Debian stretch is the new default release

Update documentation accordingly, also related to squeeze EOL

diff --git a/config b/config
index a9fb880..b86b997 100644 (file)
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
 
 # Debian release that should be installed.
 # Supported values: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, sid
-# Default: 'jessie'
-# RELEASE='jessie'
+# Default: 'stretch'
+# RELEASE='stretch'
 
 # Define components that should be used within sources.list.
 # Default: 'main'

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap b/grml-debootstrap
index 47e4e5c..18b1ef4 100755 (executable)
--- a/grml-debootstrap
+++ b/grml-debootstrap
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ MNTPOINT="/mnt/debootstrap.$$"
 [ -n "$POST_SCRIPTS" ] || POST_SCRIPTS='yes'
 [ -n "$PRE_SCRIPTS" ] || PRE_SCRIPTS='yes'
 [ -n "$RECONFIGURE" ] || RECONFIGURE='console-data'
-[ -n "$RELEASE" ] || RELEASE='jessie'
+[ -n "$RELEASE" ] || RELEASE='stretch'
 [ -n "$RM_APTCACHE" ] || RM_APTCACHE='yes'
 [ -n "$SCRIPTS" ] || SCRIPTS='no' # deprecated, replaced by POST_SCRIPTS
 [ -n "$SECURE" ] || SECURE='yes'
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Bootstrap options:
   -m, --mirror <URL>     Mirror which should be used for apt-get/aptitude.
   -i, --iso <mnt>        Mountpoint where a Debian ISO is mounted to, for use
                          instead of fetching packages from a mirror.
-  -r, --release <name>   Release of new Debian system (default: jessie).
+  -r, --release <name>   Release of new Debian system (default: stretch).
   -t, --target <target>  Target partition (/dev/...) or directory where the
                          system should be installed to.
   -p, --mntpoint <mnt>   Mountpoint used for mounting the target system,
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ prompt_for_bootmanager()
 # ask for Debian release {{{
 prompt_for_release()
 {
-  [ -n "$RELEASE" ] && DEFAULT_RELEASE="$RELEASE" || DEFAULT_RELEASE='jessie'
+  [ -n "$RELEASE" ] && DEFAULT_RELEASE="$RELEASE" || DEFAULT_RELEASE='stretch'
   RELEASE="$(dialog --stdout --title "${PN}" --default-item $DEFAULT_RELEASE --menu \
             "Please enter the Debian release you would like to use for installation:" \
             0 50 5 \

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt
index 69af5f4..17011ac 100644 (file)
--- a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt
+++ b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ Options and environment variables
 *-r*, *--release* _releasename_::
 
     Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny,
-    squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch (note: requires a recent version of debootstrap)
-    and sid. Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.
+    squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch and sid. Corresponding with configuration
+    variable RELEASE. Default release: stretch
 
 *--remove-configs*::
 
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Usage examples
 
   grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda
 
-Install default Debian release (jessie) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (stretch) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
 Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition.
 
   grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda6 --grub /dev/sda --release sid
@@ -275,19 +275,19 @@ Install Debian unstable/sid on /dev/sda6, install bootmanager Grub in MBR
   mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot
   grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot
 
-Install default Debian release (jessie) in directory /data/chroot (without
+Install default Debian release (stretch) in directory /data/chroot (without
 any bootloader).
 
   grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda3 --grub /dev/sda  --mirror ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
 
-Install default Debian release (jessie) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (stretch) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
 Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda3 as system partition.
 Use specified mirror instead of the default (http://httpredir.debian.org/debian) one.
 
   mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
   grml-debootstrap --vmfile --vmsize 3G --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
 
-Install default debian release (jessie) in a Virtual Machine file with
+Install default debian release (stretch) in a Virtual Machine file with
 3GB disk size (including Grub as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):
 
   mount -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Where do you want to install grub to? Usage example: grub=/dev/sda
 
   release=...
 
-Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian jessie. Supported
+Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian stretch. Supported
 releases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch and sid. Usage example: release=sid
 
   mirror=...
@@ -398,17 +398,17 @@ Supported Releases
 include::releasetable.txt[]
 
 [NOTE]
-.lenny release
+.lenny/squeeze release
 ================================================================================
-[1] Please notice that lenny is an unsupported release within Debian nowadays.
-grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not use lenny
-anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 8.0 (jessie) or
-something newer instead.
+[1] Please notice that lenny and squeeze are unsupported releases within Debian nowadays.
+grml-debootstrap can handle the releases but you really should not use them
+anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose the current Debian
+stable version instead.
 
-Notice that you need to specify a mirror providing the lenny release, the
+Notice that you need to specify a mirror providing the lenny/squeeze releases, the
 default (http://httpredir.debian.org/debian) doesn't provide it any longer nowadays.
 Set the mirror to e.g. http://archive.debian.org/debian/ if you don't have
-your own lenny mirror.
+your own lenny/squeeze mirror.
 
 You also need to specify a filesystem that's supported by lenny, e.g.
 '--filesystem ext3' since grml-debootstrap's current default (ext4) isn't

diff --git a/releasetable-man.txt b/releasetable-man.txt
index 6e1b024..289fa4a 100644 (file)
--- a/releasetable-man.txt
+++ b/releasetable-man.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Current status (as of 2015-06-06):
+Current status (as of 2017-01-26):
 
   +----------------+-------------+
   | Release / Tool | debootstrap |
   +----------------+-------------+
   | lenny          |  works [1]  |
   +----------------+-------------+
-  | squeeze        |  works      |
+  | squeeze        |  works [1]  |
   +----------------+-------------+
   | wheezy         |  works      |
   +----------------+-------------+

diff --git a/releasetable.txt b/releasetable.txt
index 5c3dc53..a535949 100644 (file)
--- a/releasetable.txt
+++ b/releasetable.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 |======================
 |Release  |Status
 |lenny    |works[1]
-|squeeze  |works
+|squeeze  |works[1]
 |wheezy   |works
 |jessie   |works
 |stretch  |works