This may sound completely n00b. But this is my first time trying out Debian
RC release...how do I update from RC1?
Thanks
On Mar 27, 2015 7:01 PM, "Cyril Brulebois" wrote:
> The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the second release
> candidate of the installer for Debian 8 "Jessie".
>
>
> Improvements in this release of the installer
> =
>
> * brltty-udeb:
> - Make grub beep at boot when brltty was used during installation
> (#774536).
> * console-setup:
> - Fix default keymap/layout for several languages.
> * debian-installer:
> - Keep track of more packages in Built-Using (#696418, #700026).
> * libdebian-installer:
> - Fix possible segfault on armel/armhf (#776488).
> * systemd:
> - Enable tty 2 to 6 even when dbus is not installed (#772700).
> * tasksel:
> - Remove pm-utils from the desktop and laptop tasks.
> - Remove libgl1-mesa-dri from the desktop task.
> - When a desktop is preseeded, only enable that desktop (#771576).
> - Also install libreoffice-gtk along gnome-orca, to make LibreOffice
> accessible (#773763).
>
>
> Hardware support changes
>
>
> * debian-installer:
> - Provide u-boot binaries for armhf systems without u-boot in flash.
> - Add a workaround for the console baudrate mismatch on some
> i.MX6-based systems.
> * debian-installer, network-console, oldsys-preseed:
> - Add support for Buffalo Linkstation LS-CHLv2/LS-XHL (#744714,
> #744715, #744716).
> * grub2:
> - Add support for running a 64-bit Linux kernel on a 32-bit EFI
> (#775202).
> - Fix UEFI boot failure with some firmware that returns incorrect
> paths (#735960).
> * linux:
> - [armhf] Add support for OMAP5432 uEVM (#772953).
> - [arhmf] Add device-tree for LinkSprite pcDuino V3 (#774067).
> - [arm64] Ensure efivars and efi-pstore are loaded on EFI systems
> (#773309).
> - udeb: Add i2c-designware-{core,platform} to i2c-modules and
> i2c-hid to input-modules (#772578).
> - [amd64] Enable EFI_MIXED to support Bay Trail systems.
> - efi: Expose underlying UEFI firmware platform size to userland, to
> support installation on Bay Trail systems (#775191).
> - [armhf] Add DTB for Olimex A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 (#777455).
> - [armhf] Enable CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_GPIO as a module (#778783).
> - [armhf] Enable FB_SIMPLE on sunxi platform, backporting fixes and
> DTS entries.
> - [x86] ACPI / video: Add disable_native_backlight quirk for various
> Samsung models and Dell XPS15 L521X (#772440).
> - [x86] ALSA: Enable SND_SOC, SND_SOC_INTEL_SST,
> SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL_MACH, SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_RT5640_MACH,
> SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_MAX98090_MACH as modules (#773835).
> - arcmsr: Backport changes up to Linux 3.18 (#698821).
> - drm: Enable DRM_BOCHS, DRM_QXL as modules (qxl disabled by default
> but can be forced with modeset=1).
> - Add support for Bananapro board (#779311).
> * u-boot:
> - Backport support for the LeMaker Banana Pro board (#779908).
> - Backport support for A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 (#777466).
>
>
> Localization status
> ===
>
> * 75 languages are supported in this release.
> * Full translation for 19 of them.
>
>
> Known bugs in this release
> ==
>
> * Possible hang with DHCPv6 stateful addressing (#768188).
> * Network connectivity required during hd-media installs on several
>armel/armhf/arm64 platforms (#780994).
>
> See the errata[2] for details and a full list of known issues.
>
>
> Feedback for this release
> =
>
> We need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so
> please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will
> need are available at our web site[3].
>
>
> Thanks
> ==
>
> The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this
> release.
>
> 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team
> 2. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
> 3. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer
>
> --
> Cyril Brulebois
> on behalf of the Debian Installer Team
>
