Debian Installer Bookworm RC 1 release

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Apr 2023 23:31:42 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.announce
Organization	Debian
Message-ID	<20230403213142.yrnst6o45j3t5xee__22969.2117472709$1680557552$gmane$org@mraw.org>
The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the first release
candidate of the installer for Debian 12 "Bookworm".


Improvements in this release
============================

 * debian-cd:
    - Use hard links instead of symlinks for firmware packages
      (#1031696).
    - Delete loadlin support entirely.
 * debian-installer:
    - Refresh help screen with minimum disk size for installation and
      better documentation links (#1033193).
 * debian-installer-utils:
    - Include xterm terminfo entry on all architectures, fixing nano
      issues in the graphical installer (#1026027).
 * grub-installer:
    - Basic heuristic for force-efi-extra-removable question.
    - Add question for running grub-install with --no-nvram, using
      similar logic.
 * hw-detect:
    - Deduplicate the list of requested firmware files, not just the
      list of requesting modules (#1031631).
    - Implement microcode support when /proc/cpuinfo contains a
      vendor_id field, with one of the following values (#1029804):
       + Install amd64-microcode on AuthenticAMD.
       + Install intel-microcode on GenuineIntel.
       + Enable non-free-firmware accordingly.
       + Perform installation via finish-install, making sure apt-setup
         has been configured, and using apt-install for dependency
         resolution.
    - Optimize firmware package installation: process dpkg triggers
      once, after all packages have been installed, leading to a single
      update-initramfs call.
    - Fix condition around moutmedia calls (#1032377).
    - Fix files removal for non-accepted firmware packages (#1032377).
    - Add a special case for the mhi module (#1032140), using holders
      information (e.g. ath11k_pci and qrtr_mhi for some Atheros
      wireless cards).
    - Fix dmesg timestamp management.
    - Fix package name extraction when removing a firmware package (e.g.
      it failed to install because it was corrupted).
    - Build /var/log/firmware-summary as a 3-column summary of firmware
      (and microcode) packages getting installed (#1029849).
    - Fix removal of temporary files in /target after installing firmware
      packages (#1033035).
    - Determine the package name by using the Package field instead of
      trusting the filename when installing firmware packages (#1033035).
    - Make sure not to include the possible -n option when setting the
      IFACES variables in check-missing-firmware (#1033035).
 * installation-report:
    - Store firmware information in /var/log/installer/firmware-summary
      (#1033325). See the 2.87 changelog entry for details.
    - Include firmware-summary in installation reports.
 * localechooser:
    - Remove AN from country list; move CW to Caribbean region.


Hardware support changes
========================

 * debian-installer:
    - Enable sound modules and speakup on arm64 gtk images.
 * linux:
    - Fix reloading mt7921e module after deploying firmware files
      (#1029116).
    - Add michael_mic to crypto-modules, for ath11k and others
      (#1032140).
    - Add qrtr_mhi to nic-wireless, for ath11k (#1032140).
    - Add DRM ast driver to fb-modules on ppc64el (#990016).
    - Add sound and speakup udebs on arm64 and armhf (#1031289).


Localization status
===================

 * 78 languages are supported in this release.
 * Full translation for 41 of them.


Known bugs in this release
==========================

 * Encrypted LVM might fail on low memory systems (#1028250).
 * Broken “Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM” partitioning
   in UEFI mode (#1033913).

See the errata[2] for details and a full list of known issues.


Feedback for this release
=========================

We need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so
please try it. Installation images, and everything else you will need
are available at our web site[3].


Thanks
======

The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this
release.


 1. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team
 2. https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
 3. https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois ([email protected])            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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