1 casper (1.63) edgy; urgency=low
4 * Change "Live CD user" to "live session user" in the adduser script.
6 * Only disable l-r-m and anacron if they are installed.
7 * Make sure laptop-detect is installed before trying to call it.
8 * Do not install init script from the initramfs any more. It should
9 have rc.d links already in the squashfs.
10 * Minor build system fixes.
11 * Remove ubuntu-specific branding from the default casper.
12 * Install default configuration file and make it end up in the
15 * Add stacked file system support
18 * Added possibility to set locale on chroot, not only at runtime.
19 * Updated 14locales to latest debian policy.
20 * Wait for persistent devices for 30 seconds, not 1500.
21 * Make sure that readahead-list is installed before chmod -x'ing it.
22 * Only copy devmapper relevant files if devmapper is installed.
23 * Get rid of CD references and replace with medium or other appropriate.
26 * USB devices can have ID_PATH with pci-*-usb, too.
28 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:20:51 +0200
30 casper (1.61) edgy; urgency=low
32 * Move PATH setting to top of casper script to avoid silliness where
33 PATH isn't correctly set.
35 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:53:59 +0200
37 casper (1.60) edgy; urgency=low
39 * Change start symlinks to kill symlinks for anacron, to avoid it being
40 started by invoke-rc.d and similar.
41 * Rearrange source package.
42 * Redo how the init script works and require it to be installed in the
44 * Bump version number to be higher than Debian's so we don't
47 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 31 May 2006 00:01:40 +0200
49 casper (1.58) dapper; urgency=low
51 * Really rename properly, without dirname.
53 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Tue, 30 May 2006 22:47:04 +0100
55 casper (1.57) dapper; urgency=low
57 * Rename the anacron rc.d/S* symlinks to K*, instead of removing them.
58 Because otherwise pbbuttonsd decides that starting anacron on the
59 LiveCD would be a clever thing to do.
61 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 24 May 2006 23:06:04 +0100
63 casper (1.56) dapper; urgency=low
65 * Hopefully work a bit better when checking DVDs on 32 bit
67 * Do an explicit read from /dev/console when waiting for keypress after
68 CD/DVD has been ejected.
70 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 May 2006 16:43:03 +0200
72 casper (1.55) dapper; urgency=low
74 * Reconfigure gnome-power-manager when doing live installations.
77 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 May 2006 11:16:46 +0200
79 casper (1.54) dapper; urgency=low
82 * Set large print fonts for the v1 accessibility profile. Closes
86 * Fix preseed/file handling (closes: Malone #43683).
88 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 18 May 2006 19:36:24 +0200
90 casper (1.53) dapper; urgency=low
93 * Disable fglrx and nvidida drivers by default. Somewhat addresses
97 * Pass all command-line preseed arguments (other than preseed/file) to
100 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 May 2006 10:14:36 +0200
102 casper (1.52) dapper; urgency=low
104 * Export the path in casper-reconfigure so X and friends actually have
107 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 11 May 2006 21:04:11 +0200
109 casper (1.51) dapper; urgency=low
112 * casper-bottom/30accessibility:
113 - Removed stale reference to acessx_applet.
114 - Fix some typos for gconf values that had to be set as lists.
117 * Pass debian-installer/locale to /root's debconf db (closes: Malone
119 * Identify ourselves as casper when communicating with debconf.
120 * Factor out preseeding code into casper-preseed; this knows that it only
121 needs to register a question if it fails to set it, which saves memory
122 by avoiding debconf having to rewrite templates.dat.
123 * Preseed kbd-chooser/method as well as debian-installer/keymap, so that
124 kbd-chooser run from ubiquity picks up the selected keyboard (closes:
126 * Use new dpkg-reconfigure --no-reload option (debconf 1.4.72ubuntu6) to
127 avoid needlessly rewriting templates.dat.
130 * Add ... to the end of all usplash messages. Malone #43856
131 * Add maybe_break casper-bottom to allow breaking before running bottom
132 scripts. Malone #43860
133 * Don't show the name of the live cd user that's added.
134 * Mount COW filesystem if show-cow is present on the kernel command line.
136 * Disable the Kubuntu update notifier too. Malone #43806
137 * Disable hibernation and enable sleep where appropriate. Malone #23882
139 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 11 May 2006 12:11:08 +0200
141 casper (1.50) dapper; urgency=low
144 * Fixed some typos, and added missing settings to some accessibility
145 profiles, as they were either not working properly, or at all. Malone:
147 * Removed the desktop wallpaper, and changed the background colour to gray
148 for the v1 accessibility profile.
149 * Set the whiteglass mouse theme for the v1 accessibility profile.
150 * Moved the gconftool-2 -s flag to individual gct calls, to allow for future
151 use of gconftool-2 flags that are incompatible with -s.
154 * Allow custom HOST, USERNAME, USERFULLNAME. Malone: #42118
156 - debian/casper.dir: Add examples dir
157 - debian/casper.conf: Explain briefly how to use new variables
158 - debian/rules: Install casper.conf as example_conf_casper
161 * Stylistic changes to Daniele's changes.
163 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 2 May 2006 14:12:31 +0200
165 casper (1.49) dapper; urgency=low
167 * Also look for hardware named wlan*
169 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:37:13 +0100
171 casper (1.48) dapper; urgency=low
173 * Write /etc/network/interfaces entries for eth0, eth1, eth2, ath0 and
174 wlan0 if there's no hardware detected for them; as it may be plugged
177 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:31:38 +0100
179 casper (1.47) dapper; urgency=low
182 * Turn on debugging of the X config.
183 * Log to a file which gets copied to /var/log/casper.log. Malone: #39895
184 * Only pick UTF-8 locales. Malone: #40178
185 * Use correct /root rather than /target for seeing what version of
186 gnome-panel-data is installed.
187 * Make festival (and probably some other apps) happier by using
188 127.0.1.1 for our ubuntu hostname and 127.0.0.1 just resolves to
190 * Make casper-md5check read from tty8 since it wants to get keypresses
191 from the active console (where usplash runs). Malone: #40490.
192 * Copy /etc/modules when installing with ubiquity. Malone: #40311
193 * /etc/gdm/gdm-cdd.conf can be a symlink. Cope with that. Malone: #40767
196 * ubiquity-casper conflicts/replaces espresso-casper.
198 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:41:14 +0200
200 casper (1.46) dapper; urgency=low
202 * Use debian-installer/dummy for preseeding rather than espresso/dummy,
203 since the latter was removed in espresso 0.99.38.
204 * espresso is being renamed to ubiquity. Rename espresso-casper to
205 ubiquity-casper to match.
207 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:52:48 +0100
209 casper (1.45) dapper; urgency=low
212 * [share/shutdown] Disable the usplash timeout and wrap the prompt to two
216 * Use devmapper for ia64, hppa and sparc.
218 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:36:49 +0200
220 casper (1.44) dapper; urgency=low
222 * Reset the timeout after casper-premount has run so we're sure that the
223 timeout is what we want it to be. Udev seems to change it too.
224 * Remove a few set -x commands to make the boot slightly less verbose.
225 * Fix 10adduser to actually install the correct icons for espresso.
227 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:20:53 +0200
229 casper (1.43) dapper; urgency=low
231 * Copy espresso-kdeui.desktop file to user's desktop
232 Branch at http://kubuntu.org/~jriddell/bzr/casper/trunk/
234 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:37:49 +0100
236 casper (1.42) dapper; urgency=low
239 * casper-bottom/30accessibility:
240 - Removed some settings from accessibility profiles as these are now
241 in the relevant packages.
244 * Make sure to call gconftool as the right user. Malone #38408
245 * Write an entry for / in fstab. Hopefully fixes Malone #34330
246 * Change gdm-cdd.conf if it exists, not gdm.conf. Malone #37467
247 * Really disable update-notifier, this time by removing the correct
250 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:43:24 +0200
252 casper (1.41) dapper; urgency=low
254 * Don't mkdir then install -D, just install -D (this should prevent
255 ~ubuntu/Desktop being owned by root)
257 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:52:42 +0200
259 casper (1.40) dapper; urgency=low
261 * Add snd_powermac to /etc/modules on ppc. (Malone: #27862)
262 * Use chmod -x instead of mv to disable readahead in order to not
264 * Reboot the system when a key is pressed at the end of the integrity
265 check. (Malone: #29203)
266 * Use usplash_write too when doing shutdown. (Malone: #34537)
268 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:09:49 +0200
270 casper (1.39) dapper; urgency=low
273 * Disable update-notifier by default, as it won't make much sense for
277 * Clear out user-setup questions from the debconf database after creating
278 the live CD user, to avoid confusing espresso into offering "Ubuntu
279 LiveCD user" as the user's default full name.
281 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:38:39 +0100
283 casper (1.38) dapper; urgency=low
285 * Disable readahead since it breaks too much with squashfs and unionfs.
287 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:43:39 +0100
289 casper (1.37) dapper; urgency=low
291 * Add support for having the squashfs directly on a device, thanks to
292 Paul Sladen for idea and a patch.
293 * If a directory "Examples" exists in ~ after we've run adduser, move it
294 to the Desktop subdirectory for greater visibility.
296 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:55:50 +0100
298 casper (1.36) dapper; urgency=low
301 * Fix typo in find_cow_device so block devices didn't work at all.
302 Malone #31639. Thanks to Richard Nemec for the catch.
303 * Update accessibility framework, thanks to Luke Yelavich.
306 * Move the /cdrom mount into the new root filesystem.
308 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:13:54 +0100
310 casper (1.35) dapper; urgency=low
312 * Check for preseed/file= in /proc/cmdline and feed any given file to
313 debconf-set-selections.
315 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:32:02 +0000
317 casper (1.34) dapper; urgency=low
320 * Add initial accessibility support framework
322 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:36:07 +0100
324 casper (1.33) dapper; urgency=low
326 * Make sure Desktop and the espresso-$ui.desktop is owned by the Ubuntu
328 * Fix check for rc6.d/S90reboot at the bottom of 25configure_init to
329 actually look in the right place.
330 * Make me the maintainer of the package.
332 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:49:02 +0100
334 casper (1.32) dapper; urgency=low
336 * Fix copying of /usr/share/applications/espresso-gtkui.desktop.
338 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:47:15 +0000
340 casper (1.31) dapper; urgency=low
343 * Print message about rebooting the system when the md5 check is
345 * Just have one copy of the casper shutdown scripts and symlink those
346 into the right place. Malone #20978
349 * Copy /usr/share/applications/espresso-gtkui.desktop to the live CD
352 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:52:16 +0100
354 casper (1.30) dapper; urgency=low
356 * Set a blank password for the ubuntu user. This hopefully resolves
358 * Pass keyboard layout information to xserver-xorg in the "new" scheme.
359 * Set up the right console keymap.
361 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:48:14 +0100
363 casper (1.29) dapper; urgency=low
366 * Fix typo in 22gnome_panel_data
367 * Configure all detected network interfaces.
368 * Add support for putting the persistent storage in a loopback file on
370 * Configure all detected network interfaces.
371 * Allow putting the live filesystem image on a VFAT volume
372 * Allow putting the persistent storage in a loopback file on a VFAT
377 * Change casper-reconfigure to take the target root filesystem as its
379 * Add espresso-casper package with hooks to repeat some things done by
380 casper in the installed system.
382 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:25:45 +0100
384 casper (1.28) dapper; urgency=low
386 * Depend on user-setup
387 * First shot at IEEE1394 support. Add sbp2 and ohci1394 as modules to
388 be copied into the initramfs.
390 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:06:35 +0100
392 casper (1.27) dapper; urgency=low
394 * Try using unionfs on ppc again
396 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:55:19 +0100
398 casper (1.26) dapper; urgency=low
400 * Add persistency support
401 * Usplash integration
403 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:53:54 +0100
405 casper (1.25) dapper; urgency=low
407 * Make /rofs available to in the target system.
409 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:25:12 +0100
411 casper (1.24) dapper; urgency=low
413 * For debconf-communicate, use a here-doc rather than trying to have \n
414 working in shell variables.
415 * The usplash fifo has moved, update paths accordingly. Also conflict
416 with the old usplash and depend on new enough initramfs-tools.
418 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:20:37 +0100
420 casper (1.23) dapper; urgency=low
422 * Move the building to binary-dep, since we're an arch: any package
425 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:37:31 +0100
427 casper (1.22) dapper; urgency=low
429 * Bunch debconf-communicate commands together to speed up the boot a
431 * Add integrity checker, this is compiled code, so casper is now arch:
434 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:56:13 +0100
436 casper (1.21) dapper; urgency=low
438 * If locale is unset, use en_US.UTF8, not whatever comes first in the
439 list of supported locales.
440 * Generate locale and set the locale in /etc/environment
441 * Use user-setup to create the user, rather than doing it ourselves.
442 * Various cleanups and fixes, such as making debconf-communicate silent
443 * Disable checkroot when booting
445 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 2 Jan 2006 11:00:25 +0100
447 casper (1.20) dapper; urgency=low
449 * Remove a large bunch of debugging output
450 * Depend on dmsetup so the hook script can copy in that
451 * Handle both squashfs and cloop images, with run-time detection
452 * Use devmapper + cloop on powerpc, not unionfs, since unionfs is a
454 * Make sure we have both SCSI and IDE CDROM modules available in the
456 * Do some initial keyboard setup handling so X will, at least in some
457 cases, have a chance of giving the user a sane keymap.
459 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:23:13 +0100
461 casper (1.19) dapper; urgency=low
463 * Switch to initramfs, so casper only survives in spirit
464 * Use unionfs instead of a writeable devmapper snapshot
465 * Remove all debconfiscation, since we're an initramfs script now
466 * Make the postinst call update-initramfs -u
467 * Mount the CD read-only explicitly
468 * Make udevinfo silent if the device is not found.
470 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:22:45 +0100
472 casper (1.18) breezy; urgency=low
474 * Update translations from Rosetta: Greek, Spanish, French, Hungarian,
475 Brazilian Portuguese.
477 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:05:02 +0100
479 casper (1.17) breezy; urgency=low
481 * Set /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock if gnome-screensaver is installed
483 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:24:35 -0700
485 casper (1.16) breezy; urgency=low
487 * Install a fake script in /lib/debian-installer.d/S72menu-exit after
488 pivoting that just calls sleep, to prevent scary console messages as d-i
489 tries to exit without its root filesystem.
491 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:28:06 +0100
493 casper (1.15) breezy; urgency=low
495 * Neutralize branding in startup message
496 * Use clear in addition to reset, in hopes of concealing error messages on
497 the console from d-i's death throes
499 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:24:14 -0700
501 casper (1.14) breezy; urgency=low
503 * Set RUNNING_UNDER_GDM=yes in the user's environment to stop xscreensaver
504 locking the screen (Ubuntu #7150).
506 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:37:00 +0100
508 casper (1.13) breezy; urgency=low
510 * Use reset, rather than clear, to clean up after the colored dialogs on vt1
512 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:09:45 -0700
514 casper (1.12) breezy; urgency=low
516 * Kill bterm after pivoting so that we can use vt1 rather than vt2,
517 thereby avoiding a fight between gdm and the X server (closes: Ubuntu
520 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:48:40 +0100
522 casper (1.11) breezy; urgency=low
524 * Remove debugging code which crept into 1.10
525 * Revert changes to casper-udeb.postinst which were intended for
526 starting usplash earlier (pre-1.10)
528 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:43:03 -0700
530 casper (1.10) breezy; urgency=low
532 * Instead of starting usplash directly, create an init script which will
533 start it later (after the new init), to avoid it being killed by
536 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:26:58 -0700
538 casper (1.9) breezy; urgency=low
540 * Remember to re-run 30copy-dev from 94usplash, in order to preserve the
541 device nodes clobbered by udev
542 * Redirect stdin of /etc/init.d/udev from /dev/console, to avoid
543 incredibly obnoxious 60-second sleep because it thinks we're
546 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:30:38 -0700
548 casper (1.8) breezy; urgency=low
550 * Add usplash support
552 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:30:57 -0700
554 casper (1.7) breezy; urgency=low
556 * Set DEBUG_XORG_PACKAGE=yes when reconfiguring xserver-xorg. The
557 output is only written to post.log and isn't visible to the user, and
558 can be invaluable for debugging
560 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:25:38 -0700
562 casper (1.6) breezy; urgency=low
564 * Use debconf-copydb again (thanks, Tollef)
565 * Rename pre.d/20xconfig to pre.d/20prexconfig so that it is distinct from
566 post.d/20xconfig for purposes of the progress bar (no text for it; it's
569 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:55:24 -0700
571 casper (1.5) breezy; urgency=low
573 * Call MAKEDEV console in post.d/20xconfig as a workaround for bug
576 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:24:06 -0700
578 casper (1.4) breezy; urgency=low
580 * Revert to the old debconf hack; the debconf-copydb approach needs more
583 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:48:11 -0700
585 casper (1.3) breezy; urgency=low
587 * Revert unintentional release of experimental unionfs code in 1.2
589 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:19:50 -0700
591 casper (1.2) breezy; urgency=low
593 * Fix debconf-copydb regex in 20xconfig
595 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:07:46 -0700
597 casper (1.1) breezy; urgency=low
599 * Cope with xserver-xorg's rename of force_keyboard_detection to
602 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 4 Jul 2005 02:52:07 -0700
604 casper (1.0) breezy; urgency=low
606 * Version number bump (we've been through a stable Ubuntu release, after
608 * Rename pre.d/10snapshot to post.d/10filesystem, as it is about to
610 * Seed xserver-xorg/force_keyboard_detection to true in 20xconfig, so as
611 to cause the keyboard layout to (continue to) be autodetected based on
614 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:21:54 -0700
616 casper (0.65) breezy; urgency=low
618 * As a performance optimization, only reconfigure gnome-panel-data if
620 * Disable the "lock screen" menu item (Ubuntu bug#7150)
622 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:02:14 -0700
624 casper (0.64) breezy; urgency=low
626 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--debconf-copydb--0
627 - Use debconf-copydb rather than our temporary hack
629 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 31 May 2005 12:08:51 -0700
631 casper (0.63) breezy; urgency=low
633 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--cdebconf-info--0
634 - Update for cdebconf 0.75: use db_info rather than db_x_setbacktitle.
636 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:59:58 -0700
638 casper (0.62) hoary; urgency=low
640 * Updated translations from
641 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (nb)
643 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:01:02 -0700
645 casper (0.61) hoary; urgency=low
647 * Updated translations from
648 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (el, es, ro)
650 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:06:51 -0700
652 casper (0.60) hoary; urgency=low
654 * Updated translations from
655 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (hu, id, pl)
657 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:26:21 -0800
659 casper (0.59) hoary; urgency=low
661 * Updated translations from
662 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (de, pt_BR)
664 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:51:17 -0800
666 casper (0.58) hoary; urgency=low
668 * Remove postfix shutdown links, as well as startup, to avoid an ugly error
670 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:24:03 -0800
672 casper (0.57) hoary; urgency=low
674 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 up to
676 * Preseed netcfg/wireless_essid_again for noninteractive network setup, +new
677 in netcfg 1.08ubuntu3 [colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--netcfg--0]
679 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:33:46 -0800
681 casper (0.56) hoary; urgency=low
683 * Suppress error output from eject
684 * Remind the user to close the CD tray if they have one (Ubuntu #6668)
685 * Add arch-build target to debian/rules
687 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:21:41 -0800
689 casper (0.55) hoary; urgency=low
691 * Remove the hack introduced in 0.54, xorg 6.8.2-5 should be fixed
693 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:11:05 -0800
695 casper (0.54) hoary; urgency=low
697 * Temporarily set RECONFIGURE=true when reconfiguring xserver-xorg, to work
698 around a bug introduced in 6.8.2-3
700 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:08:45 -0800
702 casper (0.53) hoary; urgency=low
704 * Provide target-base-system (i.e. base system installed in /target, also
705 provided by base-installer).
707 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:01:53 +0000
709 casper (0.52) hoary; urgency=low
711 * Arrange for $LANG to be set after pivot_root, so that (e.g.)
712 xserver-xorg can use it to infer the keymap (Ubuntu #7138)
714 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:10:59 -0800
716 casper (0.51) hoary; urgency=low
718 * Disable kpersonalizer startup on first login
720 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:47:13 -0800
722 casper (0.50) hoary; urgency=low
724 * Add support for configuring kdm autologin
725 * Rename 15gdm-autologin to 15autologin, and the corresponding debconf template
726 * Remove obsolete XORG_FORCE_PROBE from 20xconfig
728 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:37:31 -0800
730 casper (0.49) hoary; urgency=low
732 * Fix 20xconfig harder
734 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:20:03 -0800
736 casper (0.48) hoary; urgency=low
738 * Source confmodule in 20xconfig
740 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:02:35 -0800
742 casper (0.47) hoary; urgency=low
744 * Copy over the value of debian-installer/keymap into the target system,
745 to allow the new logic in xserver-xorg.config to work
747 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:45:38 -0800
749 casper (0.46) hoary; urgency=low
751 * Lock the live user's password entirely. Since the user is now
752 automagically logged in, continuously, both on the console and in X,
753 their password is irrelevant.
755 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:31:13 -0800
757 casper (0.45) hoary; urgency=low
759 * Enable TimedLogin in gdm, so that if the user logs out, they are
760 automatically logged back in after a few seconds (Ubuntu #6667)
762 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:06:16 -0800
764 casper (0.44) hoary; urgency=low
766 * Configure init to spawn shells on virtual consoles, rather than login
767 prompts (Ubuntu #6666)
768 * Skip X configuration if a serial console is in use
769 * Set the live user's password to be blank, rather than "ubuntu". This
770 is, paradoxically, more secure if the user decides to install
771 openssh-server, since empty passwords are disallowed by default
773 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:40:15 -0800
775 casper (0.43) hoary; urgency=low
777 * Override localechooser progress bar text to be more appropriate for the
778 live CD (closes: Ubuntu #6664).
780 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:12:00 +0000
782 casper (0.42) hoary; urgency=low
784 * Preseed netcfg/no_interfaces, to avoid prompt when no network interfaces
785 can be configured (closes: Ubuntu #6107).
786 * Remove redundant DH_COMPAT setting in debian/rules, since there's
787 already a (different) debian/compat.
789 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:43:43 +0000
791 casper (0.41) hoary; urgency=low
793 * Cope with change in default /etc/sudoers (admin group).
795 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:14:30 +0000
797 casper (0.40) hoary; urgency=low
799 * Copy /dev/tts to the live system as well as /dev/vc, for serial console.
801 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:03:54 +0000
803 casper (0.39) hoary; urgency=low
805 * Fix reboot operation (cache the reboot binary)
807 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:51:08 -0800
809 casper (0.38) hoary; urgency=low
811 * Eject the CD during shutdown/reboot
812 - Awful hack to copy /dev/cdroms to the live system, because the CD is
813 mounted using devfs names
814 - Add /usr/share/casper/shutdown script to casper-udeb
815 - Copy /usr/share/casper/shutdown to /etc/rc[06].d in 25configure-init
816 * Remove caspermon binary package, inadvertently enabled (not even
819 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:43:56 -0800
821 casper (0.37) hoary; urgency=low
823 * Fix casper-udeb/runlevel template
825 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:37:43 -0800
827 casper (0.36) hoary; urgency=low
829 * Rename post.d/25disable-init-scripts to 25configure-init
830 * Add casper-udeb/runlevel, to allow the default runlevel
833 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:14:16 -0800
835 casper (0.35) hoary; urgency=low
837 * Preseed netcfg/wireless_essid
838 * Remove obsolete confmodule load from pre.d/12fstab
839 * Don't mount a tmpfs on /var/run; it doesn't save a huge amount of
840 snapshot space, and packages expect their directories there to be
843 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:46:52 -0800
845 casper (0.34) hoary; urgency=low
847 * Use casper-reconfigure in 10adduser as well
848 * Add post.d/93save-logs to save copies of the bootstrap logs to
850 * Stop reconfiguring fontconfig; it insists on rebuilding the entire
851 font cache, and the only benefit was to unable subpixel hints
853 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:42:19 -0800
855 casper (0.33) hoary; urgency=low
857 * Re-upload to fix borked source package
859 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:21:07 -0800
861 casper (0.32) hoary; urgency=low
863 * Factor out debconf hackery into casper-reconfigure
864 * Mount sysfs earlier, so we don't need to mess with it in 20xconfig
865 * Break 22simple-reconfig into 22fontconfig and 22gnome-panel-data, and
866 create progress bar text for them
867 * Preseed netcfg/dhcp_failed, to avoid a prompt when DHCP fails
869 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:03:36 -0800
871 casper (0.31) hoary; urgency=low
873 * Clear tty2 and print a nice message, before signalling init
875 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:15:44 -0800
877 casper (0.30) hoary; urgency=low
879 * Reconfigure fontconfig, to enable subpixel rendering based on the
882 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:21:49 -0800
884 casper (0.29) hoary; urgency=low
886 * Fix the problem described in 0.28 by preseeding a default for
889 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:04:03 -0800
891 casper (0.28) hoary; urgency=low
893 * Suppress network configuration questions
895 - The goal is to make a reasonable effort to configure one interface
896 automatically, but if that is not possible, fall back to no
897 configuration. We aren't quite there yet.
899 - If we fail to resolve our IP into a hostname using DNS, netcfg seems
900 to fall back to an empty value, rather than the default in the
903 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:55:35 -0800
905 casper (0.27) hoary; urgency=low
907 * Add post.d/22simple-reconfig
908 - Reconfigure gnome-panel-data if it is installed, to set up the GNOME
909 session based on whether the system is a laptop
910 - Corresponding progress template
911 - mount /proc earlier (needed for, e.g. laptop-detect)
912 * Warn about screen blanking in X configuration progress message
913 * Simplify post.d/20xconfig and pre.d/13swap a bit
916 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:56:49 -0800
918 casper (0.26) hoary; urgency=low
920 * Set NOPASSWD in /etc/sudoers for the initial user
922 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:53:49 -0800
924 casper (0.25) hoary; urgency=low
926 * mount /proc before signalling init, as it now uses /proc to determine
927 what is and is not a kernel thread
929 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:04:52 -0800
931 casper (0.24) hoary; urgency=low
933 * Add a backtitle properly
935 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:07:19 -0800
937 casper (0.23) hoary; urgency=low
941 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:02:01 -0800
943 casper (0.22) hoary; urgency=low
945 * Search for swap on SCSI disks as well as IDE
947 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:27:09 -0800
949 casper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
951 * Cosmetic changes to debconf templates
952 * Fix 10adduser to register debconf questions before setting their
955 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:14:20 -0800
957 casper (0.20) hoary; urgency=low
959 * Remove legacy symlinks from casper/pre.d; they are now contained in
962 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:22:33 -0800
964 casper (0.19) hoary; urgency=low
967 * casper-udeb Depends: md-modules
969 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:23:51 -0800
971 casper (0.18) hoary; urgency=low
973 * Enable new adduser code, using db_fset ... seen to suppress the questions
975 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:06:48 -0800
977 casper (0.17) hoary; urgency=low
979 * Convert snapshot setup to use debconf instead of hardcoded parameters
980 * Remove obselete-before-being-used username template
981 * Convert post.d/10adduser to use debconf passthrough to the passwd package,
982 and thus share its user-adding code rather than duplicating it.
983 - But don't enable it yet, since we need to find a way to prevent its
984 questions from being asked
986 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:04:48 -0800
988 casper (0.16) hoary; urgency=low
990 * casper-udeb Depends: casper-check, harddrive-detection
991 * Automatically find and enable swap devices
993 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:23:48 -0800
995 casper (0.15) hoary; urgency=low
997 * Set anna/standard_modules to false at startup to suppress unnecessary
1000 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:41:00 +0000
1002 casper (0.14) hoary; urgency=low
1004 * Enable X autoconfiguration(!)
1006 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:19:58 -0800
1008 casper (0.13) hoary; urgency=low
1010 * Rename templates so that they are named after the {pre,post}.d hook
1012 * Remove some unused templates
1014 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:11:02 -0800
1016 casper (0.12) hoary; urgency=low
1018 * Add debconf templates for various things that we currently hardcode.
1019 Not actually used yet due to need for testing, but having the
1020 templates present greatly simplifies testing the remaining integration
1023 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:32:39 -0800
1025 casper (0.11) hoary; urgency=low
1027 * Update post.d/20xconfig to use debconf passthrough to cdebconf
1028 (requires debconf 1.4.42 and cdebconf 0.75), but leave it disabled for
1030 * Create /etc/fstab in the target (this also seems to solve the problem
1031 with noatime disappearing, and so should reduce snapshot utilization)
1033 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:25:36 -0800
1035 casper (0.10) hoary; urgency=low
1037 * Remove rc?.d/K??hwclock.sh links, to avoid changing the system clock
1038 during reboot or shutdown
1040 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:13:31 -0800
1042 casper (0.9) hoary; urgency=low
1044 * Fix gdm autologin configuration (broken in 0.8)
1046 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:52:05 -0800
1048 casper (0.8) hoary; urgency=low
1050 * Add debian-installer/casper-udeb/title template, to specify more
1051 readable menu item text
1052 * Create /usr/lib/casper/{pre,post}.d and move all of our internal logic
1054 * Create temporary symlinks in pre.d for the prebaseconfig.d items we
1056 * Convert errors into proper error dialogs
1057 * Make some pre.d scripts idempotent, for ease of testing
1059 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:59:35 -0800
1061 casper (0.7) hoary; urgency=low
1063 * Disable X configuration temporarily; need to resolve debconf issues
1065 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@canonical.com> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:14:43 -0800
1067 casper (0.6) hoary; urgency=low
1069 * Allow "modprobe ext2" to fail; apparently it's sometimes compiled in
1071 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:12:28 -0800
1073 casper (0.5) hoary; urgency=low
1075 * Attempt to configure X
1076 - This doesn't work very well yet (PCI BusID doesn't seem to get
1077 updated, for example), so we still don't start gdm by default)
1078 * Conditionalize some of the configuration code, so we automatically do
1079 the right thing if gdm or X isn't installed
1080 * Add German translation from Andreas Mueller
1081 * modprobe ext2, to let powerpc work (this should probably happen
1082 elsewhere, but for now...)
1084 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:49:56 -0800
1086 casper (0.4) hoary; urgency=low
1088 * Mount tmpfs on /tmp and /var/run, should save many writes to the snapshot
1090 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:35:26 -0800
1092 casper (0.3) hoary; urgency=low
1094 * Disable anacron and postfix startup
1095 * Don't cripple /bin/apt-install in d-i (this was a workaround to
1096 prevent d-i from installing packages which should have been present in
1097 the filesystem image anyway, but weren't)
1099 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:10:55 -0800
1101 casper (0.2) hoary; urgency=low
1103 * Use mount --move to move the cdrom mount point, so that we can unmount
1104 /initrd and free up the memory used by d-i
1105 * Use /dev/ram1 rather than /dev/ram0 for the COW stuff, since /dev/ram0
1106 is used for initrds and we want to avoid confusion
1107 * Organize casper-udeb.postinst into shell functions
1108 * Add a progress bar
1109 * Add a debian/compat file (version 4)
1111 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:01:21 -0800
1113 casper (0.1) hoary; urgency=low
1117 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@canonical.com> Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:30:28 -0800