release-notes/en BackwardsCompatibility-en.xml, 1.3, 1.4 DatabaseServers-en.xml, 1.3, 1.4 I18n-en.xml, 1.3, 1.4 PackageChanges-en.xml, 1.4, 1.5 PackageNotes-en.xml, 1.4, 1.5 PackageNotesJava-en.xml, 1.5, 1.6 Xorg-en.xml, 1.3, 1.4
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Feb 13 03:27:45 UTC 2006
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Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/en
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv9945/en
Modified Files:
BackwardsCompatibility-en.xml DatabaseServers-en.xml
I18n-en.xml PackageChanges-en.xml PackageNotes-en.xml
PackageNotesJava-en.xml Xorg-en.xml
Log Message:
More quick and dirty editing
Index: BackwardsCompatibility-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/BackwardsCompatibility-en.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- BackwardsCompatibility-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.3
+++ BackwardsCompatibility-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 03:27:37 -0000 1.4
@@ -2,16 +2,11 @@
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<article>
<articleinfo>
- <title>Temp</title>
+ <title>Backwards Compatibility</title>
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-BackwardsCompatibility">
- <title>Docs/Beats/BackwardsCompatibility</title>
- <para>This page is a stub for content. If you have a contribution for this release notes beat for the test release of Fedora Core, add it to this page or create a sub-page. </para>
- <para>Beat writers: this is where you want to fill in with instructions about how to post relevant information. Any questions that come up can be taken to a bugzilla report for discussion to resolution, or to fedora-docs-list for wider discussions. </para>
- <section>
<title>Backwards Compatibility</title>
<para>Fedora includes several system libraries and software for compatibility with older software. These software are part of the "Legacy Software Development" group which are not installed by default. Users who require this functionality can select this group during installation or run the following the command post-installation. </para>
<screen>yum groupinstall "Legacy Software Development"</screen>
- </section>
</section>
</article>
Index: DatabaseServers-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/DatabaseServers-en.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- DatabaseServers-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.3
+++ DatabaseServers-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 03:27:37 -0000 1.4
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
<title>Temp</title>
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-DatabaseServers">
- <title>Docs/Beats/DatabaseServers</title>
- <para>This page is a stub for content. If you have a contribution for this release notes beat for the test release of Fedora Core, add it to this page or create a sub-page. </para>
- <para>Beat writers: this is where you want to fill in with instructions about how to post relevant information. Any questions that come up can be taken to a bugzilla report for discussion to resolution, or to fedora-docs-list for wider discussions. </para>
+ <title>Database Servers</title>
+<!-- <para>This page is a stub for content. If you have a contribution for this release notes beat for Fedora Core, add it to this page or create a sub-page. </para>
+ <para>Beat writers: this is where you want to fill in with instructions -->
+<!-- about how to post relevant information. Any questions that come up can -->
+<!-- be taken to a bugzilla report for discussion to resolution, or to -->
+<!-- fedora-docs-list for wider discussions. </para> -->
+ <para><emphasis>No changes of note.</emphasis></para>
</section>
</article>
Index: I18n-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/I18n-en.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- I18n-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.3
+++ I18n-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 03:27:37 -0000 1.4
@@ -6,19 +6,7 @@
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-I18n">
<title>Internationalization (i18n)</title>
- <para>This section includes information related to the support of various languages under Fedora Core. </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata width='16' fileref='/wiki/ntheme/img/icon-info.png' depth='16'/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>{i}</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </inlinemediaobject> SCIM has replaced IIIMF as the language input framework in Fedora Core in this release. </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+SCIM has replaced IIIMF as the language input framework in Fedora Core in this release. </para>
</section>
</article>
Index: PackageChanges-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/PackageChanges-en.xml,v
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--- PackageChanges-en.xml 12 Feb 2006 16:13:16 -0000 1.4
+++ PackageChanges-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 03:27:37 -0000 1.5
@@ -6,41 +6,10 @@
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-PackageChanges">
<title>Package Changes</title>
- <para>Beat Writer: <ulink url='/RahulSundaram'>RahulSundaram</ulink>
- </para>
- <para>Note: treediff.py dist-fc4 dist-rawhide > /tmp/diff sed -e 's,^,* ,g' -e 's,$,\n,g' /tmp/diff > diffwiki </para>
- <para>Note: Should add a note on third party repos and yum plugin to protect base repos </para>
- <section>
- <title>Package Change Details</title>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <table><title>FIXME</title><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata width='16' fileref='/wiki/ntheme/img/icon-info.png' depth='16'/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>{i}</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <emphasis role='strong'>
- <command>LinuxThreads</command> library is no longer available</emphasis>
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
+ <important>
+ <title><command>LinuxThreads</command> library is no longer available</title>
<para>
<command>LinuxThreads</command> was been deprecated in Fedora Core 4 and is no longer available in this release. NPTL, which has been the default threading library since Red Hat Linux 9, has replaced this completely. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody></tgroup></table>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
+ </important>
</section>
</article>
Index: PackageNotes-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/PackageNotes-en.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- PackageNotes-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.4
+++ PackageNotes-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 03:27:37 -0000 1.5
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<article>
<articleinfo>
- <title>Temp</title>
+ <title>Package Notes</title>
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-PackageNotes">
<title>Package Notes</title>
Index: PackageNotesJava-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/PackageNotesJava-en.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- PackageNotesJava-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.5
+++ PackageNotesJava-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 03:27:37 -0000 1.6
@@ -9,82 +9,21 @@
<para>Fedore Core includes a tool suite and execution environment based on free software technologies that is capable of building and running many useful programs written in the Java programming language, including the Eclipse IDE, Tomcat, and Open<emphasis role='strong'/>Office.org. </para>
<para>In addition to the free software stack, Fedora Core is designed to let you install multiple Java implementations and switch between them using the <command>alternatives</command> command line tool. However, every Java system you install must be packaged using the <ulink url='http://www.jpackage.org'>JPackage Project's</ulink> packaging guidelines to take advantage of <command>alternatives</command>. </para>
<para>Once installed properly, the root user should be able to switch between <command>java</command> and <command>javac</command> implementations using the <command>alternatives</command> command: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <screen>alternatives --config java alternatives --config javac</screen>
- <table><title>FIXME</title><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata width='16' fileref='/wiki/ntheme/img/icon-info.png' depth='16'/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>{i}</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <emphasis role='strong'>Fedora Core does not include the proprietary Sun Microsystems Java implementation</emphasis>
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
+<screen>alternatives --config java alternatives --config javac</screen>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Proprietary Sun Microsystems Java is not included</title>
<para> Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. This entirely free software stack is <emphasis role='strong'>not</emphasis> Java but can run many programs written in Java. For more information, refer to the Java FAQ at <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ</ulink>. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody></tgroup></table>
- <table><title>FIXME</title><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata width='15' fileref='/wiki/ntheme/img/idea.png' depth='15'/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>(!)</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <emphasis role='strong'>When to use the JPackage Project RPM repository</emphasis>
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
+ </formalpara>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>When to use the JPackage Project RPM repository</title>
<para> Fedora Core includes many packages derived from the excellent JPackage Project, which provides a Java software repository. Refer to <ulink url='http://jpackage.org'>http://jpackage.org</ulink> for more information on the Jpackage Project.These packages have been modified in Fedora to remove proprietary software dependencies and to make use of GCJ's ahead-of-time compilation feature. Fedora users should use the Fedora repositories for updates to these packages, and may use the JPackage repository for packages not provided by Fedora. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody></tgroup></table>
- <table><title>FIXME</title><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata width='15' fileref='/wiki/ntheme/img/alert.png' depth='15'/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>/!\</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <emphasis role='strong'>Do not simply add the JPackage repo to your <command>yum</command> configuration</emphasis>
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
+ </formalpara>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Do not simply add the JPackage repo to your <command>yum</command> configuration</title>
<para> Understand better what you are doing if you plan on mixing packages from the Fedora and JPackage repos. Doing so may leave your system in a state that cannot be easily fixed. Be careful, and do research before you proceed. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody></tgroup></table>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </formalpara>
<tip>
- <title>Include location and version information in bug reports</title>
+ <title>Include Complete Information in Bug Reports</title>
<para>
When making a bug report, be sure to include the output from these
commands:
Index: Xorg-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/Xorg-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- Xorg-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.3
+++ Xorg-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 03:27:37 -0000 1.4
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
<title>Temp</title>
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-Xorg">
- <title>Docs/Beats/Xorg</title>
- <para/>
- </section>
- <section>
<title>X Window System (Graphics)</title>
<para>This section contains information related to the X Window System implementation provided with Fedora. </para>
<section>
@@ -16,16 +12,16 @@
<para>X.org X11 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level functionality which full fledged graphical user interfaces (GUIs) such as GNOME and KDE are designed upon. </para>
<para>For more information about Xorg refer to <ulink url='http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/'>http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>You can use Applications=> System Settings=> Display or system-config-display to configure the settings. The configuration file for Xorg is located in /etc/X11/xorg.conf </para>
- <para>Modular X.Org X11<emphasis role='strong'/>R7 RC2 was released into Fedora development (rawhide) on November 16, 2005. This is the first modular release of Xorg which among several other benefits, enable users to receive updates in a faster pace and helps developers to develop and release specific components in a rapid fashion. </para>
+ <para>You can use Applications => System Settings => Display or system-config-display to configure the settings. The configuration file for Xorg is located in /etc/X11/xorg.conf </para>
+ <para>Modular X.Org X11R7 RC2 was released into Fedora development (rawhide) on November 16, 2005. This is the first modular release of Xorg which among several other benefits, enable users to receive updates in a faster pace and helps developers to develop and release specific components in a rapid fashion. </para>
<para>More information on the current status of the Xorg modularization effort in Fedora is available from <ulink url='/Xorg/Modularization'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/Modularization</ulink>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Xorg X11R7.0 Developer Notes</title>
- <para>X11<emphasis role='strong'/>R7.0 is included in this release and there are a number of things that software developers, and packagers in Fedora repositories need to be aware of in order to ensure that their software or software packages properly compile and work with X11<emphasis role='strong'/>R7. Some are simple changes, while others may be more involved. Here is a summary of issues that may arise and where possible, suggestions on how to fix them. </para>
+ <para>X11R7.0 is included in this release and there are a number of things that software developers, and packagers in Fedora repositories need to be aware of in order to ensure that their software or software packages properly compile and work with X11<emphasis role='strong'/>R7. Some are simple changes, while others may be more involved. Here is a summary of issues that may arise and where possible, suggestions on how to fix them. </para>
<section>
- <title>The /usr/X11R6 directory hierarchy</title>
+ <title>The /usr/X11R6 Directory Hierarchy</title>
<para>X11<emphasis role='strong'/>R7 install into /usr directly now, and no longer uses the /usr/X11<emphasis role='strong'/>R6 hierarchy. Applications which rely on files being present at fixed paths under /usr/X11<emphasis role='strong'/>R6 at compile time or at run time, must be updated to use the system PATH, or some other mechanism to dynamically determine where the files reside, or alternatively to hard code the new locations, possibly with fallbacks. </para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -33,11 +29,11 @@
<para>Imake is no longer used to build the X Window System, and as such is now officially deprecated. Imake, xmkmf and other utilities previously supplied by the X Window System, are still supplied in X11<emphasis role='strong'/>R7, however X.Org highly recommends that people migrate from Imake to using GNU autotools and pkg-config. imake support may vanish in a future X Window System release, so developers are strongly encouraged to transition away from it, and not use it for any new software projects. </para>
</section>
<section>
- <title>The systemwide app-defaults directory</title>
+ <title>The Systemwide <filename>app-defaults</filename> Directory</title>
<para>The system app-defaults directory for X resources, is now "%{_datadir}/X11/app-defaults", which expands to /usr/share/X11/app-defaults on Fedora Core 5 and for future Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. </para>
</section>
<section>
- <title>xft-config can't be found</title>
+ <title>xft-config Can't Be Found</title>
<para>Modular X now uses GNU autotools, and pkg-config for its buildsystem configuration, etc. xft-config has been deprecated for 2-3 years now, and pkgconfig *.pc files have been provided for most of this time. Applications which previously used xft-config to obtain the Cflags or libs options for building with, must now be updated to use pkg-config. </para>
</section>
</section>
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