[arch-releng] 2009.08 release announcement draft

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:34:04 -0500
Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Dieter Plaetinck<dieter at plaetinck.be>
> wrote:
> > * added Gerhard's changes
> > * add link to download section.  I guess that's pretty important
> > too ;)
> > * line6: sed 's/including/which includes/'
> > * filled in link to ticket about grub booting problem
> > * made better hyperlinks everywhere + link to 2009.02 when
> > mentioning it at the end
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Arch community,
> >
> > We hereby present you the 2009.08 snapshot images
> The 2009.08 snapshot images are now available! (and just make this all
> one paragraph with the next stuff)
> 
> > These images are the first fruits of our new arch-releng build
> > environment on the sevenL server.
> Interesting, but it really has no need to be in this release
> announcement, I'd just cut it.
> 
> > They are built from a current snapshot of core, which includes
> > kernel 2.6.30.4-1, udev 141-5 and pacman 3.3.0-2.
> [core]
> 
> >
> > Changes compared to 2009.02:
> Changes since the 2009.02 release:
> 
> > - more up-to-date software (see above)
> see what above? Either put it all above or all here, I wouldn't split
> it up. Just something like (after dropping the above sentence) would
> work:
>  - up-to-date packages including kernel 2.6.30.4-1, udev 141-5 and
> pacman 3.3.0-2 (pacman 3.3.0-3 ?)
> 
> > - usage of new AIF installer, which brings:
> >  * better disk editor with support for dm_crypt and lvm setups
> >  * support for automated installations using config files
> > (deprecates quickinst)
> >  * a framework to build your own installation procedures
> >  * better date/time setting with ntp support
> "enhanced date/time setting", "better" is a vague word
> >  * refactored grub installation routines
> >  * usability improvements
> > - aufs instead of unionfs
> > - enhanced boot device detection on image start
> > - ftp images are renamed to netinstall to avoid confusion
> > - bugfixes (xfs freeze, mirror setting, clock correctness, network
> > settings, ...)
> > - and much more...
> >
> >
> > <a href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:2009.08">
> > detailed package list and additional snapshot information</a>
> >
> >
> > <a
> > href="http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=&project=6&due[]=59&due[]=67&due[]=72&status[]">A
> > detailed list of closed tickets</a>
> >
> > As you can see, just like with <a
> > href="http://www.archlinux.org/news/434/>2009.02</a> there have
> > been some huge changes.
> "large changes"
> > We should be more settled now and hopefully it will be more
> > straightforward to build snapshots in the future. Time will
> > tell ;-).
> Our release process has become more streamlined now and hopefully...
Well, I wanted to emphasize that things like switching to aif, the ext4 support in the previous release etc were big changes,
and now it should be more "finetuning". (so this is about the actual product, not the release process)
> 
> >
> > As usual, the images come in iso and img flavors, with grub and
> > isolinux for people <a
> > href="http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11408">whose cd-rom drive
> > doesn't work with grub</a> Due to all mentioned changes, the <a
> > href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide">installation
> > guide</a> has also been overhauled. The new guide is for now only
> > available in English but we'll add other versions when we receive
> > translated versions.
> >
> > <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/download/">Download the new
> > snapshots</a>
> 
> Your friendly native English speaker,
> 
> -Dan

Other then my note, I'll incorporate the changes.
Now I only need news-posting abilities..
(see http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15872)

Dieter