[arch-releng] RC2 ISOs and final release
The new RC2 ISOs are up. http://dev.archlinux.org/~aaron/archiso/ Roadmap: http://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj6 Bugs fixed in RC1 and RC2: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12896 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13068 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13070 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13140 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13101 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13102 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13057 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13038 (I think that's it) Please test the above bugs, and anything else on the bug tracker. This should be pretty much the final ISO, so I'm just looking for some confirmations on the above bugs. Known issues: grub "Release notes" is empty (whoops, blame me!)
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:39:19 -0600 Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com> wrote:
The new RC2 ISOs are up. http://dev.archlinux.org/~aaron/archiso/
Roadmap: http://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj6
Bugs fixed in RC1 and RC2: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12896 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13068 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13070 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13140 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13101 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13102 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13057 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13038 (I think that's it)
Please test the above bugs, and anything else on the bug tracker.
This should be pretty much the final ISO, so I'm just looking for some confirmations on the above bugs.
Known issues: grub "Release notes" is empty (whoops, blame me!)
Great news Aaron, I'm gonna test tonight.. PS: i made a little "roadmap" to know at which point of the procedure you can verify which item. * after boot: FS#13038 - Tiny typo in ISO boot message : Should be "Arch Linux Live ISO (vc/n)". FS#13140 - Official Installation documentation for 64bit users:FS#13068 - grub-gfx-0.97-7 outdated in x86_64 pacman -Qi grub-gfx. check that it's 0.97-11 or higher * during installation FS#12949 - `hdparm -I' fails in VMware : check that the disk capacities look okay (afaik you can see this best in the autoprepare one). especially vmware users * after install / on first boot FS#12896 - USB install - won't boot into install system : USB users, check that it works FS#13102 - fix, need to copy initial /etc/localtime : check that this file exists on the target system and you don't get fscks because "last mount time was in the future" and stuff like that FS#13070 / 13057 - grub-gfx installed instead of default grub : check that you have the non-fancy grub FS#13101 - simple fix to setup script writing timezone to rc.conf : check that your choosen timezone is in rc.conf (you can probably check this already during installation too) Dieter
gave i686 core a spin in Virtualbox 32 bit. ext4 autoprepare no problems encountered. my keyboard layout was not put automatically in rc.conf but I think this has always been the case. all bugs that i could test seem fixed. see below Dieter
* after boot: FS#13038 - Tiny typo in ISO boot message : Should be "Arch Linux Live ISO (vc/n)".
OK
FS#13140 - Official Installation documentation
looks good
for 64bit users:FS#13068 - grub-gfx-0.97-7 outdated in x86_64 pacman -Qi grub-gfx. check that it's 0.97-11 or higher
* during installation FS#12949 - `hdparm -I' fails in VMware : check that the disk capacities look okay (afaik you can see this best in the autoprepare one). especially vmware users
looks good
* after install / on first boot FS#12896 - USB install - won't boot into install system : USB users, check that it works
FS#13102 - fix, need to copy initial /etc/localtime : check that this file exists on the target system and you don't get fscks because "last mount time was in the future" and stuff like that
forgot to check the copied file.. but the system booted and no fsck needed. my time is correct on first boot too.
FS#13070 / 13057 - grub-gfx installed instead of default grub : check that you have the non-fancy grub
hooray good old ugly grub. (but i use 32bit)
FS#13101 - simple fix to setup script writing timezone to rc.conf : check that your choosen timezone is in rc.conf (you can probably check this already during installation too) OK
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 19:39:19 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
This should be pretty much the final ISO
Is there anything within the ISO which refers to the RC2 name or do we just need to rename the files if no more showstoppers are found? I would be nice to have xdelta patches the next time to reduce the traffic. (Downloading from gerolde is quite slow; not to mention the years it takes to upload those isos :-)). -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 19:39:19 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
This should be pretty much the final ISO
Is there anything within the ISO which refers to the RC2 name or do we just need to rename the files if no more showstoppers are found?
Nope - that was intentional. If this goes final, if should be a simple "rename RC2 1 *.iso"
I would be nice to have xdelta patches the next time to reduce the traffic. (Downloading from gerolde is quite slow; not to mention the years it takes to upload those isos :-)).
You mean an xdelta patch from 2009.02 to 2009.XX ? Something about that doesn't sit right with me, but I guess I could do it
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 20:19:13 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
I would be nice to have xdelta patches the next time to reduce the traffic. (Downloading from gerolde is quite slow; not to mention the years it takes to upload those isos :-)).
You mean an xdelta patch from 2009.02 to 2009.XX ? Something about that doesn't sit right with me, but I guess I could do it
The difference between major releases might be too big, but it should really speed up testing if only a few chagnes are made. And of course the overhead of up/downloading the img and iso images can be reduced. I just made a diff between archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.iso and archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.img. The resulting patch is only 1,2MB. (And yes, using the iso and that patch produces a img with the same md5sum) -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 20:19:13 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
I would be nice to have xdelta patches the next time to reduce the traffic. (Downloading from gerolde is quite slow; not to mention the years it takes to upload those isos :-)).
You mean an xdelta patch from 2009.02 to 2009.XX ? Something about that doesn't sit right with me, but I guess I could do it
The difference between major releases might be too big, but it should really speed up testing if only a few chagnes are made.
And of course the overhead of up/downloading the img and iso images can be reduced.
I just made a diff between archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.iso and archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.img. The resulting patch is only 1,2MB. (And yes, using the iso and that patch produces a img with the same md5sum)
Wow this is getting complicated... so are you saying that we should provide xdelta patches from ISO to USB image? What about from ftp ISO to core ISO? That seems like a lot more work for smaller benefit. In the future, we're going to have a machine setup for building these and will host the ISOs directly from there, so this transfer back and forth will be nonexistent. Would the xdeltas still be useful at that point?
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 21:36:09 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
I just made a diff between archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.iso and archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.img. The resulting patch is only 1,2MB. (And yes, using the iso and that patch produces a img with the same md5sum)
Wow this is getting complicated... so are you saying that we should provide xdelta patches from ISO to USB image? What about from ftp ISO to core ISO?
Not really. My intention was just doing it for the testing releases to speed thing up. This should prevent things like "I have change a line in the installer, please download 2GB again and test :-)"
That seems like a lot more work for smaller benefit. In the future, we're going to have a machine setup for building these and will host the ISOs directly from there, so this transfer back and forth will be nonexistent. Would the xdeltas still be useful at that point?
-- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
Installed the RC2 in a virtualbox machine, no showstoppers and all the bugs (relating to the i686 iso) seem to have been fixed. Thanks for the reply about hwdetect. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 21:36:09 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
I just made a diff between archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.iso and archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.img. The resulting patch is only 1,2MB. (And yes, using the iso and that patch produces a img with the same md5sum)
Wow this is getting complicated... so are you saying that we should provide xdelta patches from ISO to USB image? What about from ftp ISO to core ISO?
Not really. My intention was just doing it for the testing releases to speed thing up. This should prevent things like "I have change a line in the installer, please download 2GB again and test :-)"
That seems like a lot more work for smaller benefit. In the future, we're going to have a machine setup for building these and will host the ISOs directly from there, so this transfer back and forth will be nonexistent. Would the xdeltas still be useful at that point?
--
Pierre Schmitz
Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn
Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
Ok, here are my reports: Tests: As for other images + manual network configuration. Machines: As for other images (VirtualBox machines, VMware machines, real machines). Images tested (SHA-1 sums verified): archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.iso 16A77C07C252A21379D057DEB5D6F4D75039B946 archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-x86_64.iso C730DC90FEF25EAA6BDD0A5431BCBB5935B3B613 archlinux-2009.02-RC2-ftp-i686.iso 6ABA5F14B6BAC9E8DD7962EE4544D8F5FBFCA7C5 archlinux-2009.02-RC2-ftp-i686-isolinux.iso 763971A32554ADA562906707BC70E3C5DD45814F archlinux-2009.02-RC2-ftp-x86_64.iso 3C7D8697AC1CAB71FC23B0060B726EB6CFF67050 archlinux-2009.02-RC2-ftp-x84_64-isolinux.iso 2135A6AEAEE9C359A9D523660BDA767CADACA152 Bugs: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12896 : Couldn't test, it's for USB images. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949 : Corrected, it was also corrected in RC1 by the way. (disc capacity) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13038 : Corrected. (vc/n typo) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13057 : "Corrected" as grub-gfx is up to date with patches. (grub-install from outside the installed system) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13068 : Corrected "long" ago. (updated grub-gfx for x86_64) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13070 : Corrected, it was also corrected in RC1 by the way. (grub-gfx installed instead of grub) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13101 : Corrected. (timezone not written in rc.conf) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13102 : Corrected, /etc/localtime does exist and no "last mount time is in the future message". () http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13140 : "Corrected" I guess, it looks good to me; though I've never used it. (documentation) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13237 : This one is new: If you choose to configure network manually (by entering IP, net mask, broadcast IP, ...) and then you choose to use that settings in the installed system, the setup script may not update correctly the broadcast IP and even give an invalid one. This happens when use any IP with at least one of the bytes different from the default one (e.g. 192.168.8.2, which would give an incorrect broadcast IP) or with more than 8 digits (e.g. 192.168.0.27, would give an invalid broadcast IP). I attach a patch to the setup script to solve it. Notes: - If the release is going to be numbered 2009.02 the isolinux images have to be rebuilded for consistency, 2009.01 appears in the boot screen. - Now in rc.conf if you use local time it appears HARDWARECLOCK="local" instead of HARDWARECLOCK="localtime". Just if you didn't realized, in case "localtime" is needed for something. I know rc.sysinit uses it, but it's always in an "else" branch, so no problems there. - In the checksums file core and ftp images (i686 and x86_64) are duplicated and with different sums. Shall I test the last ones? What have changed? -- Alexander
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:20:18AM +0100, Alexander De Sousa wrote:
Ok, here are my reports:
Tests: As for other images + manual network configuration. Machines: As for other images (VirtualBox machines, VMware machines, real machines).
Images tested (SHA-1 sums verified):
archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-i686.iso 16A77C07C252A21379D057DEB5D6F4D75039B946 archlinux-2009.02-RC2-core-x86_64.iso C730DC90FEF25EAA6BDD0A5431BCBB5935B3B613 archlinux-2009.02-RC2-ftp-i686.iso 6ABA5F14B6BAC9E8DD7962EE4544D8F5FBFCA7C5 archlinux-2009.02-RC2-ftp-i686-isolinux.iso 763971A32554ADA562906707BC70E3C5DD45814F archlinux-2009.02-RC2-ftp-x86_64.iso 3C7D8697AC1CAB71FC23B0060B726EB6CFF67050 archlinux-2009.02-RC2-ftp-x84_64-isolinux.iso 2135A6AEAEE9C359A9D523660BDA767CADACA152
Bugs:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12896 : Couldn't test, it's for USB images. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949 : Corrected, it was also corrected in RC1 by the way. (disc capacity) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13038 : Corrected. (vc/n typo) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13057 : "Corrected" as grub-gfx is up to date with patches. (grub-install from outside the installed system) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13068 : Corrected "long" ago. (updated grub-gfx for x86_64) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13070 : Corrected, it was also corrected in RC1 by the way. (grub-gfx installed instead of grub) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13101 : Corrected. (timezone not written in rc.conf) http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13102 : Corrected, /etc/localtime does exist and no "last mount time is in the future message". () http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13140 : "Corrected" I guess, it looks good to me; though I've never used it. (documentation)
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13237 : This one is new:
If you choose to configure network manually (by entering IP, net mask, broadcast IP, ...) and then you choose to use that settings in the installed system, the setup script may not update correctly the broadcast IP and even give an invalid one. This happens when use any IP with at least one of the bytes different from the default one (e.g. 192.168.8.2, which would give an incorrect broadcast IP) or with more than 8 digits (e.g. 192.168.0.27, would give an invalid broadcast IP). I attach a patch to the setup script to solve it.
See also http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13192 -- Greg what to do and what not to do in public :o) http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Grigorios Bouzakis <grbzks@gmail.com>wrote:
See also http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13192
-- Greg
what to do and what not to do in public :o) http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php
Yes, that happens when you configure your network using the installer; I don't see anything wrong there, unless you mean that it should be in the "Configure System" section instead in the end of "Install Packages". P.S.: There is a mistake in the patch for 13237, attached is the one that works. 2nd P.S.: Forget about the last note I made before ("In the checksums file core and ftp images (i686 and x86_64) are duplicated and with different sums. Shall I test the last ones? What have changed?"). They're not duplicated, the others are the img ones. -- Alexander
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:20:18 +0100 Alexander De Sousa <aphanic@archlinux.us> wrote:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13237 : This one is new:
If you choose to configure network manually (by entering IP, net mask, broadcast IP, ...) and then you choose to use that settings in the installed system, the setup script may not update correctly the broadcast IP and even give an invalid one. This happens when use any IP with at least one of the bytes different from the default one (e.g. 192.168.8.2, which would give an incorrect broadcast IP) or with more than 8 digits (e.g. 192.168.0.27, would give an invalid broadcast IP). I attach a patch to the setup script to solve it.
Your patch looks good to me. I don't want to delay the release for another week just for this though. see ticket.
Notes:
- If the release is going to be numbered 2009.02 the isolinux images have to be rebuilded for consistency, 2009.01 appears in the boot screen.
Nice, a token that will always remind us of the great time we had building this thing and eventually doing the (bit delayed) release. Let's keep this :)
- Now in rc.conf if you use local time it appears HARDWARECLOCK="local" instead of HARDWARECLOCK="localtime". Just if you didn't realized, in case "localtime" is needed for something. I know rc.sysinit uses it, but it's always in an "else" branch, so no problems there. Can you report this bug please?
PS: to all testers, if you can confirm that things are fixed, please say so in the appropriate ticket. (and for the 64bit/usb things please mention you have tested it on the appriopriate platform) Dieter
Still no e2fsprogs 1.14.4 in repos :( On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>wrote:
The new RC2 ISOs are up. http://dev.archlinux.org/~aaron/archiso/<http://dev.archlinux.org/%7Eaaron/archiso/>
Roadmap: http://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj6
Bugs fixed in RC1 and RC2: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12896 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13068 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13070 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13140 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13101 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13102 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13057 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13038 (I think that's it)
Please test the above bugs, and anything else on the bug tracker.
This should be pretty much the final ISO, so I'm just looking for some confirmations on the above bugs.
Known issues: grub "Release notes" is empty (whoops, blame me!)
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Ranguvar <ranguvar@archlinux.us> wrote:
Still no e2fsprogs 1.14.4 in repos :(
Can't be helped, and it's not a requisite for the install ISO.
Quick question: Is there a specific reason why hwdetect was not included in this release, as well as that automatic filling in of the modules option in rc.conf? On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>wrote:
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Ranguvar <ranguvar@archlinux.us> wrote:
Still no e2fsprogs 1.14.4 in repos :(
Can't be helped, and it's not a requisite for the install ISO.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Raul Leal <raulgrell@gmail.com> wrote:
Quick question:
Is there a specific reason why hwdetect was not included in this release, as well as that automatic filling in of the modules option in rc.conf?
a) hwdetect is... not very good, old, and deprecated. b) you DO NOT need to fill in the modules array. udev does everything. In fact on three of my machines the only things I have listed in the modules array are a blacklisted pcspkr, kvm modules, cpufreq modules, and other things that aren't detected with EITHER udev or hwdetect. Short answer: because it's simply not needed and is inelegant
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 19:39:19 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
This should be pretty much the final ISO, so I'm just looking for some confirmations on the above bugs.
If I see this right, all showstoppers are fixed now. Of course there are lot of small things that still can be improved. But I think we should just release it. I hereby suggest to move it to the ftp dir tonight. I can build the torrents then. We can announce it on Monday. So we have the weekend to prepare the news and the mirrors have a chance to sync. If we notice anything horrible broken during this phase we cann allways stop and release new ones. Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 19:39:19 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
This should be pretty much the final ISO, so I'm just looking for some confirmations on the above bugs.
If I see this right, all showstoppers are fixed now. Of course there are lot of small things that still can be improved. But I think we should just release it.
I hereby suggest to move it to the ftp dir tonight. I can build the torrents then. We can announce it on Monday. So we have the weekend to prepare the news and the mirrors have a chance to sync.
If we notice anything horrible broken during this phase we cann allways stop and release new ones.
This sounds good to me, but I won't be around until Sunday - I will move it out before I leave work today, unless there are any "omg stop!" comments. I will then prepare the news items and all that fun stuff - anyone interested in making a draft of release notes? Make sure to mention things like AIF :)
Am Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:49:17 -0600 schrieb Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>:
This sounds good to me, but I won't be around until Sunday - I will move it out before I leave work today, unless there are any "omg stop!" comments. I will then prepare the news items and all that fun stuff - anyone interested in making a draft of release notes? Make sure to mention things like AIF :)
I wrote some draft for 2009.01. Could be used as a skeleton: ---------------------- Friday, 01/23/09 We proudly announce the release of the new ArchLinux installation ISO's 2009.01. After a longer period without a new ISO, 2009.01 comes with these features: - Kernel 2.6.28 - Ext4 support. Installation could be done on a ext4 root partition, also the ISO is ready (grub) to act as a rescue/maintains cd for systems with ext4 root partitions. - New ISO's (ftp-iso i686 and x86_64) with isolinux as bootloader. In the past we have a few systems which have problems to boot the install CD's when Grub was the bootloader. For these systems we offer cd's with isolinux bootloader. Also we have a group of people working on the further iso's. Release group TEXT etc. Further plans: - Release new ISO's more regularly based on kernel upstream releases. - Switch to a new installer (aif text, etc.) For testing on 2009.01 is still a version of aif ver.sio.n-1 available. TEXT Happy installing! ------------------- Regards Gerhard
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:56:19 +0100 Gerhard Brauer <gerbra@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:49:17 -0600 schrieb Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>:
This sounds good to me, but I won't be around until Sunday - I will move it out before I leave work today, unless there are any "omg stop!" comments. I will then prepare the news items and all that fun stuff - anyone interested in making a draft of release notes? Make sure to mention things like AIF :)
I wrote some draft for 2009.01. Could be used as a skeleton:
---------------------- Friday, 01/23/09 We proudly announce the release of the new ArchLinux installation ISO's 2009.01. After a longer period without a new ISO, 2009.01 comes with these features: - Kernel 2.6.28 - Ext4 support. Installation could be done on a ext4 root partition, also the ISO is ready (grub) to act as a rescue/maintains cd for systems with ext4 root partitions. - New ISO's (ftp-iso i686 and x86_64) with isolinux as bootloader. In the past we have a few systems which have problems to boot the install CD's when Grub was the bootloader. For these systems we offer cd's with isolinux bootloader.
Also we have a group of people working on the further iso's. Release group TEXT etc.
Further plans: - Release new ISO's more regularly based on kernel upstream releases. - Switch to a new installer (aif text, etc.) For testing on 2009.01 is still a version of aif ver.sio.n-1 available. TEXT
Happy installing! -------------------
Regards Gerhard
my changes: * ISO's to ISOs and CD's to CDs (I hope Aaron knows his language well.. http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2009-January/000004.html ) * ArchLinux to Arch Linux (right?) * isos-> images (img != not iso) * phrasing changes, added something here and there. * added some more new features * releng notes at the end * added "what's next?" and "Download" sections We proudly announce the release of the new Arch Linux installation images, version 2009.02 It took us quite a while, but we think the result is worth it: we added some cool new things and ironed out some long-lasting imperfections 2009.02 comes with the following features: - Kernel 2.6.28 - Ext4 support. Installation can be done on a ext4 root partition, also the ISO is ready (grub) to act as a rescue/maintainance cd for systems with ext4 root partitions. - New ISOs (ftp-iso i686 and x86_64) with isolinux as bootloader. Some users have reported issues with booting when using the Grub bootloader. For these systems we offer cd's with the isolinux bootloader. - Several bugfixes in the installer - Brought the included documentation up-to-date - Inclusion of the AIF (Arch Linux installation framework): Currently still unsupported and under development. But we want to make this the new installer in the future, so if you like to test bleeding-edge stuff you could give it a try. (it also supports lvm and dm_crypt) If you encounter any problems, you can check for bug reports (or file a new one) under the "Release Engineering" project at http://bugs.archlinux.org For more info about the releng team and how to get in touch with us, see http://www.archlinux.org/news/430/ What's next? Our goal is to bring coordinated releases following the rhythm of kernel releases, in order to provide optimal hardware support. The roadmap (and current open bugs) of the next release (which will be based on 2.6.29) can be found on http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=index&tasks=&project=6&due=59 Download http://www.archlinux.org/download/ <note: i would put the instructions from http://dev.archlinux.org/~aaron/archiso/instructions on that page, as described in my "website improvements" email> Have fun!
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:56:19 +0100
> Gerhard Brauer <gerbra@archlinux.de> wrote:
>
>> Am Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:49:17 -0600
>> schrieb Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>:
>>
>> > This sounds good to me, but I won't be around until Sunday - I will
>> > move it out before I leave work today, unless there are any "omg
>> > stop!" comments. I will then prepare the news items and all that fun
>> > stuff - anyone interested in making a draft of release notes? Make
>> > sure to mention things like AIF :)
>>
>> I wrote some draft for 2009.01. Could be used as a skeleton:
>>
>> ----------------------
>> Friday, 01/23/09
>> We proudly announce the release of the new ArchLinux installation
>> ISO's 2009.01. After a longer period without a new ISO, 2009.01 comes
>> with these features:
>> - Kernel 2.6.28
>> - Ext4 support. Installation could be done on a ext4 root partition,
>> also the ISO is ready (grub) to act as a rescue/maintains cd for
>> systems with ext4 root partitions.
>> - New ISO's (ftp-iso i686 and x86_64) with isolinux as bootloader. In
>> the past we have a few systems which have problems to boot the
>> install CD's when Grub was the bootloader. For these systems we
>> offer cd's with isolinux bootloader.
>>
>> Also we have a group of people working on the further iso's. Release
>> group TEXT etc.
>>
>> Further plans:
>> - Release new ISO's more regularly based on kernel upstream releases.
>> - Switch to a new installer (aif text, etc.) For testing on 2009.01 is
>> still a version of aif ver.sio.n-1 available. TEXT
>>
>> Happy installing!
>> -------------------
>>
>> Regards
>> Gerhard
>>
>>
> my changes:
> * ISO's to ISOs and CD's to CDs
> (I hope Aaron knows his language well..
> http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2009-January/000004.html )
Heh, this is an oddity. Adding an s indicates plural, adding an
apostrophe s indicates possession... but it all gets confused when you
start throwing acronyms into the mix... because adding a lone s may
make it appear as if the s is part of the acronym... but I digress.
> We proudly announce the release of the new Arch Linux installation
> images, version 2009.02
> It took us quite a while, but we think the result is worth it:
> we added some cool new things and ironed out some
> long-lasting imperfections
> 2009.02 comes with the following features:
>
Minor changes inline, mainly to shrink the bullet list a bit:
> - Kernel 2.6.28
> - Ext4 support. Installation can be done on a ext4 root partition.
> also the ISO is ready (grub) to act as a rescue/maintainance cd for
> systems with ext4 root partitions.
{replace with}
- Rescue and maintenance capabilities for Ext4 root partitions
> - New ISOs (ftp-iso i686 and x86_64) with isolinux as bootloader.
> Some users have reported issues with booting when using the Grub
> bootloader. For these systems we offer cd's with the isolinux
> bootloader.
{replace with}
- Fallback ISOs with the ISOLINUX bootloader, for those that have
trouble booting Grub-based images
> - Several bugfixes in the installer
> - Brought the included documentation up-to-date
> - Inclusion of the AIF (Arch Linux installation framework): Currently
> still unsupported and under development. But we want to make this
> the new installer in the future, so if you like to test bleeding-edge
> stuff you could give it a try. (it also supports lvm and dm_crypt)
{replace with}
- Inclusion of AIF (Arch Linux Installation Framework), the next
generation installer, currently under development.
> If you encounter any problems, you can check for bug reports (or file a
> new one) under the "Release Engineering" project at
> http://bugs.archlinux.org
> For more info about the releng team and how to get in touch with us,
> see http://www.archlinux.org/news/430/
>
> What's next?
> Our goal is to bring coordinated releases following the rhythm of kernel
> releases, in order to provide optimal hardware support.
> The roadmap (and current open bugs) of the next release (which will be
> based on 2.6.29) can be found on
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=index&tasks=&project=6&due=59
>
> Download
>
> http://www.archlinux.org/download/
> <note: i would put the instructions from
> http://dev.archlinux.org/~aaron/archiso/instructions on that page, as
> described in my "website improvements" email>
Otherwise it seems good to me.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:30:50 -0600
Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Dieter Plaetinck
> <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:56:19 +0100
> > my changes:
> > * ISO's to ISOs and CD's to CDs
> > (I hope Aaron knows his language well..
> > http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2009-January/000004.html )
>
> Heh, this is an oddity. Adding an s indicates plural, adding an
> apostrophe s indicates possession... but it all gets confused when you
> start throwing acronyms into the mix... because adding a lone s may
> make it appear as if the s is part of the acronym... but I digress.
>
> > We proudly announce the release of the new Arch Linux installation
> > images, version 2009.02
> > It took us quite a while, but we think the result is worth it:
> > we added some cool new things and ironed out some
> > long-lasting imperfections
> > 2009.02 comes with the following features:
> >
>
> Minor changes inline, mainly to shrink the bullet list a bit:
>
> > - Kernel 2.6.28
> > - Ext4 support. Installation can be done on a ext4 root partition.
>
> > also the ISO is ready (grub) to act as a rescue/maintainance cd for
> > systems with ext4 root partitions.
> {replace with}
> - Rescue and maintenance capabilities for Ext4 root partitions
>
> > - New ISOs (ftp-iso i686 and x86_64) with isolinux as bootloader.
> > Some users have reported issues with booting when using the Grub
> > bootloader. For these systems we offer cd's with the isolinux
> > bootloader.
> {replace with}
> - Fallback ISOs with the ISOLINUX bootloader, for those that have
> trouble booting Grub-based images
>
> > - Several bugfixes in the installer
> > - Brought the included documentation up-to-date
>
> > - Inclusion of the AIF (Arch Linux installation framework):
> > Currently still unsupported and under development. But we want to
> > make this the new installer in the future, so if you like to test
> > bleeding-edge stuff you could give it a try. (it also supports lvm
> > and dm_crypt)
> {replace with}
> - Inclusion of AIF (Arch Linux Installation Framework), the next
> generation installer, currently under development.
>
> > If you encounter any problems, you can check for bug reports (or
> > file a new one) under the "Release Engineering" project at
> > http://bugs.archlinux.org
> > For more info about the releng team and how to get in touch with us,
> > see http://www.archlinux.org/news/430/
> >
> > What's next?
> > Our goal is to bring coordinated releases following the rhythm of
> > kernel releases, in order to provide optimal hardware support.
> > The roadmap (and current open bugs) of the next release (which will
> > be based on 2.6.29) can be found on
> > http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=index&tasks=&project=6&due=59
> >
> > Download
> >
> > http://www.archlinux.org/download/
> > <note: i would put the instructions from
> > http://dev.archlinux.org/~aaron/archiso/instructions on that page,
> > as described in my "website improvements" email>
>
> Otherwise it seems good to me.
Good, I agree to all of your changes. I'm okay with you publishing
your version in a few days :)
Dieter
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:14:22 +0100
Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:30:50 -0600
> Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Dieter Plaetinck
> > <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:56:19 +0100
> > > my changes:
> > > * ISO's to ISOs and CD's to CDs
> > > (I hope Aaron knows his language well..
> > > http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2009-January/000004.html )
> >
> > Heh, this is an oddity. Adding an s indicates plural, adding an
> > apostrophe s indicates possession... but it all gets confused when
> > you start throwing acronyms into the mix... because adding a lone s
> > may make it appear as if the s is part of the acronym... but I
> > digress.
> >
> > > We proudly announce the release of the new Arch Linux installation
> > > images, version 2009.02
> > > It took us quite a while, but we think the result is worth it:
> > > we added some cool new things and ironed out some
> > > long-lasting imperfections
> > > 2009.02 comes with the following features:
> > >
> >
> > Minor changes inline, mainly to shrink the bullet list a bit:
> >
> > > - Kernel 2.6.28
> > > - Ext4 support. Installation can be done on a ext4 root partition.
> >
> > > also the ISO is ready (grub) to act as a rescue/maintainance cd
> > > for systems with ext4 root partitions.
> > {replace with}
> > - Rescue and maintenance capabilities for Ext4 root partitions
> >
> > > - New ISOs (ftp-iso i686 and x86_64) with isolinux as bootloader.
> > > Some users have reported issues with booting when using the Grub
> > > bootloader. For these systems we offer cd's with the isolinux
> > > bootloader.
> > {replace with}
> > - Fallback ISOs with the ISOLINUX bootloader, for those that have
> > trouble booting Grub-based images
> >
> > > - Several bugfixes in the installer
> > > - Brought the included documentation up-to-date
> >
> > > - Inclusion of the AIF (Arch Linux installation framework):
> > > Currently still unsupported and under development. But we want to
> > > make this the new installer in the future, so if you like to test
> > > bleeding-edge stuff you could give it a try. (it also supports lvm
> > > and dm_crypt)
> > {replace with}
> > - Inclusion of AIF (Arch Linux Installation Framework), the next
> > generation installer, currently under development.
> >
> > > If you encounter any problems, you can check for bug reports (or
> > > file a new one) under the "Release Engineering" project at
> > > http://bugs.archlinux.org
> > > For more info about the releng team and how to get in touch with
> > > us, see http://www.archlinux.org/news/430/
> > >
> > > What's next?
> > > Our goal is to bring coordinated releases following the rhythm of
> > > kernel releases, in order to provide optimal hardware support.
> > > The roadmap (and current open bugs) of the next release (which
> > > will be based on 2.6.29) can be found on
> > > http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=index&tasks=&project=6&due=59
> > >
> > > Download
> > >
> > > http://www.archlinux.org/download/
> > > <note: i would put the instructions from
> > > http://dev.archlinux.org/~aaron/archiso/instructions on that page,
> > > as described in my "website improvements" email>
> >
> > Otherwise it seems good to me.
>
> Good, I agree to all of your changes. I'm okay with you publishing
> your version in a few days :)
>
> Dieter
One more thing, could you add a note like "Thanks to everyone who
helped out with testing and/or wrote patches", because I really
appreciate the help we got from various people.
Dieter
Am Freitag 13 Februar 2009 16:49:17 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
This sounds good to me, but I won't be around until Sunday - I will move it out before I leave work today, unless there are any "omg stop!" comments.
Hmm, it seems Aaron forget to do that. Should I just create the ftp dir and move the files in, so we can start distributing. We need at least two days to get those on the mirrors. If there is a reason to not do it, let me know. Btw: What was the naming convention for the ftp dir and the iso files? Something like 2009.02/archlinux-2009.02-1-core-i686.iso? Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:13:03 +0100 Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Freitag 13 Februar 2009 16:49:17 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
This sounds good to me, but I won't be around until Sunday - I will move it out before I leave work today, unless there are any "omg stop!" comments.
Hmm, it seems Aaron forget to do that. Should I just create the ftp dir and move the files in, so we can start distributing. We need at least two days to get those on the mirrors.
If there is a reason to not do it, let me know.
It's okay. all bugs are closed except one which is waiting for a testrun in vmware ( http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949?project=6 ), though it is very likely it can also be closed.
Btw: What was the naming convention for the ftp dir and the iso files? Something like 2009.02/archlinux-2009.02-1-core-i686.iso?
Without the '-1', so just 2009.02/archlinux-2009.02-core-i686.iso The '-1' would be if need to to a rerelease with minor changes. (unlikely)
Pierre
Dieter
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be>wrote:
It's okay. all bugs are closed except one which is waiting for a testrun in vmware ( http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949?project=6 ), though it is very likely it can also be closed.
Dieter
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949 can be closed too. When I performed the tests the disk capacity was correctly detected both partitioning the disk manually and using the auto prepare feature. It was tested using all of the modes VMware supports regarding buses and HDs. -- Alexander
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:13:11 +0100 Alexander De Sousa <aphanic@archlinux.us> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be>wrote:
It's okay. all bugs are closed except one which is waiting for a testrun in vmware ( http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949?project=6 ), though it is very likely it can also be closed.
Dieter
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949 can be closed too. When I performed the tests the disk capacity was correctly detected both partitioning the disk manually and using the auto prepare feature. It was tested using all of the modes VMware supports regarding buses and HDs.
Great news. thanks for testing so thoroughly
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 17:13:03 schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
Should I just create the ftp dir and move the files in, so we can start distributing. We need at least two days to get those on the mirrors.
Ok, I moved the files to the ftp dir and renamed them. I also added the instrucstions and a md5sum file. I created ONE torrent for all files;I was to lazy to create one torrent per file. When I open this in Ktorrent it asks me which file to download. Please let me know if there are problems with other clients. I also added 10 mirrors as webseeds (again, I was too lazy to add all ~70 mirror by hand). Of course they are not synced yet. But it would be intersting if this works in one or two days later. ATM, I limited seeding to 80KB/s. I would be happy if some would join me seeding. Just download the RC2 ones and rename them; or wait until the webseeds are available. Pierre PS: Please don't announce those isos anywhere else yet. -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:08:09 +0100 Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 17:13:03 schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
Should I just create the ftp dir and move the files in, so we can start distributing. We need at least two days to get those on the mirrors.
Ok, I moved the files to the ftp dir and renamed them. I also added the instrucstions and a md5sum file.
I created ONE torrent for all files;I was to lazy to create one torrent per file. When I open this in Ktorrent it asks me which file to download. Please let me know if there are problems with other clients.
I also added 10 mirrors as webseeds (again, I was too lazy to add all ~70 mirror by hand). Of course they are not synced yet. But it would be intersting if this works in one or two days later.
ATM, I limited seeding to 80KB/s. I would be happy if some would join me seeding. Just download the RC2 ones and rename them; or wait until the webseeds are available.
Pierre
PS: Please don't announce those isos anywhere else yet.
Where is the torrent? I can't find it. Dieter
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:16:21PM +0100, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Where is the torrent? I can't find it.
Hah. I was going to ask the same thing. Shouldn't there be a checksums file too?
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 22:27:32 schrieb Loui Chang:
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:16:21PM +0100, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Where is the torrent? I can't find it.
Hah. I was going to ask the same thing. Shouldn't there be a checksums file too?
Damnit; I made a mistake with the webseeds stuff; I'll upload a new torrent and post the url soon. -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 22:51:12 schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 22:27:32 schrieb Loui Chang:
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:16:21PM +0100, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Where is the torrent? I can't find it.
Hah. I was going to ask the same thing. Shouldn't there be a checksums file too?
Damnit; I made a mistake with the webseeds stuff; I'll upload a new torrent and post the url soon.
Well, I hope I got it right this time. At least websseding does work now with ktorrent. The torrent file can be found at http://linuxtracker.org/index.php?page=torrent- details&id=e616d7ea326e723985a98f813c2a3ce546a1cea2 or http://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/2009.02/ Let me know if that does work for you. Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:12:14 +0100 Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 22:51:12 schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 22:27:32 schrieb Loui Chang:
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:16:21PM +0100, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Where is the torrent? I can't find it.
Hah. I was going to ask the same thing. Shouldn't there be a checksums file too?
Damnit; I made a mistake with the webseeds stuff; I'll upload a new torrent and post the url soon.
Well, I hope I got it right this time. At least websseding does work now with ktorrent.
The torrent file can be found at http://linuxtracker.org/index.php?page=torrent- details&id=e616d7ea326e723985a98f813c2a3ce546a1cea2 or http://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/2009.02/
Let me know if that does work for you.
Pierre
Yep it works, I have already one image and it started seeding right away :) the name shows up as "iso" though, can't we give it a nicer name? like "Arch Linux 2009.02 images" Dieter
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 23:40:37 schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
Yep it works, I have already one image and it started seeding right away :) the name shows up as "iso" though, can't we give it a nicer name? like "Arch Linux 2009.02 images"
The name/comment is Arch Linux 2009.02. Maybe you mean the folder to which those images are "extracted" to? They have to have the same names as those from the mirrors to use webseeding. -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:10:14 +0100 Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 23:40:37 schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
Yep it works, I have already one image and it started seeding right away :) the name shows up as "iso" though, can't we give it a nicer name? like "Arch Linux 2009.02 images"
The name/comment is Arch Linux 2009.02. Maybe you mean the folder to which those images are "extracted" to? They have to have the same names as those from the mirrors to use webseeding.
hmm it really shows up as just "iso" in rtorrent, even in the properties it says that this is the name. Though now you mention it, when i check some other torrents, the "name" always seems to be the same as the directory it get's stored in. But most things have fancy names and get stored in fancy directories. Name: iso Peer list Local id: -lt0C20-7%C1%3B%91%FE%F8%E3%28%1C%1F24 Info hash: E616D7EA326E723985A98F813C2A3CE546A1CEA2 Info Created: 14/02/2009 23:01:02
Am Sonntag 15 Februar 2009 12:22:59 schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
the name shows up as "iso" though, can't we give it a nicer name? like "Arch Linux 2009.02 images"
The name/comment is Arch Linux 2009.02. Maybe you mean the folder to which those images are "extracted" to? They have to have the same names as those from the mirrors to use webseeding.
hmm it really shows up as just "iso" in rtorrent, even in the properties it says that this is the name. Though now you mention it, when i check some other torrents, the "name" always seems to be the same as the directory it get's stored in. But most things have fancy names and get stored in fancy directories.
Ah, I now see what you mean. It seems the problem is the strange bittorrent format. "name" is not only a random name, but part of the path. And as long as we store our isos in an dir named iso we cannot chagne it. See http://getright.com/seedtorrent.html (last part of Proposed Addition to .torrent Files) -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Ah, I now see what you mean. It seems the problem is the strange bittorrent format. "name" is not only a random name, but part of the path. And as long as we store our isos in an dir named iso we cannot chagne it.
See http://getright.com/seedtorrent.html (last part of Proposed Addition to .torrent Files)
--
Pierre Schmitz
Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn
Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
That's it, if using web seeds the name have to be "iso" or at least "2009.02", not other things :(. Anyway there are about 17 seeders at the moment :) (excluding web seeds). -- Alexander
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 22:51:12 schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 22:27:32 schrieb Loui Chang:
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:16:21PM +0100, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Where is the torrent? I can't find it.
Hah. I was going to ask the same thing. Shouldn't there be a checksums file too?
Damnit; I made a mistake with the webseeds stuff; I'll upload a new torrent and post the url soon.
Well, I hope I got it right this time. At least websseding does work now with ktorrent.
The torrent file can be found at http://linuxtracker.org/index.php?page=torrent- details&id=e616d7ea326e723985a98f813c2a3ce546a1cea2 or http://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/2009.02/
Let me know if that does work for you.
Ok, so when should we do the announcement?
Am Sonntag 15 Februar 2009 00:22:03 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
Ok, so when should we do the announcement?
I think not before tomorrow evening (now + 32h). ATM most of the mirrors haven't the isos yet. -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Sonntag 15 Februar 2009 00:22:03 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
Ok, so when should we do the announcement?
I think not before tomorrow evening (now + 32h). ATM most of the mirrors haven't the isos yet.
Does now seem like a good time to put up a formal announcement?
Aaron Griffin schrieb:
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Sonntag 15 Februar 2009 00:22:03 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
Ok, so when should we do the announcement? I think not before tomorrow evening (now + 32h). ATM most of the mirrors haven't the isos yet.
Does now seem like a good time to put up a formal announcement?
please update http://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/instructions.txt before. See http://projects.archlinux.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=archiso.git;a=blobdiff;f=conf... Steffen
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Steffen Bönigk <boenki@gmx.de> wrote:
Aaron Griffin schrieb:
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Sonntag 15 Februar 2009 00:22:03 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
Ok, so when should we do the announcement?
I think not before tomorrow evening (now + 32h). ATM most of the mirrors haven't the isos yet.
Does now seem like a good time to put up a formal announcement?
please update http://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/instructions.txt before. See http://projects.archlinux.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=archiso.git;a=blobdiff;f=conf...
Steffen
Modified one thing - we also need to import the install guide dolby made (see installer git repo) into the wiki - anyone with SysOps permissions want to do that?
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Steffen Bönigk <boenki@gmx.de> wrote:
Aaron Griffin schrieb:
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Sonntag 15 Februar 2009 00:22:03 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
Ok, so when should we do the announcement?
I think not before tomorrow evening (now + 32h). ATM most of the mirrors haven't the isos yet.
Does now seem like a good time to put up a formal announcement?
please update http://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/instructions.txt before.
Done. Mirrors should sync that one faster :)
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:37:18 -0600 Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Sonntag 15 Februar 2009 00:22:03 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
Ok, so when should we do the announcement?
I think not before tomorrow evening (now + 32h). ATM most of the mirrors haven't the isos yet.
Does now seem like a good time to put up a formal announcement?
here's a simple script that requests '/iso/2009.02' on all mirrors from default /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and counts the file with 2009.02 in there name. My conclusion: we have quite a few mirrors who are not synced.. but will they ever? they had at least 2 days time :/ dieter@dieter-ws ~ for mirror in `tar -xf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/pacman-mirrorlist-20090108-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz -O | awk '/^Server = / {print $3}' | sed 's#/$repo/os/i686#/iso/2009.02/#'`; do echo -n ">> $mirror : "; wget "$mirror" -O - 2>/dev/null | grep -c '2009.02'; done
ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 http://archlinux.unixheads.org/iso/2009.02/ : 12 ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ :0 ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/iso/2009.02/ : 4 http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 13 ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ :0 http://archlinux.umflint.edu/mirrors/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/iso/2009.02/ : 13 http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 2 http://mirror.umoss.org/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 13 http://schlunix.org/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 2 http://mirror.archlinux.com.ve/iso/2009.02/ : 14 http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 2 ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/iso/2009.02/ : 13 ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 http://mirror2.archlinux.com.ve/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/iso/2009.02/ : 15 ftp://ftp.klid.dk/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 17 ftp://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ :16 http://mir.archlinux.fr/iso/2009.02/ : 13 ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr/Linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 15 ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 15 ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/i686/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://mirrors.igprolin-online.org/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ :16 http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ :24 ftp://mirrors.uk2.net/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/iso/2009.02/ : 11 ftp://mirror.lividpenguin.com/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 15 ftp://ftp.mfa.kfki.hu/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ :16 ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ :0 ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 http://mirror.archlinux.no/iso/2009.02/ : 13 ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 11 http://piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ :7 ftp://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ :9 http://unix.net.pl/archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/iso/2009.02/ : 3 ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 http://archlinux.freeside.ru/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu/iso/2009.02/ : 16 http://archlinux.puzzle.ch/iso/2009.02/ : 13 ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/pub/mirrors/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://archlinux.hell.org.ua/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 http://archlinux.cbn.net.id/iso/2009.02/ : 3 ftp://archlinux.cbn.net.id/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 4 http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 13 ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 0 ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 10 ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 16 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/iso/2009.02/ : 11
Am Montag, 16. Februar 2009 18:37:18 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am Sonntag 15 Februar 2009 00:22:03 schrieb Aaron Griffin:
Ok, so when should we do the announcement?
I think not before tomorrow evening (now + 32h). ATM most of the mirrors haven't the isos yet.
Does now seem like a good time to put up a formal announcement?
Yes, go ahead. I think most mirrors are in sync; we should recommoned bittorrent anyway. -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
I can lend my hand with seeding, at the benefit of 400kbps ;) ________________________________ From: Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> To: arch-releng@archlinux.org Sent: Saturday, 14 February, 2009 7:08:09 PM Subject: Re: [arch-releng] RC2 ISOs and final release Am Samstag 14 Februar 2009 17:13:03 schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
Should I just create the ftp dir and move the files in, so we can start distributing. We need at least two days to get those on the mirrors.
Ok, I moved the files to the ftp dir and renamed them. I also added the instrucstions and a md5sum file. I created ONE torrent for all files;I was to lazy to create one torrent per file. When I open this in Ktorrent it asks me which file to download. Please let me know if there are problems with other clients. I also added 10 mirrors as webseeds (again, I was too lazy to add all ~70 mirror by hand). Of course they are not synced yet. But it would be intersting if this works in one or two days later. ATM, I limited seeding to 80KB/s. I would be happy if some would join me seeding. Just download the RC2 ones and rename them; or wait until the webseeds are available. Pierre PS: Please don't announce those isos anywhere else yet. -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
Aaron Griffin wrote:
The new RC2 ISOs are up. http://dev.archlinux.org/~aaron/archiso/
Roadmap: http://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj6
Bugs fixed in RC1 and RC2: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12896 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12949 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13068 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13070 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13140 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13101 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13102 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13057 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13038 (I think that's it)
Please test the above bugs, and anything else on the bug tracker.
This should be pretty much the final ISO, so I'm just looking for some confirmations on the above bugs.
Known issues: grub "Release notes" is empty (whoops, blame me!)
Well now, no problems here (core-{i686,x86_64}.iso :). Same setup used since testing beta1, beta2, rc1, and now rc2. Happy Arch Linux, happy KISS! -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D
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Aaron Griffin
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Alexander De Sousa
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Dieter Plaetinck
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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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Gerhard Brauer
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Grigorios Bouzakis
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Loui Chang
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Mark Wood
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Pierre Schmitz
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Ranguvar
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Raul Leal
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Steffen Bönigk