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19. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2015-04-22

* A few translation updates.

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Make size needed on / an entity, and bump its max to 310. Thanks Paolo
  Cavallini for the report and Laura Arjona Reina for the investigation!

18. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2015-03-28

[ Stéphane Blondon ]
* Improve html table aspect.
* Add missing "warning" icon.

[ Karsten Merker ]
* Add a "Debian-provided U-Boot (system firmware) images" subsection
  in the "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" section
  and add a link to the U-Boot images in the "Downloading Files from
  Debian Mirrors" section.
* Add a "Using pre-built SD-card images with the installer" subsection
  in the "Booting the Installer on ARM" section.
* Correct the number of supported architectures (arm64 and ppc64el are
  release architectures now).
* Add a "Pre-built netboot tarball" subsection for armhf in the
  "Booting by TFTP" section.
* Add a "Console configuration" subsection in the "Booting the Installer
  on ARM" section.
* Add information that the IXP4xx platform support in Jessie is limited
  to dist-upgrades from Wheezy, that new installations are not supported
  for the IXP4xx platform and that kernel support for it will definitely
  be dropped in Stretch.
* Add LinkSprite pcDuino3 to the list of supported armhf systems.
* Change http.debian.net references to httpredir.debian.org.

[ Holger Wansing ]
* Add ppc64el bits.

[ Wookey ]
* Update the "Supported Hardware" section for arm64.

[ Steve McIntyre ]
* Update stats for number of packages per arch, number of DDs and number
  of mailing lists
* Add mention of BD-ROM like CD/DVD
* Lots of updates to documentation about EFI
* Make USB boot a more prominent option for booting the installer on x86
* Remove the old hdX device names, switch to sdX for disks
* Various fixes for arm* support
* Loads of trivial translations.

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Add missing "set -e" in build/Makefile to trap build failures.
  Closes: #782673.
* Loads of trivial translations.
* Fix moving the html images when destination already contains a built
  manual. Closes: #782765.

17. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2015-01-04

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Rephrase documentation of grub-installer/bootdev to make it clear that it
  has to be specified. document that it can be preseeded with "default".
* Update preseed grub-style partition name from grub1 style (hd0,0) to grub2
  style (hd0,1).
* Avoid security issues while making an encrypted root password for a
  preseed file. Closes: #775718.
* Re-enable da language.

[ Stuart Prescott ]
* Advise users not to use unetbootin
* Suggest win32diskimager as an alternativee to unetbootin
* Explicitly list the netinst, CD-1 and DVD-1 images as "which image should
  I use" is a FAQ.

[ Karsten Merker ]
* Update the armhf platform support status.
* Update the u-boot USB boot command in the "Booting from a USB stick in
  u-boot" section as required by newer u-boot versions.

[ Holger Wansing ]
* Make year for copyright an entity.

[ Stéphane Blondon ]
* Add CSS for the html version.

16. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2014-12-30

[ Karsten Merker ]
* List the armel MV78xx0 platform as no longer supported in Jessie
  (support was removed with linux-image 3.16.2-1) and remove the
  mv78xx0 flavor from the architecture table.
* List the armel ixp4xx platform as (again) supported in Jessie.
  Support for it has been reenabled with kernel 3.16.
* List the Wandboard Quad as supported armhf platform (based on
  installation report #773127).
* Add a "Booting from a USB stick in u-boot" subsection in the
  "Booting the Installer on ARM" section.

[ Ben Hutchings ]
* Warn that one must copy hybrid images on whole USB sticks, not just a
  partition. Closes: #762024.

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Fix preseed name: netcfg/link_detection_timeout ->
  netcfg/link_wait_timeout. Thanks Julien Cristau for noticing.
* Update brltty URLs and version.
* Update preseeding of desktops and list of desktops.
* Add arm64 and ppc64el manual builds.
* Update tasks installation sizes.
* It is now possible to choose the installed desktop, and the default is now
  Gnome on x86. Closes: #764026.
* Fix documentation for -- after it was turned into --- for fixing #764675.
* Explicit that console=ttyS0,something has to be put after ---.

[ Baptiste Jammet ]
* Update installation-guide for no separated /usr. Closes: #772461.

15. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2014-09-16

[ Martin Michlmayr ]
* Remove information about Cobalt devices.

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Reference the DEBIAN_FRONTEND parameter in the accessibility section.
* Do not document a "d-i keymap" alias, it does not work, only the bootcommand
  keymap alias works.
* Emphasize about the issue of language/keyboard being by default asked before
  disk and network preseeding.
* Mention where filesystems are mounted for preseed commands.
* Fix setting up ssh access now that root with password is disabled by
  default. Closes: #756065.
* Add support for "any" and "x86" magics in preseed.pl. Closes: #758476.
* Update linux-x86 lowmem limits.
* Add arch-parallel build support.
* Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change).

[ Karsten Merker ]
* Update and extend the "Supported Hardware" section for armel
  and armhf:
    - update the architecture/subarch/flavor table
    - add general information about armel and armhf
    - add information about platform-specific and multiplatform kernels
    - update the platform support status
* Disable the "Booting the SS4000-E" section as it describes hardware
  which is not supported in Jessie anymore (Intel iop32-based NAS).
* Disable the references to the Thecus N2100 and the GLAN Tank in the
  "Where to Find Installation Images" section. Both are Intel
  iop32-based systems which are not supported in Jessie anymore.
* Add an "ARM firmware", a "Setting the ethernet MAC address
  in u-boot" and a "Kernel/Initrd/Device-Tree relocation issues in
  u-boot" subsection in the "Pre-Installation Hardware and
  Operating System Setup" section.
* Add a "Boot image formats" and a "TFTP-booting in u-boot" subsection
  in the "Booting the Installer on ARM" section.
* Add location information for the armmp flavor to the "Where to Find
  Installation Images" section.
* Add a "Making the system bootable with flash-kernel" subsection
  to the "Making Your System Bootable" section for arm platforms.
* Remove ia64, s390 and sparc from the supported architecture list
  for Jessie.
* Update several common entities for Jessie.
* Reword the "Installing Additional Software" section to make it
  easier to change the default desktop environment in the installation
  guide.
* Remove outdated reference to booting from floppy disks in the
  "Booting from CD-ROM" section.
* Add a "Systems with UEFI firmware" subsection and a
  "Disabling the Windows 8 'fast boot' feature" subsection in the
  "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" section.

[ Cyril Brulebois ]
* Drop installation-guide-ia64 package (commented out).
* Target release is now jessie.

[ Colin Watson ]
* Remove mention of partman's ability to copy data between partitions,
  since that relies on libparted's filesystem-handling code which is being
  removed.

[ Holger Wansing ]
* Drop s390, ia64 and sparc from control / archlist files for Jessie
  (means dropping installation-guide-s390 and installation-guide-sparc
  packages)
* Update manual for graphical installer being the default installer
  under i386 and amd64 for Jessie.
* Move contents of 'Graphical installer' appendix to regular parts
  of the manual.
* Remove references of loop-AES (no longer supported by the installer).

14. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2013-10-09

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Add /run directory to the tree summary.
* Document that we need to update the disk size figure in the boot help text
  too.
* Drop texlive-lang-finnish build-dep: Finnish is currently disabled.
* Replace texlive-lang-swedish build-dep with texlive-lang-european for
  hyphenation support, thanks Ansgar Burchardt for the hint.
* Drop texlive-lang-vietnamese build-dep, now provided by
  texlive-lang-other. Closes: #709759.
* chroot installation:
  - Advise to mount /proc before running MAKEDEV generic. Closes: #725398.
  - Advise to install ncurses-term for unusual TERM values. Closes: #725400.
* rules: Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
* control: Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes).

[ Holger Wansing ]
* Removal of references to 'volatile'.

13. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2013-05-03

[ Vincent McIntyre ]
* Clearly distinguish between auto boot label and auto=true kernel
  parameter.

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Add some details about serial console boot parameter.
* Rework the auto wording.
* Default fs is ext4, not ext3. Thanks Regid Ichira for the report.
* Apply killall.sh -> kill-all-dhcp renaming, thanks Yoshito Komatsu for the
  report. Closes: #705819.
* Switch from dhcp3-server to isc-dhcp-server, thanks Salvatore Bonaccorso
  for the report.Closes: #706103.
* Stop advising to use init 1 to restart servers. Thanks Regid Ichira for
  the report.
* Make it clear that dark theme is about colors.

[ Jakub Wilk ]
* Fix some typos. Closes: #705311.

[ Milan Kupcevic ]
* How to boot YDL Powerstation from factory default CD/DVD drive.
* Update list of supported PowerPC machines.

12. By Cyril Brulebois on 2013-04-08

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Document IPv6 preseeding. Thanks Vincent McIntyre for the suggestion.
* Rename disable_dhcp into disable_autoconfig, the former is now deprecated.
* Document that IPv6 autoconfiguration is disabled along DHCP.
* Disable outdated Catalan and Finnish translations.
* Update installation sizes.
* Document that the mirror host name actually has to be a URL base for now.
* Suffix web documents with http lang ids rather than locale lang ids, for
  working content-language negociation.
* Fix space typo reported by Enrico Zini.
* Fix spurious syncs reported by Enrico Zini.
* Fix Linux kernel package version, reported by Enrico Zini.
* /etc/adjtime is not automatically built by debootstrap any more, document
  how to create it.

[ Milan Kupcevic ]
* Debian-installer partition table editing tool not compatible with
  MacOS 9. Closes: #604134.

11. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2013-02-08

[ Brian Potkin ]
* Remove references to businesscard images, which are no more.
* Document how to get back from help to menu.
* Improve documentation about kernel modules needing firmwares, including
  how to look for “firmware” in dmesg's output. Closes: #695403.
* Improve documentation about user accounts: move it to the right place
  and explain how setting an empty root password leads to sudo being
  installed. Closes: #692314.
* Explain how to include firmware or packages on a USB stick built by hand.
* Explain one can use a USB stick while having booted another
  way. Closes: #692309.

[ Salvatore Bonaccorso ]
* Fix typo in network configuration preseed example snipped
  Closes: #691164

[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Update lowmem, disk usage, package numbers, lists number values.
* Fix po detection.
* Fix bogus URLs, thanks Brian Potkin for the hint. Closes: #692310.
* Document speakup shortcuts for speed and volume.
* Add wiki URL for installed system accessibility.
* Provide more details on software speech synthesis support.

[ Holger Wansing ]
* Fix location of UTC vs local timezone configuration. Closes: #699297.

10. By Samuel Thibault <email address hidden> on 2012-10-10

Replace \n with spaces from getfromlist output in buildweb.sh.
Closes: #690065.