In preparation for the new release, I went over git logs since 2010.05 and jotted down what seems to me is important. I will put this list in the news announcement, so suggestions welcome. Archiso (image builds): * TODO fill in: snapshot of current core, including kernel 3., pacman-3 and glibc. * Big overhaul: use dm-snapshot instead of aufs2 * Consolidate image building, use single build.sh script which also does dual-arch images. * Allow changing NBD export name * Allow using serial console with console kernel parameter. * Allow starting custom script with script kernel parameter, autologin tty1. * Add support to mount iso in loopback mode * Add new menu entry "Power off" * Add rsync,hdparm,dhclient,crda, wpa_actiond, netcf, curl, nilfs-utils, btrfs-progs-unstable to live-enviroment * Remove joe from packagelist. * Remove x86test, add HDT to initial syslinux menu * Add support for booting from memdisk * Various cleanups, improvements and bugfixes. AIF (installation tool): * experimental support for btrfs and nilfs2. * support syslinux next to grub. * changes to configuration formats to support new rc.conf and linux3.0 * make selecting source more flexible (multiple local and/or remote repos) * remove joe * show package descriptions when installing packages * run with debugging and logging enabled by default, add /arch/report-issues script * make automatic profiles switch source depending on whether core or netinstall system is running * remove support for tcp_wrappers in accordance to Arch Linux policy * change develop model: primary development goes on in (rewritable) develop branch, master == stable. * various code cleanups, improvements and bugfixes.