[arch-releng] 2009.02 release notes . was: RC2 ISOs and final release

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:30:50 -0600
Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Dieter Plaetinck
> <dieter at 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