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* Resynchronise with Debian. Remaining changes:
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- Build only English (for now, until we figure out how to avoid trashing
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translations quite so badly with Ubuntu branding etc.).
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- Build only Ubuntu architectures (amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, powerpc,
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- Extensive (although possibly incomplete) Ubuntu branding, adjustments
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for our mirror layout, etc.
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- Add "Ubuntu and Debian" and "What is Ubuntu?" section, text borrowed
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from the Ubuntu web site. Disable the "What is Debian GNU/Linux?"
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- Direct installation reports to ubuntu-users for now.
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- Adjust various memory and disk space requirements. Talk about the
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default Ubuntu desktop and Ubuntu tasks rather than Debian tasks.
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- Document mounting /sys in various places.
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- Unset supports-floppy-boot for all our architectures.
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- Add a few more supports-floppy-boot and bootable-usb conditionals.
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- Document our root password and sudo arrangements.
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- Document netboot-style USB images. Still mention the hd-media images,
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but they're downplayed since many USB sticks are too small for a full
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- Document Kickstart installations (currently only the basics, a
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reference to Red Hat's documentation, and the differences from
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- Note that an empty preseed file is equivalent to a normal manual
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- Rename doc-base.TEMPLATE to TEMPLATE.doc-base.
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- Update keyboard preseeding documentation for console-setup.
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- Update chroot-install guide for console-setup and language packs; add
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a bit more advice about installing grub.
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- Remove text talking about devfs-style device names, which are no
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- Fix links to web copies of installation manual and example preseed
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* Bump kernelversion to 2.6.22.
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* Bump GNOME version to 2.20.
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* Bump release version and names for Gutsy (LP: #119177).
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* Refer to the standard task rather than ubuntu-standard.
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* Disable documentation of the GTK frontend.
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* Remove latex-hangul-ucs-hlatex build-dependency, as we don't build for
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-- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:52:44 +0100
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* Cleaned up definitions of some entities and removed unused ones.
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* Implement infrastructure that allows entities to be translated.
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Thanks to Miroslav Kure for providing the patch. Closes: #344048, #406515.
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* Disable Korean PDF/PS formats for builds for the website.
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* appendix/files: update information about mouse configuration, based on a
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patch from Peter Samuelson (for which thanks). Closes: #406290.
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* boot-installer, appendix/preseed: document preseed/interactive parameter.
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* Fix package name for installation-reports, and manual unfuzzy of all
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translations. Closes: #408408
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- make links to FSF and GNU more consistent (closes: #410317)
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- we do not necessarily share the ideals of the FSF (closes: #410129)
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Thanks to Francesco Poli for suggesting these changes.
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* using-d-i: guided partitioning now creates swap inside LVM.
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Thanks to Francesco Poli. Closes: #411399.
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* Document installs over PPPoE. Based on a text proposed by Eddy Petrisor.
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* installation-howto: update for the integration of base-config into D-I.
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- as exim no longer asks any questions during installations, there is no
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real need to document it anymore
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- add link to Philip Hand's website as it contains many creative examples
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- document how to select the ftp protocol during mirror selection
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- document how to install from CD/DVD only (and not use a network mirror)
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* Update base/standard system and task sizes.
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* Document debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated.
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* Update mac68k installation after notes from Finn Thain, upstream mac68k
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* Replace entity in example-preseed.txt file. Thanks to Geert Stappers for
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spotting the error. Closes: #413257.
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-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:00:12 +0100
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* Enable Catalan, Brazillian, Korean and Spanish again.
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* Enable new Hungarian translation.
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-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:41:57 +0100
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* Document new pkgsel/include setting.
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* Fix incorrect documentation on preseeding additional apt sources.
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* Fix typo in hppa hardware support documentation
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(https://launchpad.net/bugs/55164).
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* Adjust chroot-install guide to take account of debootstrap being
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Architecture: all now (https://launchpad.net/bugs/64765).
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* Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall and Holger Wansing.
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Closes: #378404, #370484, #370425.
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* Update instructions on how to set module parameters for PLIP installation.
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* Update chroot install instructions to use aptitude instead of apt-get.
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* Add /srv in overview of directory tree in partitioning appendix.
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* Update section on partitioning using LVM to reflect recent changes.
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* Apply various patches by or based on suggestions from Nathanael Nerode.
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Some of the bigger changes include:
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- Update of processor support for the i386 architecture.
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- Update information on setting up a RARP server.
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* Add variant for the AMD64 architecture. Closes: #305977.
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* Suppress warnings about missing IDs for sections and such.
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* Reorganize supported hardware table; i386 no longer has flavors.
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* Document SMP-alternatives as one of the variants of SMP support.
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* Document how to shut down the system. Based on patch from Holger Levsen.
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* Update information about booting with encrypted partitions.
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* Update preseeding docs to document listing more than one disk for
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partman-auto/disk and grub-installer/bootdev
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* Add support for Korean PDF output. Requires latex-hangul-ucs-hlatex.
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* Update preseeding documentation for partman-auto.
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* Correct error for alpha netboot installations. Thanks to Aurélien Géröme.
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* Correct number of release arches. Thanks to Holger Wansing. Closes: #384321.
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* Minor corrections suggested by Malcolm Parsons. Closes: #388138.
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* Document new boot parameters theme and directfb/hw-accel.
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* Remove now obsolete distinction between classic and common kpkg.
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* Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.17.
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* Set default value for manual_release in build wrapper scripts.
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* Add new section in preseeding appendix on partman-auto-raid. Not included
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in preseed text file as it is still somewhat experimental.
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* Document changes in guided partitioning and added encrypted LVM support.
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* Disable m68k for official builds as it is not a release architecture.
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* buildweb.sh: use 'mv -f' to avoid errors during builds on the webserver.
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* Minor corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall. Closes: #394413, #394471.
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* Update task sizes as per D-I RC1.
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* New troubleshooting section on how to deal with CD-ROM related problems.
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* Document how to pass parameters to kernel modules on boot.
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* Document how to install KDE instead of Gnome in the section on pkgsel.
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* Update for recent floppy changes.
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* Remove hardcoded paths to executables in buildone.sh.
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* Set HOME to a temporary directory before running w3m, to avoid it
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trying to write to a home directory that may not exist on the buildds.
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* Update the installation report template to match current one in
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* Clarify how -- affects which parameters end up in the target system's
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bootloader's command line.
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* Applied Phil's auto mode documentation patch, edited it, and moved
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some things around for clarity. Closes: #395910
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* Document auto=true boot parameter.
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* Add condition "g-i" for arches that support the graphical installer.
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* Document mouse/left boot parameter.
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* Explain usage of "owner" prefix when setting values for debconf variables
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intended for the target system at the boot prompt.
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* Give some examples of preseeding questions from the boot prompt.
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* Document how to install the KDE desktop environment instead of GNOME.
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* Don't list unsupported frontends in boot parameters section.
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* Minor corrections suggested by Tapio Lehtonen. Closes: #397790.
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* Minor corrections suggested by Holger Wansing. Closes: #397974.
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* Mention that RiscPC support is incomplete.
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* Mention Intel IOP32x support.
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* Talk about ixp4xx rather than the more specific nslu2.
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* Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.18.
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* Minor corrections and some rewrites based on suggestions from
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Clytie Siddall. Closes: #367861, #380588.
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* Update Sparc specific information and document common installation issues
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for Sparc. Many thanks to Jurij Smakov for reviewing the Sparc manual and
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for his overview of issues.
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* Etch ships with X.Org 7.1.
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* Update number of developers, packages and mailing lists.
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* General revision of minimum hardware requirements throughout the manual.
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* Update of installed/download size of tasks.
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* Document the graphical installer, including the main known issues.
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* Avoid generating XML files multiple times for translations using PO files
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when using build.sh or buildweb.sh sripts.
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- Add note for m68k that it is not a release architecture for Etch.
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- Remove ancient section on parity RAM. Closes: #403035.
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- Update documenation for Sparc, based on patch by Jurij Smakov.
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- PowerPC/APUS is currently not supported; removed from hardware table.
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- Remove sun4cd (sparc32) from and add sun4v (sparc64) in hardware table.
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- Rewrite of NIC support, document wireless support (for selected arches)
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and explain issues surrounding drivers that require firmware.
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- Clean out ancient hardware issues.
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* boot-installer/parameters:
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- Document anna/choose_modules and mirror/protocol boot parameters.
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- Use a clearer way to list the short form of parameters.
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- Document new option to blacklist kernel modules.
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* boot-installer/trouble:
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- Fix reference to Save debug logs menu option.
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Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402439.
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- Add a note that installation reports will be published.
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- All architectures that support TFTP booting also support DCHP, so remove
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the "supports-dhcp" condition.
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- According to the text, Alpha supports BOOTP.
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- Use dhcp3-server for examples rather than dhcp (version 2).
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- tftpd-hpa does not use /tftpboot by default; allow for this in examples.
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- Extend description of lowmem installs based on a patch suggested by
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Holger Wansing. Closes: #400263.
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- Remove reference to apt guide (not installed by default) and obsolete
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debian-guide. Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402492.
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- As lynx is no longer installed, suggest w3m as text based browser.
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- Explain how to browse /usr/share/doc/ using a graphical web browser.
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- Mention documentation packages.
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- Clarify what happens on first boot and how to get help to in case of
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- Remove section on reactivating Windows; the installer should detect it
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automatically after all. Closes: #402437.
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- Add extended section on email configuration (moved from using-d-i as
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exim4 now configures for "local mail only" by default). Closes: #402857.
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- Clarifications based on comments from Tapio Lehtonen and Holger Wansing.
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* appendix/chroot-install:
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- Changes suggested in review by Wiktor Wandachowicz. Closes: #394929.
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* Prepare for release. This release is mostly for testing purposes, the real
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release targeted at Etch will be next week.
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* Add and enable amd64 architecture.
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* Update control file for dropped m68k and added amd64 architectures.
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* Disable Catalan, Korean, Spanish and Brazillian translations as they are
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* Enable Finnish translation.
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