option for individual package selection +- add option to install GRUB2 bootloader in \EFI\BOOT (mga#24282) +- improved behaviour when installing on a removable device (mga#26761) + o only use swap partitions on that device + o default to installing bootloader on that device + (in \EFI\BOOT for UEFI bootloaders) + o default to not including other OSs in GRUB2 boot menu +- fix free space calculation when auto-allocating partitions + +Version 18.30 - 9 June 2020 + +- don't show hardware in summary screen when match_all_hardware flag is set + +Version 18.29 - 6 June 2020 + +- partitioning: exclude ISO installer medium from available disks (mga#26714) + +Version 18.28 - 29 May 2020 + +- bootloader: don't die in write_grub2 if grub.cfg doesn't exist (mga#26676) +- translation updates + +Version 18.27.1 - 8 May 2020 + +- bootloader: + fix typo x86 -> x64 for matching 64bit grub2-efi(x86-64) + +Version 18.27 - 1 May 2020 + +- bootloader config: + o do not try to enable non existing acpi service + o rename /boot/efi as /boot/EFI if needed (mga#22395) +- partitioning: + o it's now possible to set labels on exfat +- select only once needed fs tools + +Version 18.26 - 20 March 2020 + +- bootloader config: copy instead of renaming grub.cfg (mga#25542) +- install dmsetup when encrypting "/" (thus workarounding unbootable minimal + system as dracut's crypt module depends on it) +- partitioning: + o add minimal support for exFAT + +Version 18.25 - 18 March 2020 + +- adjust debug build to current python +- partitioning: + o enable to inspect NILFS2 formated partitions + o enable to install on F2FS formated partitions + o enable to resize NILFS2 + o enable to resize XFS during install + o fix online resizing not always umounting fs after resizing +- recognize new kernel 5.5 drivers + +Version 18.24 - 15 March 2020 + +- fix tracking of installed packages (mga#26284) +- include plugin for supporting Windows 10 NTFS "Compact OS" +- drakx-in-chroot: + o skip disk ESP & BIOS boot partition checks +- partitioning: + o make reformating nilfs2 fses to work +- sync list for modules needing firmware with kernel 5.5 +- write ISO label and date to installer log + +Version 18.23 - 25 January 2020 + +- adapt to libinput-1.15.0 +- recognize new kernel 5.3 drivers + +Version 18.22 - 13 September 2019 + +- adapt to libinput 1.4 +- adjust to new rpm-mageia-setup +- new Gtk3 needs GdkPixdata-2.0 + +Version 18.21 - 23 June 2019 + +- update left-background for Mageia 7 final + +Version 18.20 - 18 June 2019 + +- translation updates +- update list for modules needing firmware +- recognize 8821ce (mga#24605) + +Version 18.19 - 27 May 2019 + +- preselect Core 32bit media on 32-bit EFI platforms +- include all of /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d (mga#20327) + +Version 18.18 - 20 May 2019 + +- translation updates + +Version 18.16 - 11 May 2019 + +- Mageia 7 Artwork +- add AMD PCIe MP2 I2C detection + +Version 18.15 - 3 May 2019 + +- recognize new kernel 5.1 drivers + +Version 18.14 - 26 April 2019 + +- include libinput model quirks rules (mga#20327) + +Version 18.13 - 21 April 2019 + +- partitioning: speed up partition table read and write (mga#15752) +- preserve existing locale settings on upgrade (mga#24671) +- store country code in /etc/locale.conf (mga#24671) +- don't automatically change time zone on upgrade (mga#24670) +- partitioning: fix resize of encrypted partitions (mga#22032) +- translation updates + +Version 18.12 - 16 March 2019 + +- don't preselect Nonfree 32bit media (mga#23927) +- fix paths to Adwaita icons (changed in adwaita-icon-theme) + +Version 18.11 - 16 March 2019 + +- recognize new kernel 5.0 drivers +- fix screen layout when the framebuffer is > 1024x768 (mga#23904) +- translation updates + +Version 18.10 - 3 Feb 2019 + +- skip setupSCSI step when run with --local_install (mga#24278) +- don't install nonfree graphics drivers when not wanted (mga#24172) +- don't select default bootloader when building Live ISOs +- improve exitInstall message (mga#24046) +- translation updates + +Version 18.9 - 17 Dec 2018 + +- avoid resetting keyboard layout at end of formatting step (mga#23877) +- bootloader: + o only prefer rEFInd if it is installed in the root fs (mga#23944) + o support 32-bit UEFI with 64-bit O/S +- translation updates + +Version 18.8.1 - 1 Dec 2018 + +- desktop kernels are now PAE, for PTI security fixes to work properly, + so if cpu is not supporting it, install the desktop586 kernel +- dont select server kernel anymore on 32bit x86 with RAM > 3.8GB + +Version 18.8 - 28 Nov 2018 + +- only install radeon-firmware if needed (mga#23911) +- sync list of drivers needing a firmware with kernel 4.19 + +Version 18.7 - 27 Nov 2018 + +- bootloader: display "ESP" in summary under UEFI +- check DM really is installed, not just present in /usr/share/X11.dm.d +- packages selection: + o open-vm-tools is handled through rpmsrate + +Version 18.6 - 21 Nov 2018 + +- fix DM preference when none is selected (don't default to XDM) +- fix some DE name/capitalisation inconsistencies (mga#23634 + others) +- remove version from Enlightenment DE name strings (mga#19341) + +Version 18.5 - 19 Nov 2018 + +- bootloader: ignore GPT disk w/o BIOS boot part (mga#23844) in automatic mode +- recognize new kernel 4.1[89] drivers + +Version 18.4 - 4 Nov 2018 + +- adapt set_autologin for display-manager service, not prefdm (mga#22593) +- drakx-in-chroot: + o allow monitor-edid to be suppressed in post-install scriptlets +- translation updates + +Version 18.3 - 15 Oct 2018 + +- drakboot: add support for the rEFInd boot manager (mga#15153) +- include Encode::Unicode module (needed by bootloader::write_refind) + +Version 18.1 - 14 September 2018 + +- drakx-in-chroot: + o do not run monitor-edid with drakx-in-chroot (timeout) +- fix regression due to rpm-4.14.2 where drakx report pkgs failing to install + (mga#23531) + +Version 18.0 - 25 August 2018 + +- mdadm raid: + o raid10 can be created with just 2 disks as a high-performance raid1 + o raid10: use layout f2 with 2 disks for performance + o raid6 can be used with 3 disks and up +- remove current media before adding online media for updates (mga#19742) +- bootloader: include the "Mageia" entry in the gub2 Default choices (mga#23393) +- include mode modules for Encode (mga#23481) + +Version 17.99 - 9 August 2018 + +- adapt to libinput 1.12 RC1 +- adapt to perl 5.28 +- recognize smartpqi driver (mga#23305) + +Version 17.98 - 22 June 2018 + +- recognize new kernel 4.1[5-7] drivers + +Version 17.97 - 5 June 2018 + +- libinput-list-devices is no more + +Version 17.96 - 13 March 2018 + +- support ChooseMedia in auto-install interactiveSteps +- fix spurious error messages when installing network driver packages +- translation updates + +Version 17.95 - 10 February 2018 + +- include sensors in udev's HWDB +- debug mode: + o include rpm & urpmi tools +- recognize more new kernel-4.14 drivers + +Version 17.94 - 9 February 2018 + +- add input rules from new systemd (mga#21886) +- debug mode: + o adjust for python-3.6 + o include chroot & partprobe too +- fix including libinput tool +- fix local install on systems without usb + +Version 17.93 - 19 January 2018 + +- sync with kernel 4.14 +- include more input HWDB entries +- diskdrake: + o ensure device major/minor numbers are reread after writing the + partition table (mga#22032) + o ensure soft links in /dev/disk/by-uuid are updated so that valid + UUIDs are embedded in the initrd (mga#22059) + +Version 17.92 - 4 January 2018 + +- fix perl escaping causing commands to not get linked +- fix some error handling in mdkinst_stage2_tool + +Version 17.91 - 4 October 2017 + +- do not include libnss3 anymore as rpm now uses OpenSSL +- do not include some hwdb files from uneeded pkgs + +Version 17.90 - 18 September 2017 + +- bootloader: + o better read back config + o fix undefined labels when eg: Xen is installed (mga#19014) + crash with "undefined value for mandatory argument 'text'' + +Version 17.89 - 7 September 2017 + +- include part of udev's hwdb (mga#20327) +- adapt to perl-5.26 +- adapt to URPM-5.14 (using perl native ints) + +Version 17.88 - 7 July 2017 + +- translation updates + +Version 17.87 - 25 June 2017 + +- left background image for Mageia 6 final + +Version 17.86 - 23 June 2017 + +- increase the default window size of the installer to 1024x768 (mga#20624) + +Version 17.85 - 22 June 2017 + +- don't overwrite custom grub2 settings when upgrading (mga#20596) +- recognize 8812au (mga#21043) + +Version 17.84 - 5 June 2017 + +- translation updates + +Version 17.83 - 4 June 2017 + +- log output of libinput-list-devices in report.bug (mga#20327) +- translation updates + +Version 17.82 - 6 May 2017 + +- add "please wait" message when running update-grub2 + +Version 17.81 - 5 May 2017 + +- fix missing "Configure Supplemental Installation Media" screen (mga#20484) + +Version 17.80 - 3 May 2017 + +- updated DE selection and advertising artwork for Mageia 6 + +Version 17.79 - 26 April 2017 + +- updated translation snapshot + +Version 17.78 - 4 April 2017 + +- new left background for Mageia 6 rc + +Version 17.77 - 4 April 2017 + +- partitioning: + o don't require a BIOS boot partition when performing an upgrade (mga#20338) + o make partitioning more robust with "Use entire disk" option (mga#20619): + * add safety net for informing the kernel after writing a DOS partition + table. + * speed up proc_partitions::compare() and avoid unwanted udev events. + o force reinitialisation of partition suggestions after wiping disk + (mga#20621) +- various fixes to do_pkgs during Live installs (mga#20620): + o fix do_pkgs_standalone::are_installed() for Live install + o fix do_pkgs_standalone::remove() for Live install + o fix fast path for do_pkgs::ensure_is_installed() + +Version 17.76 - 24 March 2017 + +- installer options handling: + o ignore case for options line in previous releases + o fix default value for 'compssListLevel' (mga#20551) + (both being post mga5 regression) + +Version 17.75 - 17 March 2017 + +- partitioning: + o fix too big window due to too big translations (mga#20360) + o allow a BIOS boot partition to be located on any disk (mga#20161) + o ensure kernel is informed when a MBR partition table is cleared + o clearing GPT partitions: + * delay thus fix clearing GPT partitions (mga#20264) + ("failed to del partition #1 on /dev/...") + * don't send separate events to the kernel about removing/adding GPT partitions, + just tell it to reread the whole newly cleared & allocated partition table + o tell the kernel all actions at once on GPT partitions instead of telling it + separatly about removing partitions A, B & C, then adding partition E, F &G + +Version 17.74 - 9 March 2017 + +- update translations (e17 -> e21) + +Version 17.73 - 8 March 2017 + +- debug mode: + o add example how to include debuginfo + o make it work with gdb-7.12 + o preset keyboard if DEBUG_INSTALL_LANG is set during build +- list input & HID devices in report.bug (mga#20327) +- recognize new kernel-4.8 drivers + +Version 17.72 - 25 February 2017 + +- partitioning: + o allow a BIOS boot partition to be located on any disk (mga#20161) + o fix auto-allocation of BIOS boot partitions (mga#20161, mga#19888) + o don't suggest mountpoint for ESP when doing a legacy boot install (mga#20164) + o fix bugs in sync'ing the kernel's partition table cache (mga#20074) + o detect and handle DOS "Empty" partition types (mga#20074) +- sync nonfree firmware list with kernel-4.9 +- use SHA-512 instead of blowfish as the default password encryption (mga#20342) + +Version 17.71 - 18 January 2017 + +- partitioning_wizard: + o fix bug in detecting whether a BIOS boot partition is required (mga#19935) +- fix inserting extended partition in the middle + +Version 17.70 - 17 January 2017 + +- new left background for Mageia 6 + +Version 17.69 - 12 January 2017 + +- bootloader: + o disable audit logging as it floods the logs +- partitioning: + o fix exception when clearing all partitions on !UEFI (mga#20083) +- recognize new kernel-4.9 drivers + +Version 17.68 - 14 December 2016 + +- fix progress bar on i586 (mga#19930) + +Version 17.67 - 13 December 2016 + +- fix a crash introduced in 17.66 + +Version 17.66 - 13 December 2016 + +- fix more i586 problems with int64 (mga#19933, mga#19930) + +Version 17.65 - 12 December 2016 + +- bootloader configuration: + o describe what skipping os-prober does (mga#18538) + o show generic help too when using grub2 +- fix i586 installation broken by int64 (mga#19895) + +Version 17.64 - 11 December 2016 + +- more int64 init (mga#19895) + +Version 17.63 - 9 December 2016 + +- force use of int64 for installed package size on i586 (mga#19895) + +Version 17.62 - 1 December 2016 + +- left background for Mageia 6 sta2 +- add grub2-editenv in list.xml + +Version 17.61 - 26 November 2016 + +- screenshots: + o use scrot instead of fb2png as the later doesn't work with vesa (mga#19810) + +Version 17.60 - 15 November 2016 + +- partitioning: + o fix being unable to format a newly part (mga#19172) + o offer to format unmounted parts that have a defined mount point + +Version 17.58 - 24 October 2016 + +- bootloader configuration: + o make kernel server default if installed + (we were only checking for long dead flavors such as enterprise, ...) +- fix build with latest URPM aka include perl-Math-Int64 (mga#19640) + +Version 17.57 - 21 September 2016 + +- use new CSS syntax for font (mga#19430) + +Version 17.56 - 19 September 2016 + +- detect ovirt too (mga#19308) +- fix gtk+3.22 regression (mga#19406) +- sync nonfree firmware list with kernel-4.7 + +Version 17.55 - 13 August 2016 + +- New left background for Mageia 6 RC + +Version 17.54 - 13 August 2016 + +- autologin/desktop configuration (shared code): + o add support for LXDM (mga#17616) + o add support for SDDM (mga#17913) + +Version 17.53 - 31 July 2016 + +- bootloader configuration: + o fix .old backup for grub2's grub.cfg +- partitioning: + o first usable sector is LBA34 for GPT + o respect used scheme when clearing a disk + (ie do not switch from gpt to dos scheme on small disk) + +Version 17.52 - 17 July 2016 + +- do not preinstall mageia-gfxboot-theme +- bootloader configuration: + o fix not being able to edit default grub2 cmdline (mga#18952) + +Version 17.51 - 12 July 2016 + +- fix starting spice-vdagentd +- partitioning: + o auto_inst: fix clearing an already filled GPT disk + o don't offer to format RAID or BIOS boot partition + o make clear a BIOS boot partition cannot have a mount point + o make error about BIOS boot partition more explicit about + its purpose and that it must be created (mga#18923) + +Version 17.50 - 8 July 2016 + +- include pvs/vgs/lvs symlinks +- partitioning: + o display a wait message when adding a PV to VG +- libvirt integration: + o start spice-vdagent{d,} (Qemu guest agent) + +Version 17.49 - 6 July 2016 + +- autoinst: + e enable to set several swap partitions (mga#9874) + o enable to select media (mga#12299) +- partitioning: + o GPT: prevent geometry issue on last partition (mga#18666, mga#17796) + o restrict fdisk -l output to useful disks +- recognize new kernel-4.7 drivers +- try to get patch from ext[2-4] removable media instead of just ext2 + +Version 17.48 - 4 July 2016 + +- bootloader configuration: + o allow installing grub2 on XFS / + o make clear grub2 is installed on ESP under UEFI + o make sure we only offer lilo/grub choice on upgrades only +- partitioning: + o do not offer to check for bad blocks on btrfs (mga#12393) + o do not warn about no bootloader can boot LVM as grub2 can (mga#9426) + o do not warn about no bootloader can boot RAID[^1] as grub2 can (mga#11324) + o enable bad blocks checking on JFS +- summary: + o add help link for sound (mga#11824) + +Version 17.47 - 30 June 2016 + +- partitioning: + o fix being able to create vfat on UEFI (mga#15698) +- recognize some missing wireless drivers (mga#16768) +- users: + o offer again to add user to admin group (mga#17720) + +Version 17.46 - 24 June 2016 + +- library: + o enable compssUsers.pl to pick the right lsb-core-lib(64) flavor + +Version 17.45 - 24 June 2016 + +- partitioning: + o keep UUID when formatting btrfs (mga#18673) + +Version 17.44 - 24 June 2016 + +- bootloader configuration: + o add a "Do not touch ESP or MBR" option (mga#18770) + o do not offer to pick the disk where to install grub2 on UEFI + o filter GPT disks w/o a BIOS boot part (mga#18770) + o warn if grub2 is not installed on MBR/ESP +- logs: + o fix found kernel names + o log if were running under UEFI +- partitioning: + o fix preserving UUID when formatting jfs/nilfs/xfs +- package selection: + o display a wait dialog when choosing custom choice (mga#11041) +- summary: + o sort service categories, putting "Other" at end (mga#6286) + +Version 17.43 - 22 June 2016 + +- summary: + o fix not listing some services (mga#17288) + o fix updating firewall status after configuration (mga#17288) + +Version 17.42 - 22 June 2016 + +- bootloader configuration: + o add support for crypted grub2 passwords (mga#15930) + o grub2: do not overwite ESP if not installing on it (mga#15583) + o grub2: fix setting default entry when in a submenu (mga#18560) + +Version 17.41 - 20 June 2016 + +- bootloader: + o fix the grub2 post-install check (mga#18739) + +Version 17.40 - 20 June 2016 + +- bootloader: + o ensure we've the right grub2 flavor (mga#18739) +- no more include vmmouse driver + +Version 17.39 - 18 June 2016 + +- partitioning: + o fix ESP tagging in some cases +- services: + o update service category lists + +Version 17.38 - 16 June 2016 + +- partitioning: + o fix offering to create a GRUB_BIOS partition in custom mode (mga#18656) + o fix inverted test when checking need for a GRUB_BIOS partition (mga#18704) + +Version 17.37 - 12 June 2016 + +- partitioning: + o try harder to guess if we need a GRUB_BIOS partition (mga#18656) +- rename desktop image KDE -> Plasma (mga#18687) + +Version 17.36.1 - 11 June 2016 + +- fix selecting Plasma (mga#18687) + +Version 17.36 - 11 June 2016 + +- do not override bootloader on upgrade (mga#18638) +- fix running with nss 3.24 +- debug build: + o gdb needs python3 instead of python2 (and guile as well) + o fix loadkeys in debug mode on tty1 + o include cfdisk too +- partitioning: + o add a GRUB_BIOS partition if needed (mga#18656) + o MBR limit really is 2TiB, not 4, so use GPT for disks > 2TiB + +Version 17.35.1 - 7 June 2016 + +- fix selecting grub2 on !UEFI + +Version 17.35 - 7 June 2016 + +- fix selecting grub2-efi on UEFI (mga#18646) + +Version 17.34.1 - 6 June 2016 + +- fix displaying release notes with WebKit2 + +Version 17.34 - 6 June 2016 + +- bootloader: + o enable to (un)install os-prober (mga#16010, mga#18538) + o fix reading back last grub2 entry + o only overwrite GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT on first install (mga#18112) + o only overwrite install.sh when actually installing boot loader (mga#17455) + o set GRUB_DEFAULT + GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT (mga#9627, mga#16059) + o stop offering grub legacy & lilo on new installs (mga#18583) + +Version 17.33 - 27 May 2016 + +- adjust to latest gdb +- list all drivers needing a proprietary driver +- only use vesa on x86 + +Version 17.32 - 17 May 2016 + +- remove KDE occurrence after revert of the previous commit + +Version 17.31 - 9 May 2016 + +- replace last KDE occurence with Plasma +- left background for sta1 +- list all drivers needing a proprietary driver +- install the right IM packages on Plasma when using fcitx + +Version 17.30 - 7 May 2016 + +- install nonfree firmware for amdgpu, i915, nouveau +- CSD: + o make corners round like gtk+/Adwaita does + o nicer decoration + +Version 17.29 - 4 May 2016 + +- install the right IM packages on Plasma +- make CSD support available to forked processes (mga#18332) + +Version 17.28 - 26 April 2016 + +- adapt to new brltty +- drop support for MIPS +- fix detecting running under Qemu +- fix installing packages when having a numeric pad +- recognize new kernel-4.6 drivers + +Version 17.27 - 23 April 2016 + +- add 'qemu' flag for rpmsrate +- exclude 2 Xorg libraries on ARM + +Version 17.26.1 - 8 April 2016 + +- just ignore kernel options +- drakx-in-chroot: + o enable to control strace behaviour + +Version 17.26 - 3 April 2016 + +- add minimal CSD support (mga#17702) + +Version 17.25 - 1 April 2016 + +- partitioning: + o fix detecting nvme devices as block devices + o fix displaying partitions when there's only one disk + (and the resulting crash: mga#18076) + +Version 17.24 - 23 March 2016 + +- fix build on ia32 +- add 'virtualbox' & 'vmware' flags for rpmsrate +- use systemd-detect-virt for detecting virtualization technology + +Version 17.23 - 22 March 2016 + +- do not include twice webkit2gtk library +- prevent usrmove files to remain +- remove swrast (too big just to fix a gtk+ warning...) + +Version 17.21 - 21 March 2016 + +- load evdev (thus fixing a crash) +- load psmouse (it is now modular) +- use WebKit2 instead of WebKit1 for displaying help content (mga#15031) + +Version 17.20 - 18 March 2016 + +- prevent slow boot on first boot (mga#16684) +- partitioning: + o fix partitions not initially displayed (mga#17564) + +Version 17.19 - 24 February 2016 + +- detect nvme devices as block devices (mga#17743) +- detect partitions on nvme devices (mga#17743) + +Version 17.18.1 - 10 February 2016 + +- bootloader: + o add support for grub2-text too (mga#9431) +- partitioning: + o check ESP has the right fs type (mga#16246) + o check that ESP mount point actually is an ESP + +Version 17.17 - 29 January 2016 + +- fix hidden cursor (mga#17470) + +Version 17.16 - 21 January 2016 + +- Add ARM support in perl-install +- options: + o silent a warning bout BOOT_IMAGE option +- partitioning: + o fix crash (mga#17484) + +Version 17.14 - 11 January 2016 + +- do not warn about kernel options when parsing drakx options +- include libinput udev helpers (mga#17470) + +Version 17.13 - 9 January 2016 + +- regressions from 17.11: + o fix ignoring options from isolinux + o fix parsing stage1's automatic option (mga#17441) +- silent a perl-5.22 warning + +Version 17.12 - 2 January 2016 + +- bootloader: + o log found kernels (mga#16128) + o skip swap in the list of partitions (mga#15767) +- partitioning: + o auto fill LV name from mntpnt (mga#5407) + o suggest "lv_foo" instead of just "foo" for LVname +- summary: + o drop support for ISApnp sound cards +- fix a message (mga#15414) +- misc cleanups + +Version 17.11 - 1 January 2016 + +- make report.bug.xz more reproducible +- misc cleanups +- drakx-in-chroot: + o use GetOpt::Long for options + (thus allowing eg "--flang fr" instead of just "--flang=fr") + +Version 17.10 - 24 December 2015 + +- use mutter instead of matchbox (fix black screen) + +Version 17.9 - 24 December 2015 + +- include 60-evdev.rules instead of no more existing 60-keyboard.rules +- silent gtk+ warnings about swrast driver + +Version 17.8 - 22 December 2015 + +- recognize new kernel-4.3 drivers + +Version 17.7.1 - 17 December 2015 + +- include one more file for new X.org wrapper (mga#17348) + +Version 17.7 - 17 December 2015 + +- adapt to new X.org wrapper (mga#17348) + +Version 17.6 - 12 December 2015 + +- drakx-in-chroot: + o fix running with xserver-1.18 + +Version 17.5 - 8 december 2015 + +- more substitution for task-plasma5 +- use sddm instead of kdm + +Version 17.4 - 6 December 2015 + +- use task-plasma5-minimal instead of task-kde4-minimal + +Version 17.3 - 4 December 2015 + +- recognize new kernel-4.3 drivers + +Version 17.2 - 26 November 2015 + +- left background for Mageia 6 dev1 + +Version 17.1 - 27 August 2015 + +- recognize new kernel-4.1 drivers + +Version 17.0 - 24 June 2015 + +- adapt to pango 1.37.x +- adapt to perl-5.22 +- switch from evdev+synaptics to libinput driver + +Version 16.105 - 15 June 2015 + +- really fix urpmi media when installing from USB (mga#5690) + +Version 16.104 - 13 June 2015 + +- diskdrake: + o prevent errors when telling kernel to reread partition table + +Version 16.103 - 4 June 2015 + +- partitioning wizard: + o only use current disk when auto partitioning, wiping disk, + using free space (mga#16055) + +Version 16.102 - 29 May 2015 + +- diskdrake: + o ignore special 'Packard_Bell' and 'Push_Button_Reset' partitions (mga#15999) + o run udevadm settle after actions that trigger device reload (mga#15999) + +Version 16.101 - 25 May 2015 + +- do not die if network cannot be started for updates (mga#8819), + just log the faillure and offer to either retry or abort +- do not offer to add a CD-ROM as supplement media (mga#13671) +- fix urpmi media when installing from USB (mga#5690) +- locale setting + o fix reading back IM config (mga#15761) +- partitioning: + o set pt_type according to fs_type before flag cases (mga#16029) + +Version 16.100 - 20 May 2015 + +- add online media at installation end (mga#8819) + +Version 16.99 - 20 May 2015 + +- bootloader: + o do not detect grub2 on UEFI when there's no bootloader + o fix default grub2 kernel parameters (mga#15984) +- partitioning: + o display cosmetics when reading back GPT partitions + o fix mnt point for FAT partitions on GTP (mga#15987) + o set the proper GUID for FAT partitions on GPT +- don't try to install non existant scim-googlepinyin (mga#6681) + +Version 16.97 - 18 May 2015 + +(just to be sure draklive-install fix for mga15257 doesn't break anything) + +Version 16.96 - 17 May 2015 + +- partitioning: + o fix regression refusing FAT for ESP (mga#15962) + +Version 16.95 - 14 May 2015 + +- better dialog title (mga#9648) +- partitioning: + o fix a crash after "insufficient space" error (mga#15919) + +Version 16.93 - 9 May 2015 + +- bootloader: + o do use vga value for grub2 + o fix setting default grub2 entry + +Version 16.92 - 9 May 2015 + +- bootloader: + o add a dedicate step for grub2 (mga#9627) + o always log update-grub2 output (mga#15857) + o backup grub2 files before configuring +- log grub2 install.sh in report.bug like for grub (mga#15857) +- networking: + o recognize r8723bs (mga#15874) +- partitioning: + o do not set noauto for /boot/EFI (mga#15627) + +Version 16.91 - 3 May 2015 + +- final left-background + +Version 16.90 - 28 April 2015 + +- localedrake: + o write input methods to /etc/locale.conf (mga#15464) +- run vgchange before updating the list of LVMs, not after, and even if not + in install (should help with mga#7578). + +Version 16.89 - 25 April 2015 + +- Ignore special partitions on mmc (mga#15759) + +Version 16.87 - 21 April 2015 + +- partitioning: + o improve the display box (mga#15728) + +Version 16.86 - 20 April 2015 + +- bootloader: + o dont override 'splash' and/or 'quiet' when adding 'noiswmd' (mga#15666) +- partitioning: + o use the windows partition with the most available space on current + disk, not the last one across all disks (mga#15589) + o suggest up to 20GB/20% of the windows partition (whichever is larger), + previously 6GB/10% (mga#15589) + o hide empty space < 2MB, we have such holes due to alignment (mga#15733) +- speed up reading of flags from GPT partition table (mga#15621). + +Version 16.84 - 14 April 2015 + +- bootloader config: + o do not pass useless parameters to grub2 under UEFI (mga#15692) + o fix kernel booting in blind mode (mga#15291) + +Version 16.83 - 13 April 2015 + +- enable firmware raids with dmraid/kpartx like we do on + live medias and on fully installed systems + +Version 16.82 - 13 April 2015 + +- partitioning: + o detect Lenovo recovery & 'SYSTEM_DRV' as such (mga#1371) + o do add a ESP if it was removed by "Clear All" + o ignore ESP for "use free space on MS" +- bootloader config: + o default to GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=falss for 'failsafe' entry (mga#15675) + +Version 16.81 - 12 April 2015 + +- add kpartx for dmraid activation +- fix upgrade when package's in several media (mga#15350) + (need URPM-5.06 too) +- support loading patches from NTFS USB keys +- partitioning: + o don't guess a drive letter for ESP partitions + +Version 16.80 - 9 April 2015 + +- bootloader config: + o check there's still some place on /boot with grub2 too + o generate core.img for UEFI + o fix detecting grub2 on UEFI + o write /boot/grub2/install.sh like for grub instead of drakboot.conf +- log grub2 config in report.bug like for grub/lilo +- partitionning: + o don't guess a drive letter for recovery partitions (mga15636) + +Version 16.79 - 7 April 2015 + +- bootloader config: + o keep vga= parameter when switching to grub2 (mga#9888) + +Version 16.78 - 7 April 2015 + +- bootloader: + o fix installing grub2 on MBR (mga#15640) + (regression introduced in 16.76) + +Version 16.77 - 7 April 2015 + +- bootloader: + o add 'noiswmd' to kernel command line to manage isw_ bios + fakeraids with dmraid for now (instead of mdadm) (mga#11289, mga#14330) + o allow btrfs for / without separate /boot with grub2 (mga#15374) +- partitioning wizard: + o do not offer to select RAID as it result in a crash (mga#5800) + +Version 16.76 - 3 April 2015 + +- bootloader config: + o log grub2-install failures (mga#15439) +- partitionning: + o log fdisk -l output before/after partitionning + o really try to detect recovery partitions on GPT + +Version 16.75 - 30 March 2015 + +- partitionning: + o better fix for fail to read too corrupted partition table + o fix getting ESP with "use free space": + make sure to not override /boot/EFI mount point with /media/win_X + o make sure to check for existing ESP on all disks + o relax checks for ESP + o try to detect recovery partitions on GPT + +Version 16.74 - 27 March 2015 + +- GPT partitionning: + o fix retrieving ntfs partitions as ntfs-3g instead of ntfs + o really fix retrieving swap partition type + +Version 16.73 - 27 March 2015 + +- GPT partitionning: + o fix creating RAID devices (mga#15400) + (regression from 16.33) + o fix "I cannot read the partition table of device XXX, it is too corrupted" + o fix retrieving LVM/RAID/swap partition type + o fix retrieving ntfs partitions as ntfs-3g instead of ntfs + o fix tagging lvm/raid as "linux filesystem" + o fix tagging ntfs-3g as "linux filesystem" + o fix tagging swap as "linux filesystem" +- tell users to ignore Gtk3 warnings + +Version 16.72 - 26 March 2015 + +- fix a crash in auto install (mga#15573) + +Version 16.71 - 25 March 2015 + +- bump max_nb() to 131 to cover mdadm managed imsm and ddf1 bios + fakeraids (containers defaults to >= 127 and partitions <=126) +- partitionning: + o fix retrieving ESP partition type on GPT (mga#15366) + o log which GPT partition we fail to add/del + o set proper GUID to ESP partitions with GPT layout +- pre-install grub2-efi on UEFI + +Version 16.69 - 20 March 2015 + +- efi partitioning fixes from tv +- diskdrake & package install gtk fixes from Martin Whitaker + +Version 16.68 - 17 March 2015 + +- fix mis-detecting some mobile broadband modems (mga#12492) +- add 'deploops' option for debugging (mga#15350) +- log mkinitrd faillures (mga#9201) + +Version 16.67 - 5 March 2015 + +- auto_install: + o ignore firmwares within draklive + o log step errors +- drakx-in-chroot: + o unbreak draklive + +Version 16.66 - 5 March 2015 + +- diskdrake: + o add "nofail" option to "foreign" mountpoints to avoid unwanted recovery mode (#10179) + +Version 16.65 - 27 February 2015 + +- Mageia 5 RC +- include udev rule for Synaptics + +Version 16.64 - 27 February 2015 + +- partitioning: + o add missing button icons (mga#15264) + +Version 16.63 - 27 February 2015 + +- partitioning: + o fix too wide buttons (mga#12422, mga#13471, mga#14839, mga#15379) + +Version 16.62 - 19 February 2015 + +- partitioning (mga#12422, mga#11988, mga#14839, mga#15272, mga#15264): + o use an horizontal scrolling bar when needed + o use a vertical scrolling bar when needed (mga#15272) + o workaround too wide togglebuttons with empty label with gtk+3 and/or Adwaita + +Version 16.61 - 18 February 2015 + +- ensure we install radeon-firmware too if needed (mga#15203) + +Version 16.60 - 18 February 2015 + +- ensure we install kernel-firmware-nonfree if needed (mga#15203) + +Version 16.59 - 18 February 2015 + +- bug: + o display a nicer message when no removable medium is found (mga#14435) + +Version 16.57 - 11 February 2015 + +- fix taking screenshots on UEFI 24bit bpp framebuffer (mga#13684) + +Version 16.55 - 9 February 2015 + +- drakclock: Ensure that /etc/localtime is a symlink (mga#14888) +- users: Make sure to restart accounts-daemon after adding users (mga#15113) +- finish-install: Ensure i18n settings are loaded +- Create a symlink instead a hard copy to localtime see issue #14888 +- i18n: Write the desired console font to /etc/vconsole.conf +- i18n: Use the x-distro /etc/locale.conf file instead of /etc/sysconfig/i18n +- drakedm: Don't run ancient dm init script (which no longer exists) +- Update traslations + +Version 16.54 - 6 February 2015 + +- fix left background size + +Version 16.53 - 6 February 2015 + +- switch from oxygen-gtk to Adwaita theme + o remove oxygen-gtk + o add missing icons (mga#13673, mga#14355, mga#14840, mga#14844) + o add libpixbufloader-svg.so for Adwaita svg icons + o add gtk.css + +Version 16.52 - 5 February 2015 + +- default to GPT on disks larger than 4TB, not LVM +- fix GPT initialization on empty disk +- fix failure to delete partitions after switching to GPT +- fix stage2 loading graphical installer in efi mode + +Version 16.51 - 3 February 2015 + +- Mageia 5 beta 3 +- recognize new kernel-3.19 drivers + +Version 16.50 - 9 January 2015 + +- initial uefi support + +Version 16.49 - 31 December 2014 + +- translation updates +- refer to MageiaWelcome instead of to something we do not have (mga#10901) +- drakx-in-chroot: + o pre-create /dev/null & co before mounting devtmpfs +- recognize new kernel-3.18 drivers (mga#14799) + +Version 16.48 - 16 December 2014 + +- Mageia 5 artwork integration (with beta2 mention on left-background) +- do not load hyper-v modules (already done by udev in stage1) + +Version 16.47 - 5 December 2014 + +- do not crash loading stage2 in Virtual PC (mga#14117) +- bootloader config: + o do not crash if fstab contains a bind mount on a file (mga#14657) + +Version 16.45 - 26 October 2014 + +- drakx-in-chroot: + o pre-create /dev/null & co again (for draklive) +- fix selecting of uneeded locales (mga#3723) + +Version 16.44 - 23 October 2014 + +- drakx-in-chroot: + o document --stage2-update in --help + o mount /dev -o ro + o try harder to umount everything when sg went havroc + +Version 16.43 - 20 October 2014 + +- drakx-in-chroot: + o adapt to the fact that stage2 expects a /dev fully populated by udev +- package installation: + o adapt to URPM-5 + o rename "no_suggests" option as "no_recommends" + +Version 16.42 - 18 September 2014 + +- only allow GRUB2 when booting on btrfs + +Version 16.41 - 31 August 2014 + +- adapt to latest systemd +- allow /boot on btrfs +- recognize new kernel-3.17 drivers + +Version 16.40 - 22 August 2014 + +- adwaita-gtk3-theme no longer provides a settings.ini file +- log X.org server logs when it fails to start up (mga#13471, ...) +- recognize hyper-v paravirtual network driver + +Version 16.39 - 17 August 2014 + +- recognize new kernel-3.16 drivers + +Version 16.38 - 22 July 2014 + +- Mageia 5 alpha 2 left background + +Version 16.37 - 3 July 2014 + +- fix /etc/fstab writing (mga#13114, also reported by Joseph Wang) +- partitioning: + o improve fs sorting in combo box (mga#13640) + +Version 16.36 - 1 July 2014 + +- hide /boot/efi check for now (mga#13638) + +Version 16.35 - 29 June 2014 + +- Mageia 5 alpha 1 left background +- let udev handle floppies + +Version 16.33 - 18 June 2014 + +- stop creating some /dev entries that are managed by udev + +Version 16.32 - 15 June 2014 + +- include platform driver autoload udev rules +- recognize new kernel-3.15 drivers + +Version 16.31.1 - 6 June 2014 + +- include udev rule for VMmouse + +Version 16.31 - 6 June 2014 + +- xorg config: + o rely on evdev/udev for input devices + o Wacom tablets should work better + (we now load the wacom driver again) + o Synaptics touchpads should now work during install (mga#11524) + +Version 16.30 - 4 June 2014 + +- adapt to perl-5.20 +- add some POD documentation +- do not unavailable kernel-xbox +- drop (broken) support for Alpha, PPC, Sparc & IA64 +- locale setting + o stop configuring HAL + o update locales list + +Version 16.29 - 3 May 2014 + +- gnome-icon-theme is now adwaita-icon-theme + +Version 16.28 - 28 April 2014 + +- recognize new kernel-3.14 drivers + +Version 16.27 - 18 February 2014 + +- fix crash when choosing a RTL language (mga#12793) +- Ensure uid/gid extraction works when adding users via summary page + (fixes chown'ing user to root when adding existing user on upgrade mga#12375) + +Version 16.26.6 - 23 January 2014 + +- fix hidden icon in individual package selection (mga#12397) + +Version 16.26.5 - 22 January 2014 + +- release notes dialog: + o fix untranslated button + +Version 16.26.4 - 22 January 2014 + +- debug image: + o add a warning about QWERTY keyboard +- help dialogs: + o do warn on first screenshot (mga#11176) + o fix lost help screenshots (mga#11176) + +Version 16.26.3 - 21 January 2014 + +- help dialogs: + o do not warn if a screenshot already has been taked (mga#11176) + +Version 16.26.2 - 20 January 2014 + +- left background for final release of Mageia 4 + +Version 16.26.1 - 20 January 2014 + +- partitioning: + o increase back minimum partition width for Oxygen (mga#11977) + +Version 16.26 - 20 January 2014 + +- fix detecting if basesystem is installed (mga#10722) + thus fixing "basesystem package not selected" +- partitioning: + o fix sizing partition widgets + o fix not moving window (mga#11790, mga#11988, mga#11977) + o revert minimum partition width to its pre-gtk3 value + o show labels on partition buttons + +Version 16.25 - 19 January 2014 + +- add Mageia 4 desktop images + +Version 16.24 - 18 January 2014 + +- help dialogs: + o make screenshots work (mga#11176) + o fix untranslated button & title (mga#9828) + +Version 16.23 - 16 January 2014 + +- partitioning: + o do not show labels on partition buttons (mga#11988) + +Version 16.22 - 15 January 2014 + +- partitioning: + o fix "No GSettings schemas are installed on the system" error when + inspecting partitions (mga#12279) +- services: + o use --no-block with chkconfig and systemctl enable to prevent systemd reload + and potential crash (especially during first/live boot) + +Version 16.21 - 13 January 2014 + +- partitioning: + o do not propose check bad blocks for btrfs (Manuel Hiebel, mga#10116) + o increase minimum partition width for Oxygen (mga#11977) + (if not enough, we will disable labels on partitions buttons again) +- revert back to matchbox instead of mutter as it doesn't fix + diskdrake issues (mga#11977) + (thus fixing missing window decorations (mga#12218)) + +Version 16.20 - 6 January 2014 + +- Mageia 4 artwork + +Version 16.19 - 4 January 2014 + +- Mageia 4 RC left background + +Version 16.17 - 20 December 2013 + +- media step: + o hint that nonfree is needed if a CPU needs a microcode +- install: + o fix pausing installing while displaying release notes +- drakx-in-chroot: + o advise to install xephyr if missing +- use mutter instead of matchbox in order to try to workaround + diskdrake issues (mga#11790, mga#11988, ...) + as a side effect, stage2 shrinks by 3Mb... + +Version 16.14 - 10 December 2013 + +- Mageia 4 beta 2 left background + +Version 16.13 - 10 December 2013 + +- fix crash when selecting an input method (mga#11939) + +Version 16.10 - 6 December 2013 + +- package group selection: + o make bottom buttons always available + (by puting the scrolling window only around the package group check boxes) + +Version 16.9 - 6 December 2013 + +- fix retrieving network info from stage2 after dracut migration (mga#11504) + +Version 16.7 - 5 December 2013 + +- partitioning: + o fix a crash when creating partitions (mga#11876) + +Version 16.6 - 4 December 2013 + +- fix blue background behind left panel text (mga#11866) + +Version 16.5 - 3 December 2013 + +- partitioning: + o detect eMMc block devices (Luc Menut, mga#11812) + o fix a crash in partitioning wizard (mga#11820) + o show labels on partition buttons again but ellipsized (mga#11858) + +Version 16.4 - 2 December 2013 + +- fix partitioning wizard moving the main window to left (mga#11790) +- fix titles not being blue anymore + +Version 16.2 - 29 November 2013 + +- no more run urpmi.update when adding media + (uneeded with urpmi-7.27+) + +Version 16.1 - 28 November 2013 + +- fix a warning: include dialog-warning-symbolic +- fix left panel text being black instead of white (mga#11792) +- fix calling "child1_shrink" via package "Gtk3::HPaned" (mga#11797) +- fix using old toolbar API that is no more available (mga#11791) +- wrap too big labels in summary dialog (mga#11793) + +Version 16.0 - 23 November 2013 + +- switch from Gtk+-2 to Gtk+-3: + o Banners: most themes work OK but Oxygen-gtk3... + o diskdrake: most themes work OK but Oxygen-gtk3... +- detect_devices: + fix ids to be numeric +- drakx-in-chroot: + o add --depth in order to force 16bit colors mode + +Version 15.73.1 - 19 November 2013 + +- debug image: + o include enough python in order to generate a stack trace from within stage2 + o fix passing arguments from drakx-in-chroot +- do not compile/include xhost+ anymore (unused for years) +- log why updates were not applied + +Version 15.73 - 12 November 2013 + +- polkit: fix wrappers to properly escape arguments when calling the binary + +Version 15.72.2 - 11 November 2013 + +- properly escape $$UID +- use $$UID instead of $$(id -u) + +Version 15.72.1 - 9 November 2013 + +- fix typo in last Makefile change + +Version 15.72 - 9 November 2013 + +- use /usr/libexec/drakrpm-addmedia directly in stage2 (colin, #11319) +- debug image: + o add missing python modules for latest gdb + o fix building with latest gdb + +Version 15.71 - 8 November 2013 + +- do not use automatically gdm for xfce +- do not include anymore packdrake module + +Version 15.70 - 3 November 2013 + +- Mageia 4 beta 1 left background + +Version 15.69 - 29 October 2013 + +- adapt to a dracut based stage1 + +Version 15.68.1 - 14 October 2013 + +- adapt to latest mdadm + +Version 15.68 - 14 October 2013 + +- drop /etc/termcap as it's no longer part of our build +- make urpmi install check more reliable (polkit related path change mga#11125) +- recognize new kernel-3.12 drivers + +Version 15.67 - 10 October 2013 + +- log when user reject applying updates (mga#11319) +- recognize new kernel-3.11 drivers + +Version 15.66 - 3 October 2013 + +- include another network interface name udev rule (mga#10947) +- diskdrake: + o enable to format already formated btrfs partitions (mga#11256) + +Version 15.65 - 28 September 2013 + +- mageia 4 alpha 3 left background +- fix detecting some soft RAID (mga#11139 and the like) + +Version 15.64 - 4 September 2013 + +- rebuild + +Version 15.63 - 4 September 2013 + +- revert multi selection for desktops + +Version 15.62 - 3 September 2013 + +- Mageia 4 alpha 2 left background +- updated translations for desktop install +- add Independently install Desktop environments +- install open-vm-tools on VMware hypervisor + +Version 15.61 - 8 August 2013 + +- include network interface name udev rule (mga#10947) + +Version 15.60 - 4 August 2013 + +- Mageia 4 alpha 1 left background + +Version 15.59 - 4 August 2013 + +- add missing re.so for utf8_heavy.pl (mga#10893) +- detect wifi cards managed by ssb driver (mga#9378) + +Version 15.58 - 19 July 2013 + +- fix a lang pixmap (mga#10795) + +Version 15.57 - 16 July 2013 + +- adapt to latest btrfs utils for resizing + +Version 15.56 - 16 July 2013 + +- bootloader: + o fix displaying need to install acpi* packages when they're already installed + o read/save choosen default entry +- detect wifi cards managed by bcma driver (mga#9378) +- detect new kernel-3.10 drivers + +Version 15.54 - 17 May 2013 + +- do not enable legacy sysvinit scripts that no longer exist (mga#10084) +- do not enable to pick xguest (mga#9750) +- fix offering to install shorewall & shorewall-ipv6 when already installed +- media step: + o hint that nonfree is needed if a driver needs a nonfree firmware + o preselect nonfree if needed + +Version 15.52 - 15 May 2013 + +- fix displaying release notes while installing (mga#10087) + +Version 15.51 - 13 May 2013 + +- drop support for fetching release-notes.ARCH.html +- enable Nonfree/Tainted repositories when adding update media if a + package having a matching name is installed (similar to #8379) +- detect_devices: check for phy80211 sysfs directory as well to detect + wireless devices + +Version 15.49 - 2 May 2013 + +- fix displaying ads (mga#9939) + +Version 15.48 - 1 May 2013 + +- include mount options in auto_inst.pl +- install 'basesystem-minimal' instead of 'basesystem' prior to add extra media + thus fixing "basesystem package not selected" (mga#9611) +- make xdm installation automatic in auto_inst mode (mga#9875) + +Version 15.47 - 30 April 2013 + +- include more partition fields in auto_inst.pl (mga#9784) +- skip comments in /etc/crypttab (Colin, mga#9905) +- services: + o list 'shorewall-ipv6' along 'shorewall' + +Version 15.45 - 27 april 2013 + +- fix doble logging of 'filesystem' installation (mga#7758) +- install shorewall-ipv6 along shorewall (mga#9401) +- bootloader: + o try harder to get a label for other OSes (mga#9849,9681) +- partitioning: + o only allow 'acl' option for extX & reiserfs (mga#9884) + +Version 15.44 - 23 april 2013 + +- partitioning: + o fix a crash when reloading partition table (mga#9838) + o fix a crash when trying to create a encrypted LVM partition (mga#9837) + +Version 15.43 - 22 april 2013 + +- prepare final release: left background + +Version 15.42 - 21 April 2013 + +- partitioning (mga#5661): + o ensure LVMs on top of dmcrypt are activated after unlocking + o fix UI redraw issue after unlocking dmcrypt partition + +Version 15.41 - 21 April 2013 + +- add support for new help +- updated translations + +Version 15.40 - 19 April 2013 + +- authentication: + o 'nss-pam-ldapd' obsoletes 'pam_ldap' (mga#9769) +- partitioning (mga#5661): + o fix losing crypt key when detecting LVMs on top of dmcrypt + o fix losing crypt key when re-reading partition tables + +Version 15.39 - 15 April 2013 + +- bump min size for spliting /home fs (Eugeni, mga#3189): + o from 8 to 12Gb if simple partitioning + o from 7 to 10Gb if /usr is split or for servers + +Version 15.38 - 14 April 2013 + +- Mageia 3 RC banner + +Version 15.37 - 9 April 2013 + +- library: + o fix detecting some USB devices due to not reporting their class (mga#9674) +- partitioning: + o allow to choose btrfs in normal mode (mga#65) + +Version 15.36 - 6 April 2013 + +- bind mount /run in chroot, thus fixing dracut runs (Dave Hodgins, mga#9213) +- bootloader: + o fix other Mga OS names in menu (mga#8710) + +Version 15.35 - 5 April 2013 + +- bootloader: + o assume grub2.cfg is UTF-8 encoded + o read back more conf from grub2 + o set entries type when reading back grub2 conf, thus fixing + switching back to grub-legacy (mga#9563) +- fix finding translated help (mga#9619) + +Version 15.34 - 4 April 2013 + +- force loading NSS modules (mga#9326) +- log ignored dmraid devices (might help mga#9467) +- drakx-in-chroot: + o always copy /etc/resolv.conf again + +Version 15.33 - 4 April 2013 + +- drakx-in-chroot: + o do not copy /etc/resolv.conf in chroot if not using either remote + display or remote repository (thus fixing goup lookups, mga#9326) + +Version 15.32 - 31 March 2013 + +- fix detecting Xen hard disks (mga#9546) + +Version 15.31 - 25 March 2013 + +- recognize more webcam & bluetooth devices (might help mga#5841) + +Version 15.30 - 25 March 2013 + +- Mageia 3 new design + +Version 15.29 - 22 March 2013 + +- Mageia 3 beta 4 background + +Version 15.28 - 21 March 2013 + +- do not disable module autoloading (mga#9428) +- bootloader-config: + o do not build initrd if no bootloader is detected and + --no-initd argument is supplied +- authentication: + o install nss-pam-ldapd instead of nss_ldap (mga#9375) +- partitioning: + o actually preserve UUID when formatting (mga#9428) + +Version 15.27 - 12 March 2013 + +- bootloader: + o install grub2-efi instead of grub2 if using UEFI (mga#8886) +- fix permissions of help displayer (mga#9340) +- fix dialogs popup with drakx-in-chroot + +Version 15.26 - 5 March 2013 + +- include display_installer_help +- show all errors at once at end of installation + +Version 15.25 - 5 March 2013 + +- fork displaying help, thus workarounding a webkit segfault (mga#9124) +- prevent displaying twice release notes + +Version 15.24.1 - 2 March 2013 + +- rebuild with updated list_modules + +Version 15.24 - 28 February 2013 + +- bootloader: + o allow installing grub2 on a partition (mga#8742) + o try harder not to have duplicate stuff on grub2 cmd line +- do not put entry for CD/DVD in /etc/fstab (mga#7657) + +Version 15.23 - 27 February 2013 + +- bootloader: + o fix detecting grub2 if there's a remaining grub-legacy signature + o read more of grub2 config + o read & save timeout value (mga#8850) + o set default parameters in grub2 config (mga#9177) +- do not attempt to use gurpmi.addmedia or gurpmi if in text mode + +Version 15.22 - 26 February 2013 + +- Mageia 3 beta 3 left background + +Version 15.21 - 26 February 2013 + +- summary: + o prevent installing grub2 somewhere else than MBR + o read & write /boot/grub2/drakboot.conf + o suggests MBR by default for grub2 too (Manuel Hiebel, #8851) +- always bypass blkid cache (the cache only includes a subset of the data we need) + +Version 15.20 - 21 January 2013 + +- use modprobe instead of insmod (mga#8676) + +Version 15.19 - 14 January 2013 + +- Mageia 3 beta 2 left background + +Version 15.18 - 5 January 2013 + +- include more utils for raid (mga#8484) + +Version 15.17 - 28 December 2012 + +- do not bypass blkid cache +- include kmod's modprobe +- drakx-in-chroot: + o export blkid cache + +Version 15.16 - 28 December 2012 + +- adapt to new help layout (mga#5634) + +Version 15.15 - 24 December 2012 + +- drakx-in-chroot: + o add --strace option, enabling to pinpoint missing modules +- include missing module for upcasing UTF-8 characters (mga#8475) +- media step: + o prevent selecting an update medium without its parent medium + +Version 15.14 - 17 December 2012 + +- ugtk2: use new exceptions management +- fix installing grub2 from live session (blino) + +Version 15.13 - 15 December 2012 + +- fix checking grub2 installation (mga#8390) + +Version 15.12 - 14 December 2012 + +- "enhance" fake grub2 conf reading (mga#8366) +- time steps in logs +- media step: + o fix dialogs title + o show which media are disabled when offering to pick supplementary ones + +Version 15.11 - 13 December 2012 + +- install grub2 if needed +- media choice step: + o display tooltips describing media + +Version 15.10 - 11 December 2012 + +- revert rosa crap that breaks generating initrd (mga#8357) + +Version 15.9 - 11 December 2012 + +- fix network set up for adding network media if not up by stage1 + (aka DVD/CD case, mga#8282) +- partitioning: + o if a partition has been manually formated, don't offer to format + it again (mga#7822) + +Version 15.8 - 11 December 2012 + +- fix installing basesystem prior to adding a supplementary network + medium + +Version 15.7 - 10 December 2012 + +- media choice step: + o blacklist unwanted media instead of whitelisting wanted ones + (fix dual cd where media names are not the regular ones) + o no media is a critical error +- updates step: + o add all media instead of only update ones (mga#7959) + +Version 15.6 - 10 December 2012 + +- language choise: + o change title of of "Multiple languages" dialog box from "Please Choose A + Language To Use" to "Select Additional Languages" (mga#7648) +- set font familly & size system wide, thus fixing font size in gurpmi + & release notes (mga#67) + +Version 15.5 - 10 December 2012 + +- recognize new drivers: + o input: hid-sensor-hub + o PHY: at803x + +Version 15.4 - 9 December 2012 + +- put grub-legacy before grub2 + +Version 15.2 - 7 December 2012 + +- add fake gru2 conf reading +- skip media screen in auto install + +Version 15.1 - 7 December 2012 + +- add basic support for grub2 (mga#416) + (based on rosa work but fixed and completed) + +Version 15.0 - 6 December 2012 + +- enable to skip keyboard step with keyboard option +- enable to enable other media + (such as 'nonfree', 'tainted' which are disabled by default) + +Version 14.52 - 4 December 2012 + +- Mageia 3 beta 1 left background +- fix missing command links (mga#8289) +- fix initializing urpm object (mga#8160) +- fix offering "selecting individual packages" when pressing "previous" after + selecting package groups + +Version 14.51 - 16 November 2012 + +- retrieve package descriptions from XML meta-data instead of from huge hdlists + (fix not displaying packages description in network installs) (mga#549) +- fix a crash when pressing "previous" after selecting package groups + +Version 14.50.1 - 15 November 2012 + +- include Parse::EDID for monitor-parse-edid (mga#8076) + +Version 14.50 - 6 November 2012 + +- prevent a horizontal scrollbar to appear in some dialogs (mga#7374) + +Version 14.49 - 3 November 2012 + +- Mageia 3 alpha 3 banner +- prefer real binaries over the lightweight perl wrappers +- convert filesystem for usrmove during upgrades +- show a 'please wait' dialog while processing usrmove + +Version 14.48 - 22 October 2012 + +- fix detecting if udev is already running +- include FIRMWARE packages from Cards+ in detected graphical drivers, + to install radeon-firmware during install (#6438, #7641) +- properly generate stage2 with a usrmove-esque fs layout + +Version 14.47 - 12 October 2012 + +- offer resizing NTFS again (broken by ntfsprogs -> ntfs-3g switch) + +Version 14.46.3 - 5 October 2012 + +- load 'microcode' asynchronously, preventing big wait when not supported + (mga#7671) + +Version 14.46.2 - 3 October 2012 + +- adapt to latest dash-static +- fix comment in license text + +Version 14.46.1 - 2 October 2012 + +- fix build with latest pango + +Version 14.46 - 27 September 2012 + +- left background for Mageia 3 alpha 2 + +Version 14.45 - 20 September 2012 + +- load fuse module automatically when trying to mount NTFS-3G (mga#5685) + +Version 14.44.1 - 16 September 2012 + +- add spacing between license paragraphs + +Version 14.44 - 14 September 2012 + +- adapt to xserver 1.13 +- advertize new doc license & licenser (mga#7347) +- install cpupower instead of cpufreq +- package group selection: + o remove "select all" button (not as usefull as "unselect all" & it + takes too much place when translated) + +Version 14.43 - 4 September 2012 + +- compress report with xz instead of gzip +- fix crash when clicking previous in minimal install step (mga#7345) +- include swaplabel (mga#7334) + +Version 14.42 - 4 September 2012 + +- load 'aesni_intel' crypto module for newer Intel CPUs (mga#7333) +- recognize new drivers: + o input: hid-aureal synaptics_usb + o wifi: qmi_wwan, mwifiex_usb + +Version 14.41 - 3 September 2012 + +- include back Ia Ora files for matchbox (mga#6451) + +Version 14.40 - 3 September 2012 + +- prevent going further if some transactions failed (mga#7016) +- summary: fix displayed network type (mga#4959) + +Version 14.39 - 3 September 2012 + +- rely on stage1 for mounting /dev + +Version 14.38 - 2 September 2012 + +- Mageia 3 alpha 1 banner + +Version 14.37 - 1 September 2012 + +- Fix prefix checking in foreign partition check (mkinitrd) +- More logging on why initrd generation is skipped + +Version 14.36 - 30 August 2012 + +- adapt to urpmi-7.5 + +Version 14.35 - 30 August 2012 + +- adapt to usbfs death + +Version 14.34 - 30 August 2012 + +- adapt to perl-5.16.1 +- services: + o fix checking systemd presence after systemd merge of subpackages + +Version 14.32 - 28 July 2012 + +- package group selection: + o add a scrollbar + (due to Oxygen theme eating more space than Ia Ora one) + o add "select all" & "unselect all" buttons +- stop fixing the raid udev rule now that it has been fixed + +Version 14.31 - 24 July 2012 + +- adapt to latest GDB +- adapt to latest systemd/udevd +- adapt to /usr move +- nfs install: install nfs-utils instead of nfs-utils-clients + (#6570, merged back in nfs-utils) + +Version 14.30 - 23 June 2012 + +- show all errors at once when setting media +- fix settings 'suggests' properly according to 'no_suggests' + (aka default to suggests enabled) + regression intoduced in 14.23 + +Version 14.29 - 17 June 2012 + +- adapt to perl-URPM >= 4.2 + +Version 14.28 - 11 June 2012 + +- fix upgrade with rpm-4.10.0 +- really fix build with brltty-4.3 + +Version 14.27 - 7 June 2012 + +- debug mode: + o do not start udev twice + o just start the installer if one quits the shell + o spawn a shell like in regular mode +- fix build with brltty-4.3 + +Version 14.26 - 5 June 2012 + +- fix detecting if Xorg started successfully + +Version 14.25 - 4 June 2012 + +- fix fallbacking on curses install aka abort gtk install startup if X + failed to start +- switch from Ia Ora to Oxygen Gtk theme +- use proper design from original author + +Version 14.24 - 31 May 2012 + +- adapt to latest xkb +- fix build with perl-5.16.0 + +Version 14.23.1 - 29 May 2012 + +- include newly needed module + +Version 14.23 - 28 May 2012 + +- do not create /dev/ entries created by udev +- kill last remanents of kernel-2.4.x support +- package group selection: + o remember minimal install values when clicking "previous" +- packages installation: + o add support for 'justdb' option + o enable to go fast with 'tune-rpm'... +- partitioning: + o first attempt at supporting XenBlk discs + o reduce blkid timeout to 30 seconds (mga#5979) +- refactoring + +Version 14.22 - 15 May 2012 + +- final banner +- fix detecting if adding update media succeeded +- authentication: + o don't update UsePAM option in sshd configuration + +Version 14.21 - 11 May 2012 + +- export res_init function to perl lib + +Version 14.20.1 - 10 May 2012 + +- drakx-in-chroot: unmount /dev in chroot + +Version 14.20 - 6 May 2012 + +- bind mount /dev inside chroot rather than copy nodes (mga#5730) + +Version 14.19 - 3 May 2012 + +- fix displaying urpmi fatal errors (mga#5725) + +Version 14.18 - 2 May 2012 + +- add missing libfuse.so.2 for mount.ntfs-3g (#5685) + +Version 14.17 - 30 April 2012 + +- fix noarch handling/search on 64bit as they're in 32 and 64 bit + media and in some cases it may return the not-installed rpm while the other is. +- autoinstall: + o fix rebooting on autoinstall by using a "wider" regexp (otherwise udevd was + not found by fuzzy_pidofs) and gives some time to udevd process to disappear. + o don't try to unmount /dev as it's still used by other processes + o allow to set urpm curl options in order to be able to make curl quiet + when running an autoinstall in text mode. This can be set throught + the new option "curl_options" in the auto_inst file. + o use quiet mode by default when downloading VERSION and auto_inst file +- partitioning: + o drop support for reiser4 (mga#5680) + +Version 14.16 - 29 April 2012 + +- add btrfsck +- partitioning: + o forbid having /boot as btrfs (mga#5627) + +Version 14.15 - 27 april 2012 + +- partitioning: + o fix partitions not being shown after clicking on "Reload partition table" + (mga#3260) + o run udevadm in installer too + (might fix unnecessary reboot (mga#4439)) + +Version 14.14 - 26 april 2012 + +- Mageia 2 RC banner + +Version 14.13 - 25 April 2012 + +- include needed symlinks for ndiswrapper (mdv#44416) + +Version 14.12 - 25 April 2012 + +- update desktops images + +Version 14.11 - 25 April 2012 + +- fix offering desktop choice (DVD has task-kde4-minimal instead of task-kde4) + (mga#5574) +- partitioning: + o do not set fs_type to ext4 for raw LVM/RAID/LUKS + o detect LVM on top on Encrypted partitions (mga#5330) +- services: + o systemd support (mga#3253, mga#3740, mga#4910, mga#5122) +- partitioning wizard: + o fix removing several notebook pages + o reuse code from hd_gtk, fixes display of "Use free space" solution + +Version 14.10 - 23 April 2012 + +- do not offer to upgrade mdv 201[1-9] (mga#5004) +- do not try to update KDE3 to KDE4 anymore +- individual package selection: + o fix a crash + o honor "no suggests" option (mga#3467) + +Version 14.9 - 23 April 2012 + +- include missing perl modules (mga#5528) + +Version 14.8 - 20 April 2012 + +- partitioning wizard: + o do not crash on selecting a RAID device + o fix displaying empty info about RAID devices + o fix listing RAID devices + +Version 14.7 - 19 April 2012 + +- fix a crash when package state is empty (mga#5487) +- fix not offering to upgrade RAID installs (mga#4902) + (udev was enabling RAIDs early but leaved them in inactive mode + due to not yet loaded personality modules) +- when selecting where ro install bootloader, display mountpoint if + available, and size+fs_type if we have nothing (mga#5460) + +Version 14.6 - 18 April 2012 + +- individual package selection: + o fix "invisible" lock icon (mga#5424) + o show again package descriptions (mga#549) +- package installation: + o fix assuming "no" to continue on bad signatures once "do not ask + again" has been checked in + o offer to not ask again about missing packages + o unselect already suggested packages when performing a minimal + install if "no suggests" option was chosen (mga#5209) + +Version 14.5 - 12 April 2012 + +- fix color for menu categories +- add missing udev programs needed for persistant storage rules. + +Version 14.4 - 12 April 2012 + +- fix quiet option for bootloader +- install btrfs-progs if needed (mga#5274) +- make sure ranges are always within limits in text mode (mga#646) +- allow generation of host-only initrd during install +- include persistant storage udev rules needed to see new uuids during install + +Version 14.3 - 7 April 2012 + +- Mageia 2 beta 3 banner +- diskdrake: + o fix partition numbering on GPT (mga#3091) + +Version 14.2 - 5 April 2012 + +- add boot splash to initrd only once +- log install settings (mga#3467 & mga#5209) +- do not set security level to its own value on upgrade (mga#5147) +- do not crash if msec isn't installed +- do not offer to select the security level in summary if msec is not installed +- text installer: + o include "screen" terminfo (mga#4894) + +Version 14.1 - 23 March 2012 + +- better "bootloader" message (mga#484) +- fix displaying "Mageia" in some messages + +Version 14.0 - 13 March 2012 + +- disk install: handle bogus ISOs when looking for install image (mga#4919) +- step column: hide so called "bootlader" step since we do _not_ actually + install bootloader at this stage but later in summary (mga#484) +- make "Preparing bootloader" less intimidating (mga#484) + +Version 13.95 - 13 March 2012 + +- recognize more HID drivers (mga#4905) + +Version 13.94 - 13 March 2012 + +- actually use new installer help + +Version 13.93 - 12 March 2012 + +- recognize c67x00, imx21-hcd, fhci, isp1362-hcd, oxu210hp-hcd & renesas-usbhs + USB host drivers (mga#4905) +- use lxdm for LXDE + +Version 13.92 - 11 March 2012 + +- explain why acpi, acpid & mageia-gfxboot-theme packages are selected +- install more packages earlier (shorewall & mandi), preventing useless + installing steps later at summary stage +- partitioning: + o fix error on removing LVs + o fix resizing LVs (mga#4666) + +Version 13.91.1 - 08 March 2012 + +- add a wrapper for running GDB in installer a simpler way + +Version 13.91 - 08 March 2012 + +- Mageia 2 beta 2 banner +- summary: + o list mandi with iptables* & shorewall in services + o list dm, mdadm, messagebus, microcode_ctl, netconsole & partmon services in system + o list network, network-auth, network-up & resolvconf into new 'networking' category +- debug build: + o don't run directly stage2 + o include busybox + o include needed python files for GDB + o start udev since we fork a shell prior to running stage2 + +Version 13.90 - 06 March 2012 + +- fix crashing if we failed to initialize Curses +- fix double segfault when text installer fails to init +- fix stopping udev +- set geometry for text installer + +Version 13.89 - 02 March 2012 + +- fix RAID udev rule + +Version 13.88 - 02 March 2012 + +- install mdadm for fake RAID too (mga#4750) + +Version 13.87 - 01 March 2012 + +- include more udev rules for RAID (mga#4750) + +Version 13.86 - 01 March 2012 + +- include libdmraid-events-isw.so for dmraid (mga#4750) +- tty stty are needed for text mode installer (mga#2038) + +Version 13.85 - 26 February 2012 + +- load 'xts' module for crypted fses (Dave Hodgins, mga#3749) + +Version 13.84 - 24 February 2012 + +- recognize more HID drivers (mga#4129) + +Version 13.83 - 19 February 2012 + +- log more stuff regarding packages installation (mga#4565) + +Version 13.82 - 14 February 2012 + +- Mageia 2 beta 1 banner + +Version 13.81 - 13 February 2012 + +- diskdrake: + o use better cipher for encrypted fses (mga#3092) + +Version 13.80 - 26 January 2012 + +- kill old gtk+ warnings that confuse people +- include back urpmi translations +- do not display errors when loading a driver that is already loaded (mga#1146) + +Version 13.78 - 24 January 2012 + +- log packages selected b/c of HW, fs, install method, ... +- summary: + o list shorewall with iptables* in services +- diskdrake: + o better default name for new VG (vg-mga, vg-mga1, ... + instead of vg-0, vg-1, ...) + +Version 13.77 - 23 January 2012 + +- diskdrake: + o allow using nilfs2 during install + o enable to set label on btrfs & nilfs fses as well as on swap + o preserve UUID when reformatting a nilfs fs +- do not install shorewall & mandi if firefwall is not configured + +Version 13.76 - 20 January 2012 + +- add support for XZ modules +- faster & safer waiting for end of USB modules +- include gtk20 translations (caps lock & the like) +- diskdrake: + o enable to set LV names when not in expert mode + o report back error from lvm2 + o suggest better LV names based on the mount point rather than numbers + +Version 13.75.1 - 19 January 2012 + +- fix mounting /dev/pts & /dev/shm +- include DM/MD udev rules so that install on LVM works again +- drakx-in-chroot: + o add support for --gdb + +Version 13.75 - 29 December 2011 + +- stop udev at end of install +- Mageia 2 Alpha 3 banner + +Version 13.74.1 - 29 December 2011 + +- rebuild with updated list_modules.pm for kernel-3.2.0-0.rc7.2.mga2 + +Version 13.74 - 24 December 2011 + +- use udev +- call udevadm in installer too +- do not hardcode systemd default through kernel command line, it + should be easily overridable by just picking the proper init package +- include xfs_freeze (needed for setup grub on XFS, mga#1536) +- interactive::curses: default to 80x25 (fixes serial) + +Version 13.73 - 11 December 2011 + +- Mageia 2 Alpha 2 banner + +Version 13.69 - 14 November 2011 + +- fix testing network (missing Net::Ping) + +Version 13.68 - 10 November 2011 + +- Mageia 2 Alpha 1 banner + +Version 13.67 - 07 November 2011 + +- Add initial systemd support + +Version 13.66 - 20 October 2011 + +- fix missing "Mageia" instances +- include png loader from gdk_pixbuf2.0_0-loaders-png15 + +Version 13.65 - 19 September 2011 + +- only favor packages with mga extension, we don't have packages with mdv or + mnb in release tag +- always favor packages with 'mga' extension when upgrading anything else + than Mageia +- install perl-Hal-Cdroms for urpmi when needed +- default to systemd (through "init=/bin/systemd") +- offer not to ask again about bad signatures + +Version 13.64 - 08 September 2011 + +- install more packages earlier (acpi{,d}, dhcp client, firewall & bootloader + stuff), preventing useless installing steps later at summary stage & also + fixing "program not found: grub-gfxmenu" error message while installing +- only retrieve release notes once during installation +- util-linux-ng was renamed util-linux (fix installation error) + +Version 13.63 - 07 September 2011 + +- better microcode_ctl management +- fix cpufreq detection corrupting other types +- install cpufreq on more cases + +Version 13.62 - 22 August 2011 + +- always align partitions to start at megabyte boundaries to avoid + performance issues with drives with 4k physical sectors (mga#1215) +- add support to detect if CPU microcode is upgradable in order to + install microcode_ctl + +Version 13.61.1 - 05 August 2011 + +- do not crash if there's no mirror cache to erase +- "Multi languages" => "Multiple languages" (mga#1011) + +Version 13.61 - 01 August 2011 + +- clear the mirror cache before upgrading (#1557) +- fix bootloader entries names +- fix build with perl-5.14.x +- detect (at least some (eg: Compaq USB numpad) (#1099) +- detect machines needing cpufreq +- spaces are not allowed between options in /etc/fstab (#2271) + +Version 13.58 - 27 May 2011 + +- fix default level being 'standard' when /etc/security/msec/security.conf + doesn't containt BASE_LEVEL + (broken since msec config file format was gratuitously changed) + +Version 13.57 - 25 May 2011 + +- update translations +- update design for final release + +Version 13.56 - 24 May 2011 + +- forbid selecting kernel-server if not having PAE since PAE support is + mandatory for kernel-server (#1414) + +Version 13.54 - 19 May 2011 + +- advertize LibreOffice instead of OpenOffice.org (mga#1323) +- fix build with brltty-4.2-1.mga1 +- fix reading security level with new msec (mga#332) + +Version 13.53 - 16 May 2011 + +- left background for RC + +Version 13.52 - 14 May 2011 + +- disable encryption option for /boot +- match partitions when one of them as device_alias to the device of the other one + +Version 13.50 - 06 May 2011 + +- use proper locales-XX packages for Albanian (#1036) + +Version 13.49 - 25 May 2011 +- add nokmsboot boot option also if the bootloader is installed after setting + up a conflicting display driver (e.g. draklive-install) +- embed more of unicore, fixes \d on strings collected from Gtk2 (#39) +- add sdhci-pci to card-reader list +- add xhci-hcd (usb3 support) + +Version 13.47 +- update modules list needed for md raid456 and dm-raid 4/5/6 target + +Version 13.46 + +- new design for beta1 +- update temporary piece of design + +Version 13.45 + +- fix incorrect meta-task directory, it should be an svn:externals +- switch from scim to ibus + +Version 13.44 + +- clean installer design for Mageia + +Version 13.43 + +- handle new drivers: + o ethernet: cx82310_eth + o 10g ethernet: bna, pch_gbe, stmmac + o modem: ft1000 + o usb storage: keucr, uas + o wifi: ath6kl, bcm_wimax, brcm80211, carl9170, r8712u + +Version 13.42 + +- alpha1 banner + +Version 13.41 + +- correct licence management and remove Google one + +Version 13.40 + +- new version for Mageia +- fix building with new libX11 +- fix building with xserver-1.9 +- include missing perl modules (#60720) + +Version 13.39 - 5 August 2010 + +- adapt to gtk and gdk change in 2.22 +- adapt to perl-5.12 + +Version 13.38 - 2 July 2010 + +- create symlink for /etc/pki to have it usable in stage2 + +Version 13.37 - 2 July 2010 + +- accept https URL in install::http +- include ca-bundle.crt + +Version 13.36 - 30 June 2010 + +- final banner + +Version 13.35 - 22 June 2010 + +- user management: focus on first entry in dialog, root password if + superuser is asked, user real name otherwise (#54910) +- auto_install: when distrib media contains selected_names list, apply + it only to the concerned media, and not to previously added media + +Version 13.33 - 4 June 2010 + +- lookup major:minor of devices outside $::prefix +- display lock icon for not enabled dmcrypt too +- disable dmcrypt before deleting partition, evin if inside lvm/raid +- don't crash when starting stage2 with an RTL locale +- fix loading of btrfs module + +Version 13.32 - 2 June 2010 + +- copy all devices to target + +Version 13.31 - 28 May 2010 + +- update banner to RC2 +- don't lose mountpoint if suggested partition was swap (#59510) + +Version 13.30 - 26 May 2010 + +- final banner + +Version 13.29 - 24 June 2010 + +- fix detection of /var partition +- force raid metadata to be 0.90 if /boot is on raid 1 +- fix raid 0 to be handled as raid + +Version 13.27 - 18 May 2010 + +- always set resume= when a swap is available, regardless of its size (#34681) +- update banner + +Version 13.26 - 17 May 2010 + +- enable acl by default on ext2/3/4 fs +- enable user_xattr on home for ext2 too +- allow setting acl option in diskdrake +- default to defaultFS in LVM, not ext2 +- don't ask to reboot after resize if not needed +- do not ask to reboot after resizing LUKS if not mounted +- workaround mapper/* being symlinks in dmraid support + +Version 13.24 - 9 May 2010 + +- include btrfs and crc32c modules in install (#59068) +- include /etc/netconfig (needed by mount.nfs) +- diskdrake: + o fix the crypto mountpoint checks for the create case + o fix resize of active encrypted volumes + +Version 13.22 - 29 April 2010 + +- diskdrake: + o correctly set mountpoint on included partition, not encrypted one + o refuse to have /boot encrypted + o enable gtk-button-images to have the lock displayed during install + +Version 13.21 - 27 April 2010 + +- diskdrake: + o allow resizing empty FAT (#58770) + o offer encryption in a more visible way when creating a partition + o remove cryptoloop from diskdrake interface and transparently use dm-crypt + o support having dm-crypt partition with non default FS + o do not display dm-crypt partitions in separate tab, display included + partition directly in-place + o do not warn about data loss when changing type of unformatted partition + o display lock icon on encrypted partitions + o fix loading of dmcrypt info now that /dev/mapper/* are symlinks + o fix creating encrypted LVM +- install plymouth if / is encrypted, to ask for password +- beta2 banner + +Version 13.19 - 14 April 2010 + +- detect "Rack Mount" Chassis as server +- diskdrake: + o use device label even if it was not changed (#47456) + o allow creating and resizing btrfs + +Version 13.18 - 2 April 2010 + +- compute dependencies on full list of packages from rpmsrate levels instead + of doing it individually. This avoids getting kdm in GNOME install. + +Version 13.17 - 31 March 2010 + +- services management: + o translate more service descriptions (#46640) +- detect "Rack Mount" Chassis as server +- use device label even if it was not changed (#47456) + +Version 13.16 - 19 March 2010 + +- bootloader: + o do not apply bootloader settings before giving user the option to change + them (#57471) + +Version 13.15 - 17 March 2010 + +- summary: + o enhanced services status message (#58194) + +Version 13.14 - 3 March 2010 + +- devices: + o handle creation of mmcblk devices (useful on Efika MX) +- alpha3 + +Version 13.13 - 28 February 2010 + +- handle new SCSI driver: mpt2sas (#57833) +- detect_devices: + o fix merging PCI devices info from sysfs which resulted in + ill-informed devices matching (#57711) + +Version 13.11 - 10 February 2010 + +- add support for asturian (#56990) +- partitioning wizard: + o display lvm/dmraid name in combo box + o allow reusing existing partitions in lvm + o fix a crash on empty disk + o fix using empty dmraid +- drakboot: + o fix crypted password detection + o fix invocation of grub-md5-crypt from within installer (#57461) + +Version 13.10 - 4 February 2010 + +- handle new drivers: + o ATA: pata_atp867x, pata_piccolo, pata_rdc + o DVB: dvb-usb-ec168, dvb-usb-friio, earth-pt1 + o ISDN: avmfritz, mISDNinfineon, netjet, speedfax, w6692 + o network: vmxnet3 + o radio: radio-miropcm20, radio-usb-si470x + o RAID: 3w-sas, hpsa, pmcraid + o SCSI: be2iscsi, bfa, pm8001, vmw_pvscsi + o TV: cx25821, saa7164 + o wifi: r8187se, r8192_pci, r8192u_usb, rt2800pci, vt6655_stage, vt6656_stage +- bootloader configuration: + o add support for crypted grub passwords + o always display security settings + o allow timeout to be '0' + o default to always crypt grub passwords + o ensure /boot/grub/menu.lst permissions are 0600 since it can + contains a password +- partitioning wizard: + o offer to install on dmraid (instead of crashing if no other disk) + o offer to install on existing lvm + +Version 13.8 - 3 February 2010 + +- fixed logo + +Version 13.7 - 2 February 2010 + +- alpha2 logo + +Version 13.6 - 1 February 2010 + +- do not ask for bootloader location (still available in summary) +- try to get better initial estimation of install time +- fix bootloader entry name for rc kernels +- remove mnb from bootloader entry name like we do for mdv +- support ddf1 dmraid + +Version 13.4 - 7 January 2010 + +- alpha1 logo +- detect_devices: + o fix detecting pcmcia serial devices + +Version 13.3 - 21 December 2009 + +- mount points: reset unknown partitions types to default + fs (ext4) instead of hardcoded ext3 +- diskdrake: show Ext4 instead of Ext3 in the gtk filesystems button box +- include /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst (do we need xorg.* ?) + +Version 13.2 - 14 December 2009 + +- fix creating devices + (really "fix handling hdX/sdX devices (#53107)") + +Version 13.1 - 10 December 2009 + +- fix crash introduced by 'do not stay chdired in /mnt/var/cache/urpmi' +- locale setting + o drop support for configuring KDE3 + o fix configuring ibus (#56130, #56311) + o install 'ibus-qt4' if configuring ibus under KDE4 (#56311) +- partitioning wizard: + o fix setting volume label instead of MBR's one for FAT fses (#52853) + +Version 13.0 - 1 December 2009 + +- do not offer to upgrade/install in restore mode +- fix detecting hidden partitions as recovery +- allow to convert ext2/3 to ext4 but do not enable flags +- fix using stdin and stdout in builtin dd command +- devices detection: + o fix reading USB details (#55690) + o fix SCSI driver module name +- partitioning wizard: + o unmount swap too when unmounting all partitions + o do not suggest Windows mountpoint for mounted partitions + (breaks install if the Win partition is the installer media) + o suggest non-removable disks first +- do not stay chdired in /mnt/var/cache/urpmi when download fails + (workaround urpmi bug) +- bootloader: + o do not add removable drives as "Windows" entry in bootloader +- fix adding additional media with type media_cfg (for auto_install) + +Version 12.77 - 30 October 2009 + +- fallback on most generic kernel if the suitable one is not available + (only kernel-desktop586-latest is available on Dual ISO for i586) + +Version 12.76 - 30 October 2009 + +- test existence of /usr/share/bootsplash/scripts/make-boot-splash + file instead of install status of bootsplash package to enable vga + in bootloader + (package check is not working during upgrade on x86_64) + +Version 12.75 - 30 October 2009 + +- bootloader suggestion fixes (to fix removal of vga= option when + updating with the installer): + o make sure we use long name when adding second kernel with same + extension than preferred one + o do not add again kernels that are already in bootloader config file + o add vga= option for kernels that are not the preferred one as well + o remove previous linux-nonfb entries (like done for failsafe), + not to add them twice or more + +Version 12.74.1 - 29 October 2009 + +- disable X11 support for dpms + +Version 12.74 - 28 October 2009 + +- partitioning wizard (Windows resize): + o fix partition size computing (fixing pixel/sectors ratio) + o improve default resizing suggestion: + * try to keep at least 1GB free for Windows + * try to use from 6GB to 10% free space for Linux + o use same windows partition size suggestion for gtk and text installs + o really ensure keeping free space for Linux partition + o really ensure keeping free space for Windows partition + +Version 12.73 - 28 October 2009 + +- final banner for 2010 + +Version 12.72 - 27 October 2009 + +- fix ftp URL parsing when using user + pass (#49898) + +Version 12.71 - 23 October 2009 + +- minimal install: install packages with higher rpmsrate level only + (level 5, and not level 4 + 5) when suggests are disabled + (it was only done for truly minimal install before) +- cpufreq: load e_powersaver for VIA C7 (#41377) + +Version 12.70 - 22 October 2009 + +- curses backend: do not crash when resuming interface +- minimal install: install packages with higher rpmsrate level only + (level 5, and not level 4 + 5) + +Version 12.69 - 21 October 2009 + +- user management: + o enable to install/deinstall xguest + +Version 12.68 - 19 October 2009 + +- fix raid initialisation during install (#54706) +- fix raid detection during install (#54706) +- allow to set preferred packages list in auto_install + (comma-separated list in $o->{preferred_packages}) +- partitioning wizard: + o use mandriva logo on blue background for mandriva partition + o fix option selection when using keyboard + +Version 12.67 - 18 October 2009 + +- partitioning wizard: + o use a different color for newly created partition + o add legend for the colors + o display mount point if known + o display ext2 like ext3/4 + o allow setting new windows size with keyboard (#54691) + o use available space + +Version 12.66 - 15 October 2009 + +- mount windows partitions under /media instead of /mnt (#53392) +- partitioning wizard: + o initialize correctly labels for windows resizing + o fix labels for windows resizing when getting back to the screen + o offer to resize last big enough windows partition instead + of the first one, until user can chose + +Version 12.65 - 14 October 2009 + +- do not call obsolete Xconfig::default::config_keyboard function (#54541) +- improve button layout while installing +- partitioning wizard: + o allow using existing partition on all disks (#54478) + o reduce drawings height + o fix windows resize width +- make sure suggests are disabled in truly minimal install +- do not attempt to configure autologin if CAT_X is not selected +- use UTF-8 for zh_TW (#53976) +- enable using newly created raid devices (#54295) + +Version 12.64 - 12 October 2009 + +- partitioning wizard: + o put back "previous" button on actions (#54475) + o fix typo in message + o fix testing interactive::gtk in standalone mode + o fix displaying help + +Version 12.63 - 9 October 2009 + +- bootloader configuration: + o fix displaying arrows + +Version 12.62 - 9 October 2009 + +- autologin/desktop configuration (shared code): + o fix guessing dm name from lookupdm + o abort configuration if dm install fails + +Version 12.61 - 8 October 2009 + +- partitioning_wizard: + o do not fail when a windows partition is corrupted + o add separator between solutions + o give more space between header and solutions + o prevent cursor to go under needed size because of rounding + o chose windows resizing when clicking on the resize handle (not perfect) + o improve resizing captions layout +- autologin/desktop configuration (shared code): + o fix /etc/X11/lookupdm usage during install (for default dm selection) + o use gdm for xfce4 and LXDE + +Version 12.60.1 - 7 October 2009 + +- use FileHandle before XML::Parser, else XML::Parser breaks if + File::Sync is used... +- include File::Sync in install + +Version 12.60 - 7 October 2009 + +- RC2 banner + +Version 12.59 - 07 October 2009 + +- do not set mountpoints for rescue partitions (#53504) +- switch to ext4 by default + +Version 12.58 - 05 October 2009 + +- better describe what usernames we allow (#44783) +- rewrite partitioning wizard to look better in gtk (not perfect yet) + +Version 12.54 - 23 September 2009 + +- autologin/desktop configuration (shared code): + o when detecting default desktop, use first session + (instead of using hacks with dm config files) + o guess display manager from /etc/sysconfig/desktop, + or default session, or /etc/X11/lookupdm + o read autologin settings from /etc/sysconfig/autologin as fallback + o read kdm config file only if kdm is to be used + o always ensure dm is installed before configuring autologin/desktop + o test display manager instead of desktop when configuring autologin + o always write /etc/sysconfig/desktop + o write DISPLAYMANAGER in /etc/sysconfig/desktop too + o only write dm conf files if they exist before +- autologin/desktop configuration (installer specific): + o allow to specify display manager in $o->{dm} + o use shared code to read autologin settings (and thus get default dm) + +Version 12.53 - 22 September 2009 + +- include usb.ids +- don't consider lvm named md* as raid (#53767) +- allow resizing ext4 + +Version 12.52 - 15 September 2009 + +- RC1 logo +- allow to set preferred kernel extension in $o->{kernel_extension} + +Version 12.49 - 8 September 2009 + +- mygtk2: + o created 'WeaknessCheckEntry' widget +- adduserdrake: + o added tooltip text to weakness icon + o now use 'WeaknessCheckEntry' widget + +Version 12.48 - 7 September 2009 + +- mygtk2: + o HScale widget: added digits and ref_value options + o HScale widget: fix for value option +- adduserdrake: + o use icons to display password weakness +- added security-{low,medium,strong}.png pixmaps used for + password weakness display +- authentication: + o reduced password weakness check level +- allow minimal install without suggests (#45665) +- install the right kernel-XXX-devel-latest flavor instead of + hardcoding 'kernel-desktop-devel-latest' +- fix existing raid detection during install (#53159) +- enable to see release notes while installing packages (#34576) + +Version 12.47 - 1 September 2009 + +- use https to grab mirrorlist from api.mandriva.com +- fix stage2 image files for perl 5.10.1 (#53266) + +Version 12.46 - 28 August 2009 + +- handle new drivers: + o DVB: dvb-usb-ce6230 + o sound: snd-indigodjx, snd-indigoiox, snd-lx6464es + o wireless: ar9170usb, mwl8k, r8192s_usb, rt2800usb, rt3070sta +- adduserdrake + o added weakness check for root password +- drakboot + o fix crash bug #52997 +- detect_devices: + o fix VirtIO devices support + +Version 12.45 - 18 August 2009 + +- added the ability to add up/down buttons in add_modify_remove list + of interactive +- drakboot : + o user is now able to re-order bootloader entries +- 2010.1 logo +- adduserdrake + o now use password weakness display +- added password weakness display feature in interactive +- handle new drivers: + o sound: snd_ctxfi +- set virtio/xen block modules in a section actually offered + +Version 12.44 - 13 August 2009 + +- fix parsing dmidecode output (broken since we use dmidecode-2.10, + aka since November 24 2008) +- prevent urpmi messages from garbaging text installer (#50776) +- locales + o add "English (South Africa)" (#51057) + o fix sorting South Africa languages (#51055) + o fix displayed names of some South Africa languages (#51055) + +Version 12.43 - 10 August 2009 + +- do not write /etc/fstab in local_install mode +- fix two crashes on handling devices + +Version 12.42 - 7 Aug 2009 + +- use gtk instead of X to focus window and revert workaround + +Version 12.41 - 7 Aug 2009 + +- do not crash when trying to create a partition on a device with + no cylinder_size +- workaround gtk crashes by running in sync mode + +Version 12.39 - 12 Jun 2009 + +- use Hal list of recovery partitions (#51532) +- use blkid instead of vol_id which we no longer ship +- properly handle hidden variables + +Version 12.36 - 29 May 2009 + +- ide-disk module is now named ide-gd_mod +- add new 'touchpad' TYPE to rpmsrate +- add support for ElanTech touchpads (found on EEEPCs) +- don't ignore FB-DIMM memory + +Version 12.35 - 24 April 2009 + +- remove unused parameter in installPackages + (fix passing interactive setting) + +Version 12.34 - 24 April 2009 + +- do not set urpmi in automatic mode for gtk installs + (was set correctly for plain interactive installs only) + +Version 12.33 - 23 April 2009 + +- fix not offering to upgrade 32 bit installations + (regression introduced in 12.22 on 2009-03-31) +- handle virtio block devices + +Version 12.32 - 23 April 2009 + +- fix cdrom path in urpmi.cfg for dual arch ISOs +- advanced partitioning step: + o fix displaying help at install time + +Version 12.31 - 22 April 2009 + +- fix final banner +- handle partition starting after 1To +- package installation: + o use --force like older installer +- set mouse driver as 'vmmouse' for vmware (#49654) +- update XFCE preview + +Version 12.30 - 21 April 2009 + +- final banner +- add a basic testsuite (ensuring it compiles) in order to prevent + future crashes like #50009 +- do not offer to stop the install when kde3 is installed since kde3 + to kde4 upgrade is now done +- fix checking for kde3 (which is now in /opt) +- diskdrake: + o display a progress bar while formatting an ext4 partition + o do not run udevadm in install mode + o render ext4 partition as red like ext3 ones + +Version 12.29 - 21 April 2009 + +- do not log perl warnings about missing/not-yet-installed locales + while installing and while probing EDID +- updated translations + +Version 12.28.1 - 16 April 2009 + +- diskdrake: + o fix crash +- windows boot partition is the active one (#49483) + +Version 12.28 - 15 April 2009 + +- include mount.ntfs-3g in install +- display an error when mount fails during View action +- do not crash when encountering bad signatures in automatic install + +Version 12.27 - 14 April 2009 + +- handle firmware loading in stage2 too + +Version 12.26.2 - 08 April 2009 + +- media management: + o be more compatible with older http code for error management + o fix crashing when using urpmi early to download stuff for network installs + +Version 12.26.1 - 08 April 2009 + +- media management: + o handle supplementary NFS & CDROM media with arched directory (aka 'i586/') + +Version 12.26 - 08 April 2009 + +- include vmmouse driver (#49654) +- media management: + o just use curl instead of using our own http stack to retrieve + files from network (thus fixing #48887) + o fix mount point for NFS & disk media for both main & suppl media + o tell urpmi to read synthesis before adding supplementary network + media in order to be able to install the 'basesystem' package +- log where we segfaulted + +Version 12.25.1 - 07 April 2009 + +- fix mount point for CD-ROM media (#49613) + +Version 12.25 - 06 April 2009 + +- media management: + o fix path of NFS media after installation + o use urpmi in order to add supplementary media +- put distro version after release because release contains "Mandriva Linux" + +Version 12.24.1 - 05 April 2009 + +- ensure login is lowercase when transliterating from real name + (#49573) + +Version 12.24 - 03 April 2009 + +- handle new drivers: + o gigabit: be2net, slicoss + o wireless: agnx, arusb_lnx + o dvb: dvb-usb-dtv5100 +- include draksnapshot translations (for restore option) +- theming: + o include all Ia Ora themes + o drop metacity images + +Version 12.23 - 02 April 2009 + +- RC2 banner +- fix crypto module names when arch is not i586 (#46814) + +Version 12.22 - 31 March 2009 + +- don't list installed distros with other archs as upgrading between + archs is not supported +- display the version of the distro in the install/upgrade screen (#44602) +- log (g|)urpmi.addmedia and (g|)urpmi output into + /root/drakx/updates.log (#47107) +- make button name match text when inserting a CD ("cancel" rather + than "previous") +- rotate /root/drakx/install1.log too +- tell urpmi to stop transactions when clicking on "cancel" (needs + urpmi >= 6.25) + +Version 12.21 - 30 March 2009 + +- fix writing urpmi.cfg as cdrom:// for NFS (#49316) +- in order to guess the login name, just transliterate the real name into + ascii rather than truncate it on first non ascii character (#47322) + +Version 12.20 - 30 March 2009 + +- media management: + o always trust stage1 (fix ISO on NFS installation as well as NFS + installation from cooker/ instead of eg cooker/i586 (#48874) + o fix not ejecting DVD at end of installation (#48779) +- diskdrake: + o always display label in partition info + o display label of partitions in the graphical view when no mountpoint + is set + o update list of filesystems not handling bad blocks checking + +Version 12.19 - 26 March 2009 + +- adjust partition size suggestion + o increase / size to 12GB (instead of 8) + o create separate /home starting at 13GB drives (instead of 7) +- fix support for disk installation +- include & use urpmi translations +- when setting update media, make gurpmi.addmedia auto close instead + of waiting for user pressing "close" button on "media added with + success" dialogs + +Version 12.18 - 24 March 2009 + +- log packages' scripts output (perl-URPM/urpmi aren't fixed regarding + script fd leak but older installer was leaking one fd per + transaction too) + +Version 12.17.3 - 23 March 2009 + +- fix empty tree at "Individual package selection" step (#48672) + +Version 12.17.2 - 23 March 2009 + +- fix buid due to to broken Estonian translation +- unbreak installer due to new X.org server using alternatives +- diskdrake: + o allow LVM in non expert mode + o allow Encrypted partition inside LVM + +Version 12.16 - 18 March 2009 + +- fix doble clicking on 'accept' on license screen + +Version 12.15 - 17 March 2009 + +- fix support for iso-on-disk installation (#48661) + (regression introduced when installer switched to urpmi) +- drakx-in-chroot: + o enable to emulate iso-on-disk installation + +Version 12.14 - 11 March 2009 + +- fix displaying help (same webkit regression that affected mcc (#47840)) +- include virtio modules (#45518) + +Version 12.13 - 10 March 2009 + +- fix selecting packages on cdroms +- don't crash when creating a partition in LVM with the partition type + buttons (#38078) + +Version 12.12 - 9 March 2009 + +- use new urpmi API in order to fix detecting whether installing + packages succedded or not + +Version 12.11 - 9 March 2009 + +- fix accessing CD-ROM based media on x86_64 + +Version 12.10 - 9 March 2009 + +- fix CD-ROM based media path for post-installation usage (for 32bit) + +Version 12.9 - 9 March 2009 + +- adjust media path for 32 bit DVD/CD installations +- package installation: + o ask for retry + o log bogus signatures + o log failed transactions summary + +Version 12.8 - 6 March 2009 + +- RC1 banner + +Version 12.7 - 6 March 2009 + +- fix setting urpmi media for CDROM installation whose tree differ + from other types of installation + +Version 12.6 - 6 March 2009 + +- make sure to popup errors + +Version 12.5 - 5 March 2009 + +- handle new drivers + o dvb: dm1105, dvb-usb-af9015, dvb-usb-cinergyT2, firedtv + o ethernet: smsc9420 + o gigabit: atl1c + o pata: cs5536, it8172, it821x + o ISDN: hfcpci, hfcmulti, hfcsusb, solos-pci + o USB controllers: hwa-hc, whci-hcd + o wireless: ath9k, i2400m-usb + +Version 12.4 - 5 March 2009 + +- check package signatures like urpmi does (new feature) +- log extra debugging messages if passing the 'debug_urpmi' option + +Version 12.3 - 4 March 2009 + +- honor 'selected_names' for auto_install +- make sure we don't try to reslect already selected packages + +Version 12.2 - 4 March 2009 + +- only warn if a transaction failed (no more a fata error for auto + installs) +- prevent urpmi from leaking a log file descriptor per transaction +- really set urpmi in automatic mode for non-interactive installs + (and not vice-versa) +- use package summary translations once 'mdv-rpm-summary' is installed + +Version 12.1 - 3 March 2009 + +- set urpmi in automatic mode for non-interactive installs +- media management & package installation: + o do not try to install again already installed packages + o fix progress bar + +Version 12.0 - 3 March 2009 + +- media management & package installation: + o drop support for parsing the "media_info/hdlists" file + o do not download and use hdlists anymore ; only use smaller synthesis files + o make install uses urpmi code to set up media & install packages + * FTP/HTTP/cdroms tested OK + * temporary issues: + + /etc/urpmi.cfg may look strange (eg: after CD-ROM installation) + + isos-on-disk installations are broken + + media deselection is not offered + + package browsing doesn't work + + progress bar has issues + + signature checking are not performed + +Version 11.89 - 17 February 2009 + +- enable having /boot as ext4 +- don't set extents option for ext4 + +Version 11.88.1 - 16 February 2009 + +- correctly handle new msec-based settings during installation (#47822) +- fix crash + +Version 11.88 - 16 February 2009 + +- don't crash on invalid partition table +- fix paths for installer (#47871) +- limit partition type list to 2 colmuns instead of 4 +- don't offer to format LVM + +Version 11.86 - 12 February 2009 + +- upload a fully updated version + +Version 11.85 - 12 February 2009 + +- fix a crash when boot device is not removable + +Version 11.84 - 12 February 2009 + +- handle newer module-init-tools which can put relative path in modules.dep +- when installing to a removable device, put boot sector there, else + put it into first non removable drive (#47106) +- fix preserving UUID when formatting ext* and swap, and handle more FS (#39913) +- load cbc module for encrypted loop + +Version 11.83 - 6 February 2009 + +- update banner for Beta 1 +- set scim-thai as default IM for Thai + +Version 11.82 - 5 February 2009 + +- include /usr/share/mime/mime.cache in stage2 + (gdk-pixbuf does not guess anymore image format from file extension, + which makes it check MIME cache now) + +Version 11.81 - 3 February 2009 + +- allow browsing partitions content to easily select the ones to destroy +- do not warn about "servers which open ports on outside by default" + (the list of servers is not maintained, and the policy for those servers has changed) +- use a file selector in text mode too +- include mke2fs.conf from e2fsprogs-1.41.3-3mdb +- media management: + o better layout for DVD/CD copy & media selection + +Version 11.80.1 - 21 January 2008 + +- include perl-Pango + +Version 11.80 - 21 January 2008 + +- use "ComboBoxEntry" gtk2 widget instead of "Combo" (which is deprecated), + this also workarounds gtk2 bug with "hidden" Entry + "Combo" + +Version 11.79 - 16 January 2008 + +- disable resizing ext4 since resize2fs is known to be broken regarding extents + +Version 11.78 - 15 January 2008 + +- alpha2 logo + +Version 11.77 - 15 January 2008 + +- do not install kernel-server on x86_64 when there's more than 4Gb of + RAM (#44709) ; use better heuristics +- propose ext4 filesystem during install now that it is stable +- include tools to edit partition labels + +Version 11.76 - 18 December 2008 + +- partitioning: + o use sysfs in order to discover major/minor for SCSI like devices + since they're dynamic with kernel-2.6.28+ +- adapt to cooker: librpm4.6 uses libnss3 which needs its modules + +Version 11.75 - 17 December 2008 + +- force to use static input devices again + (since the default in xorg has changed) +- handle new driver: + o network: sxg, w35und +- partitioning: + o kernel-2.6.28+ supports more than 15 partitions on SATA & SCSI devices + +Version 11.74 - 16 December 2008 + +- fix build with latest X.org + +Version 11.72 - 9 December 2008 + +- do allow to upgrade Mandrakelinux (regression introduced in 10.14) +- handle new driver: + o network: et131x, smsc95xx +- fix detecting SMP (was broken we relied on install kernel being non-smp) (#44825) +- fix reading compssUsers.pl if rpmsrate is forced (for example with drakx-in-chroot) + +Version 11.69 - 11 October 2008 + +- really fix setting lilo when needed (#39878) +- handle new driver: + o ide: tx4939ide +- drakx-in-chroot: + o do not start an X server if using --text +- text mode installer: + o display a separator before step name + o properly handle big text in list such as security level + descriptions (#43561) +- continue installing if an advertising image is corrupted (#37674) +- warn that "preparing bootloader" can take some time (eg: under vbox) (#43036) + +Version 11.68 - 3 October 2008 + +- final logo + +Version 11.67 - 2 October 2008 + +- when upgrading a kde3 box, force installation of task-kde4 +- adjust some help IDs +- log activation of light desktop mode +- gtk and interactive install: + o find default desktop choice according to compssUsers.pl + (useful for netbook/nettop systems) + o preselect proper default desktop choice + +Version 11.66.1 - 2 October 2008 + +- fix typo in rpmsrate level setting + +Version 11.66 - 2 October 2008 + +- detect_devices: allow detection of low resources systems (extracted + from compssUsers.pl) and netbooks/nettops +- use a minimum rpmsrate level of 5 when netbook/nettop/low_resources + systems are detected +- set LIGHT rpmsrate flag for netbook/nettop/low_resources systems + +Version 11.65 - 2 October 2008 + +- add help button to desktop selection & minimal installation steps +- keep soft links in HTML help directory +- handle anchors in HTML help IDs + +Version 11.64 - 1 October 2008 + +- when upgrading a kde3 box and task-kde3 is not on the CDs, propose to reboot + and upgrade through Mandriva update applet +- add help button for media selection step +- ensure proper centering of popped windows +- fix/adjust some help pages (#42986) +- fix dithering regression (introduced on 2008-09-29) +- install apmd if /proc/apm exists + (rpmsrate does not list apmd anymore, and apm is a kernel builtin) +- use HTML help for RPM group selection +- when mounting cdrom fails, retry a few times since mount will now fail + instead of waiting for the drive to recognise the CD (cf #43230) + +Version 11.58 - 29 September 2008 + +- ask_deselect_media__copy_on_disk: + o do not select all media by default (eg: debug media) + (nb: this dialog occurs when user chooses "Go back to media and packages + selection" on pkg install error) + o replace scrolled window around everything + with a scrolled window around the list of checkboxes +- adapt to fonts-ttf-gurmukhi => fonts-ttf-lohit switch +- add spacing between radio buttons for readability (#44332) +- better positionning of sidepanel's selection bar +- render background of sidepanel with dithering (looks better on 16bit + displays) + +Version 11.56 - 26 September 2008 + +- dmraid devices: use isw_xxxxp1 instead of isw_xxxx1 (see #42542, #44182) +- disable contextual menu on release notes + +Version 11.55 - 26 September 2008 + +- never add usb-storage to scsi_hostadapter + (never needed, and when wrongly added, it slows the boot) +- ensure DPMS screensaver is not triggered during install + (it interacts badly with matchbox/compositing) (#44021) +- generate /root/drakx/package_list.pl at end of install + (since we don't propose "Save packages selection" at end of install) +- generate /var/lib/rpm/installed-through-deps.list + (to initialize urpmi orphans) +- drakx-in-chroot: do not require running kernel to be installed, + generate empty modules.dep and modules.alias files instead + (useful when running drakx-in-chroot from a chroot) + +Version 11.53.2 - 25 September 2008 + +- actually use better rendering for background gradient + +Version 11.53 - 25 September 2008 + +- better rendering for background gradient + +Version 11.52.2 - 24 September 2008 + +- clean_rpmdb_shared_regions before and after calling gurpmi.addmedia/gurpmi2 + in chroot + +Version 11.52 - 23 September 2008 + +- auto-configure floppies (in /etc/modprobe.preload.d/floppy) +- allow setting compssListLevel from command line +- install cpufreq (defaulting to ondemand governor) instead of + powernowd (#43769) + +Version 11.50.3 - 22 September 2008 + +- fix/workaround crash when setting banner background + (Can't call method "get_width" on an undefined value) + +Version 11.50.2 - 22 September 2008 + +- RC2 logo + +Version 11.50.1 - 22 September 2008 + +- fix 1024x768 background + +Version 11.50 - 22 September 2008 + +- handle new driver: + o ethernet: enic, qlge +- i18n: + o add support for ibus +- new sidepanel style +- restore support for right alignement for simple widgets + (regression introduced in 11.46 - 17 September 2008) + +Version 11.48 - 18 September 2008 + +- add a special license for google programs (only for "Powerpack" product) +- install "cryptsetup" when needed + +Version 11.47.1 - 17 September 2008 + +- bug fix: add mandatory new modules for dm-crypt + +Version 11.47 - 17 September 2008 + +- handle new driver: + o ethernet: jme +- partitioning step + o handle partitions encrypted with cryptsetup + o fix file system type drop down list showing most types as "..." in + "Change partition type" dialog in expert mode due to ellipsizing +- list btusb instead of hci_usb in bus/bluetooth (renamed in 2.6.27) + +Version 11.46 - 17 September 2008 + +- libdrakX: + o better layout for right aligned widgets +- license: put focus back on Refuse button by default + +Version 11.45 - 16 September 2008 + +- allow to prefer kernel-server on x86_64 too +- enable relative links in HTML help +- enhanced 'desktop' & 'package selection' steps +- switch from perl-Gtk2-Html2 to perl-Gtk2-WebKit in order to display release + notes & help +- use HTML help for package selection, services & summary step + +Version 11.43 - 16 September 2008 + +- enhanced 'desktop' & 'package selection' steps +- fix berber language image's transparency +- fix displaying current security level in GUI + (regression introduced on 2008-08-29) +- increase default window height b/c of package selection step +- refresh partitioning step +- size most labels (workaround infamous 6 years old gnome bug #101968) + (eg: in advanced language selection) +- update icons for packages/services selection + +Version 11.42 - 12 September 2008 + +- increase default window height +- stop claim selecting LSB group will install 2.4.x kernel (#39220) +- desktop step + o move progress bar on its own line + o add a separator between buttons & progress bar + o pack together time label & value + +Version 11.41 - 11 September 2008 + +- bump titles' size by 1 (eg: from 12 to 13 for default font settings) +- do not render "Advanced" & "Help" buttons as blue +- fix default spacing between GUI elements +- fix parsing error messages ar markups +- "Help" dialogs: + o add a separator before "Close" button + o fix displaying "Help" Button for HTML help (#42986) + o put "Close" button of help at right end +- small improvements in many steps (desktop, ...) +- services (thanks to spuk): + o list ip6tables in "Internet" category + o list nfs-common and nfs-server in "File sharing" category + o list rpcbind in "System" category + +Version 11.40 - 10 September 2008 + +- libdrakX: + o fix position of cancel button in popups + o make advanced popup display the same title as their parents + o make all popup titles be upcase +- drakboot + o fix nolapic/lapic logic due to altered kernel settings +- fix input devices detection in rpmsrate (broken for 3 years, #43721) + +Version 11.39 - 9 September 2008 + +- do not use UUID for software raid, only for hdx and sdx +- keep current UUID when formatting ext2/ext3 (was already done for swap), + so that fstab on other distros continue to work (#39913) + (requires e2fsprogs-1.41.1-2mnb2) +- drop the ability to set mem=xxx in bootloader configuration + +Version 11.38 - 8 September 2008 + +- do not size radio button that have a label thus preventing uneeded horizontal + scrollbars to appear +- partitioning step + o fix file system type drop down list showing most types as "..." in expert + mode due to ellipsizing (#43611) + o fix too large partition bar (#43073) + o improved GUI + +Version 11.34 - 2 September 2008 + +- fix buggy blocking wait_message occuring in diskdrake + (using a more powerful strategy to ensure such blocking wait_message won't + bother us anymore) (#43527) +- fix sizing some label (workarounding infamous 6 years old gnome bug #101968) +- increase help popup size when browsing services or packages + +Version 11.33.1 - 2 September 2008 + +- make "ask_warn" dialogs be centered + +Version 11.33 - 2 September 2008 + +- further improve layout of media selection step +- "media selection" step: fix position of button (#29367) +- refresh "Summary" step + +Version 11.32 - 2 September 2008 + +- fix buggy blocking wait_message occuring in summary (#42062) +- fix layout of media selection step (#29367) + +Version 11.31.2 - 2 September 2008 + +- adjust sizing in order to prevent horizontal scrollbar to appear +- do not size right aligned radio buttons + +Version 11.31 - 2 September 2008 + +- fix "INTERNAL ERROR: ask_from_normalize" at end of installation + +Version 11.30 - 1 September 2008 + +- keep in $o->{previous_release} the info about upgraded /etc/release, + and pass "reason" and version to urpmi.addmedia +- 2009.0 RC 1 logo +- hack /tmp/.X11-unix to allow accessing X in chroot +- if network access, configure urpmi with --mirrorlist --distrib, + and install updates. This replaces the previous "Install Updates" step. +- fix alignment of check buttons +- fix size of right aligned labels +- fix sizing radio buttons' labels (infamous 6 years old gnome bug #101968) +- further improvements to the "bootloader", "desktop" & "partitioning" steps +- prevent big combo boxes to cause an horizontall scrollbar to appear by + using the "ellipsize" property +- remove "Generate auto install floppy" & "Save packages selection" + options at end of installation +- update package managment icons +- use pcmcia-socket-startup from /lib/udev for latest pcmciautils + +Version 11.29 - 29 August 2008 + +- do not try starting graphical installer on early i810 (which is is + not supported), thus prevent waiting several minutes needlessly +- refresh "Individual package selection" step +- refresh "Security" step + +Version 11.28 - 28 August 2008 + +- fix buggy blocking wait_message occuring in summary (#42062) +- diskdrake: use udevadm settle instead of udevsettle +- refresh "Package Group Selection" step + +Version 11.27 - 28 August 2008 + +- configure vga=785 (640x480) when vga=788 (800x600) fails during install + (useful on 800x480 netbooks) +- text mode: + o fix displaying release notes (#43263) + +Version 11.26.1 - 28 August 2008 + +- fix asterisk in titles + +Version 11.26 - 27 August 2008 + +- better layout in 640x480 (#43231) +- fix "probe floppies only once" (#43216) +- misc GUI improvements + o misc changes + o properly size some labels (infamous 6 years old gnome bug #101968) + o refresh "user management" step + o render some titles as blue + o set some wait messages' titles + +Version 11.25 - 25 August 2008 + +- left sidepanel: + o align category titles like step ones + +Version 11.24 - 25 August 2008 + +- handle blowfish password encryption and use it by default (#42426) +- allow to install bootloader on md0 (#42999) + (regression introduced on 2004-08-05) +- minor GUI tweaks + +Version 11.23 - 22 August 2008 + +- pop wait_messages and ensure same window is used for next wait_messages + (to ensure the background is not greyed,ungreyed,greyed,...) +- improved license step +- install lilo when needed (#39878) +- render some message titles as blue + +Version 11.21 - 21 August 2008 + +- ensure we don't default on the first keyboard layout when upgrading french + box in english lang (#41103) +- do not set $HOME while installing packages (#18088) +- install proper qtX package for gcin +- partitioning step + o ensure we initialize only once but at least one, thus fixing crash + when embedded or in installer (#43011) + +Version 11.20 - 20 August 2008 + +- do not uselessly install kernel-server on x86_64 if more than 3.8Gb + are availlable +- diskdrake + o fix sizing partitions bar (#24410) + +Version 11.19 - 20 August 2008 + +- usbkbd is dead, using usbhid instead +- allow passing suppl=0 to disable "additional installation media" question +- drakx-in-chroot: + o fix using remote repositories +- set title for advanced dialogs +- small GUI improvements + +Version 11.18 - 19 August 2008 + +- center sub dialogs +- prevent flickering of big windows by: + o ignoring bogus size-allocate events + o properly computing window position +- stop reducing help & release notes dialogs' size + +Version 11.17 - 19 August 2008 + +- drakx-in-chroot: + o enable to choose resolution of Xvfb + o enable to use a package repository different from installer one +- use new style popup button for 'help' & 'release notes' buttons + +Version 11.15 - 19 August 2008 + +- fix crash with advanced widgets +- fix crashing on some buttons +- fix bogus popup of 'desktop choice' dialog +- authentication: enable network-auth meta-service if auth is not local + +Version 11.13 - 18 August 2008 + +- move hardware packages detection code from installer to drakxtools + +Version 11.12 - 18 August 2008 + +- align titles to the left +- display a separator below titles +- justify big texts +- popup advanced settings in dialogs +- refresh: + o language step + o license step + +Version 11.11 - 18 August 2008 + +- 2009.0 beta 2 logo +- l10n: + o fix selecting locales-XX for locales that specify scripting (#42663) + o update list of locales + o update list of KDE languages for KDE4 + +Version 11.9.1 - 13 August 2008 + +- fix left panel in 1024x768 + +Version 11.9 - 13 August 2008 + +- new title style +- partition wizard: + o refreshed GUI + +Version 11.8.1 - 13 August 2008 + +- really add deskop images + +Version 11.8 - 12 August 2008 + +- default to UTF-8 for chinese simplified (#42137) +- new desktop choice screen + +Version 11.7 - 11 August 2008 + +- handle new drivers: + o ethernet: r6040 + o gigabit: atl1e, bnx2x, sfc + o PATA: pata_ninja32, pata_ns87415 + o SCSI: mvsas + o USB host controller: isp1760 + o WAN: lapbether + o wireless: rndis_wlan, rtl8180 +- add product type to URL when fetching mirror list + +Version 11.3 - 4 August 2008 + +- fix spacing around buttons + +Version 11.2 - 31 July 2008 + +- include extmod Xorg module (for SHAPE extension) + +Version 11.1 - 31 July 2008 + +- do not require matchbox gconf schema (not provided by drakx-installer-matchbox) + +Version 11.0 - 30 July 2008 + +- first steps toward new installer style + +Version 10.48 - 28 July 2008 + +- 2009.0 beta 1 logo +- drakx-in-chroot: prefer Xephyr over Xnest since Xnest lacks many + extensions needed by matchbox-window-manager + +Version 10.47 - 10 July 2008 + +- load disk/scsi before disk/ide since libata is now the default + (to prevent modules::load_category from loading ide-generic too early) +- fix reading and setting kdmrc (by resolving alternative in chroot) + +Version 10.46 - 10 July 2008 + +- authentication: + o add back fix to force the password to be utf8 (#23273) + o fix reading md5/shadow options in /etc/pam.d/system-auth + +Version 10.45 - 9 July 2008 + +- update autologin file path for kdm4 +- default to KDE4 (instead of KDE) if kdm config exists when reading + autologin configuration +- change default authentication to local (instead of ldap) + +Version 10.44 - 8 July 2008 + +- 2009.0 alpha 2 logo + +Version 10.43 - 4 July 2008 + +- detect KDE4 when configuring autologin + +Version 10.42 - 26 June 2008 + +- fix reading rpm macros from /etc/macros.d/ (esp. %_filetriggers_dir) + +Version 10.41 - 26 June 2008 + +- 2009.0 alpha 1 logo + +Version 10.40 - 25 June 2008 + +- add support for dm-raid4-5 (tmb) +- add back desktop choice window (by checking task-kde4 instead of task-kde) + +Version 10.38 - 20 June 2008 + +- force back 75dpi to get back previous font sizes +- adapt to cooker file changes +- do not let authentication module (used for ask_user_and_root) mess window size + +Version 10.36 - 12 June 2008 + +- fix authentication configuration + +Version 10.35 - 12 June 2008 + +- adapt to xserver/SecurityPolicy being in /usr + +Version 10.34 - 12 June 2008 + +- partitioning wizard: + o do not propose to resize "hidden" fat partitions + o do not say "the Windows partition" when there can be more than one +- use UUID for resume= kernel parameter +- handle new drivers: + o pata: pata_sch +- handle renamed drivers: + o ide-cd is now named ide-cd_mod + o generic is now named ide-pci-generic +- kernel-laptop is no more +- authentication: + o add Kerberos Support + o add disconnected mode for Ldap, Kerberos, Windows auth + o add more options in Ldap configuration: Fetch DN, TLS + o remove Active Directory SFU + o change Winbind authentification to enable domain model choice (NT4 or AD) + +Version 10.30 - 23 April 2008 + +- /sbin/usb_id is needed by mouse.pm to generate /dev/input/by-id/xxx (#39868) + (and not /LIB/udev/usb_id since drakx-kbd-mouse-x11 0.42) +- list generic module in disk/ide + +Version 10.29 - 3 April 2008 + +- time: write UTC setting in /etc/adjtime (#36522) + +Version 10.28 - 3 April 2008 + +- fix computed install size in group selection (#39303) + (it didn't take suggests into account) + +Version 10.27 - 3 April 2008 + +- 2008.1 logo (the good one) +- enable to restore the system through rsnapshot if giving "restore" + on cmdline +- fix broken help because of s/pt_BR/pt_br/ change in file names (#36774) + +Version 10.26 - 2 April 2008 + +- 2008.1 logo +- fix crash when detecting network connection with supplementary media + +Version 10.23 - 31 March 2008 + +- ensure umount on loopback-mounted-file doesn't leak /dev/loop + (otherwise it breaks install from isos on disk) (#36992) +- warn the user and propose to install/quit-install before upgrading from a + partition where "/" is ext3 with block-size 1KB to avoid kernel bug (#37583) +- detect as laptop systems with ACPI lid button + (i.e. if /sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0D:* exists) +- fix computing time according to timezone in local/UTC dialog + (by using zoneinfo files from the installed prefix) + +Version 10.21 - 25 March 2008 + +- partitioning wizard: allow "Use free space" if there is an extended + partition even if all primary partitions are used (#38804) + (*old* bug!) +- fix errors while setting PA preferences (#39270) +- use umask=0 by default on vfat (#39315) +- root/user password: + o force the password to be utf8 (#23273) + +Version 10.19 - 21 March 2008 + +- diskdrake: + o fix setting mount point of a /dev/mdX (#39142) + (regression introduced in 10.8) +- when skipping bootloader installation, correctly say "None" in summary + (#39101) +- correctly set country when given lang=xxx on /proc/cmdline + (regression introduced in 10.16) (#39104) + +Version 10.18 - 21 March 2008 + +- when reformatting swap, keep existing UUID (#38877) +- ask which drive to install bootloader if we don't really know which is first + bios drive (cf #38829) +- fix reading alternatives in install +- add Xorg.0.log to report.bug.gz (to help diagnose why X failed) + +Version 10.17 - 20 March 2008 + +- do not unconfigure timezone if timezone screen is canceled (#33565) +- update OpenOffice/BrOffice alternative according to selected lang (#37820) + +Version 10.16 - 18 March 2008 + +- adduserdrake: + o display kdm/gdm icon again (was disabled on year ago) +- do not write aliases for asus_acpi and thinkpad_acpi in + modprobe.preload, the modules are now handled by coldplug +- fix setting default lang (which is given by gfxboot) + +Version 10.15 - 14 March 2008 + +- 2008.1 RC2 logo + +Version 10.14 - 14 March 2008 + +- adapt to cooker: + o brltty libraries are now correctly in /lib64 on x86_64 +- mount ntfs-3g as ntfs during install + (fixes adding "windows" entry in bootloader) +- really fix partition device name for some dmraid (missing "p", cf #38363) +- cpufreq: fix gsx-suspmod probe +- do not propose to upgrade non-mandriva and non-conectiva distros (#38408) + +Version 10.10 - 6 March 2008 + +- fix resizing/formatting ntfs, and create "Windows" entry in bootloader + (broken because of ntfs-3g switch in previous release) +- install kernel586 on Transmeta Crusoe TM5800 (#37866) +- do not load i810fb, rely on vesa xorg drive instead (it may help #37772) +- restore correct configuration of nfs/hd media in urpmi.cfg + (regression introduced in 10.8) +- fix partition device name for some dmraid (missing "p", cf #38363) +- do not timeout after 10 minutes when resizing NTFS partition + +Version 10.8 - 4 March 2008 + +- adapt code to upgrade from redhat for mdv extensions (& for Manbo + Core by the way) +- auto allocate: do not create /home if drive is smaller than 7GB +- do not propose to deselect media if none can be deselected +- no more /media/cdrom in fstab by default (#35055) + (not needed anymore by urpmi) +- use cdrom:// instead of removable:// in urpmi.cfg (urpmi 5.7) +- use and install ntfs-3g by default for ntfs partitions (#37823) + +Version 10.6.25 - 28 February 2008 + +- API changes for draklive-install + +Version 10.6.24 - 28 February 2008 + +- do not assign a mount point to partitions of type "Compaq diagnostics" +- 2008.1 RC1 logo + +Version 10.6.23 - 25 February 2008 + +- adapt to cooker: + o jfsprogs is now jfsutils +- change background color + +Version 10.6.21 - 19 February 2008 + +- adapt to cooker rpm macros new locations + +Version 10.6.20 - 18 February 2008 + +- do not create alt_windows unless needed + (regression introduced on 2007-11-26) (#37722) +- install linuxwacom if needed +- load disk/ide before disk/scsi, or else sata_sis may be loaded for a + SATA controller and trigger pata_sis loading before sis5513 is loaded, + which would defeat an eventual alias to sis5513 for a PATA controller +- cpufreq: + o use acpi-cpufreq for Mobile PIII/Celeron + (family 6 model 11, for example Toshiba Portégé 3500) + o use speedstep-centrino only for supported models + and prefer acpi-cpufreq (patch from Herton, #30208) + o use p4-clockmod for some Intel family 6 processors not supporting EST + +Version 10.6.19 - 12 February 2008 + +- do not propose "KDE, GNOME or Custom" profiles if the partition is small + (< 2.5GB) otherwise the installer will not be able to install the full profile +- auto partitioning: ensure the "/" is bigger on small drives + +Version 10.6.18 - 12 February 2008 + +- adapt to modules being in /lib/modules/`uname -r` + +Version 10.6.16 - 11 February 2008 + +- Xorg needs xkb/rules/base, otherwise it can go crazy (#35912) +- add mkntfs (#37462) +- detect systems with C7-M processor as laptop (like Belinea s.book) + +Version 10.6.13 - 5 February 2008 + +- add "vesa" X driver to use when framebuffer fails + (useful for boxes which work with vga=785 which is not the default, in that + case "vesa" should work) + +Version 10.6.12 - 28 January 2008 + +- 2008.1 beta2 logo +- set $::isInstall soon enough for fs::type data-structure creation: + fixes reiser4 appearing in diskdrake during install (#36999) +- add grub entries to allow booting other installed distros + (using grub "configfile") (see #16604) + +Version 10.6.10 - 28 January 2008 + +- handle new drivers: + o ethernet: cpmac + o gigabit: ipg + o pata/sata: pata_bf54x, sata_fsl + o sound: snd-at73c213 + o tv cards: cx23885 + o webcams: tcm825x +- fix detecting existing LVMs (#31228) + (regression introduced in 10.4.204 (?)) +- fix ensuring X is launched on tty7 (cf #37087) +- fix handling LVM VGs with "-" in the name (#37267) +- call X with -nolisten tcp to avoid "security" issues (#18320) + (nb: this implies "xhost+" helper prog is not useful anymore) +- do not propose ext4dev filesystem during install (#37157) + +Version 10.6.8 - 24 January 2008 + +- 2008.1 beta1 logo +- look for LVM PV on non partitioned disk before looking for DOS + partition_table (esp. for lilo which puts the DOS magic) + +Version 10.6.7 - 22 January 2008 + +- add xkb/symbols/inet (which is now needed by default for pc105) +- adapt to perl 5.10.0 +- create /dev/cdrom symlink for installer (#36703) +- do not put "windows" entry in bootloader for partitions where Windows is not + present (#8086) + +Version 10.6.5 - 14 January 2008 + +- do not sort languages in "choose language" step in graphical mode, since the + sort is done on the non-translated strings (eg: we display "Espanol" but we + sort on Spanish ) + +Version 10.6.3 - 9 January 2008, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- 2008.1 alpha2 logo +- adapt to cooker: + o DejaVuSans-Bold*.ttf instead of DejaVuSansBold*.ttf (again!) + o /usr/lib/gconv/KOI8-K.so is no more, take KOI8-*.so + o no more /etc/rpm/platform (for rpm 4.4.2.2) +- install SMP packages when "match_all_hardware" option is set + +Version 10.6.1 - 12 December 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- ensure failing to build mdkinst.sqfs is a fatal error +- drakx-in-chroot: + o just like stage1, handle <root of distrib> ending with current arch() so + that we can access main32 on x86_64 +- do not rebuild rpmdb if it is ok + (will workaround #32547) (need perl-URPM 3.01) +- adapt to perl-URPM 3.00 API to parse pubkey files +- adjust Uzbek locale (cf locales-uz change) +- sort languages in "choose language" step in text mode +- diskdrake: + o drop "Undo", "Restore partition table", "Save partition table" + (preparing to switch to libparted) +- don't check /proc/partitions for a partition_table::lvm + (ie PV on non partitioned drive) + +Version 10.5.6 - 30 November 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- restrict the proposed input-methods for each language +- /dev/<vg> may not exist if LVs have not been created, it must not be an error (#31478) +- use xkb instead of xmodmap +- save bootloader on MBR when calling grub/install.sh, and restore it before + calling it again (#35255) (ie implement "lilo -u" for grub) +- ensure /etc/sysconfig/console/default.kmap is generated with installed + keymaps, not installer simplified (?) .bkmap (#35376) +- fix wrongly detecting some devices as laptop specific (#35759) +- add /etc/mke2fs.conf symlink so that mke2fs can use it (cf #27377) + +Version 10.5.5 - 14 November 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- adapt to cooker: + o kbd_drv.so instead of keyboard_drv.so + o DejaVuSansBold*.ttf instead of DejaVuSans-Bold*.ttf + +Version 10.5.4 - 13 November 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- use UUID by default (in fstab, bootloader) +- localedrake: + o fix handling variant together with charset (eg: uz.UTF-8@Latn) (#35090) +- partitioning wizard: ensure existing_part and resize_fat are proposed before + wipe_drive +- in case of ftp/http media, we select basesystem before doing + bestKernelPackage so we must ensure the choice callback selects the good + kernel (reported by Thomas Spuhler on cooker mailing list) +- do propose "Suisse" after selecting french language (#34675) +- use time() to know when to timeout (when launching installer X server) + since the loop may be slower than 1 second (xf86misc::main::Xtest takes time + on a failing X server on i810). Also print a message telling user to wait + after 8 seconds. + +Version 10.4.238 - 5 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- do not use pseudo Protocol "vboxmouse" during install, use "IMPS/2" instead + +Version 10.4.236 - 4 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- fix copying of ../../i586/media/main medium + (for dual_arch CDs sharing the i586 medium) +- fix configuring kdeglobals (was broken because of /etc/kderc using + udpate-alternatives which use absolute symlinks) + +Version 10.4.233 - 4 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- use /dev/cdrom in fstab, but do not write corresponding udev rule + (the rules will be generated at boot time otherwise it won't catch the + hdX/srX switch) + +Version 10.4.232 - 4 October 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin + +- add helper to get kernel module path (to be used in draklive) + +Version 10.4.228 - 3 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux + +- use /dev/cdrom in fstab, and write corresponding udev rule + (the rules were generated at boot time but here we ensure consistent naming) +- 2008 logo - bootloader: o if there is a /boot, check /boot instead of "/" to allow grub or not @@ -314,7 +4805,7 @@ Version 10.4.164 - 9 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux - cache PCI probe results - use Xconfig::proprietary::pkgs_for_Driver2 from drakx-kbd-mouse-X11 0.21 -Version 10.4.162 - 08 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud +Version 10.4.162 - 8 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud - drakboot: o allow choosing another bootloader method when a package cannot be |