release-notes/devel/en_US Live.xml, NONE, 1.1 MailServers.xml, NONE, 1.1 ArchSpecific.xml, 1.11, 1.12 BackwardsCompatibility.xml, 1.10, 1.11 Colophon.xml, 1.14, 1.15 DatabaseServers.xml, 1.10, 1.11 Desktop.xml, 1.10, 1.11 Devel.xml, 1.3, 1.4 Entertainment.xml, 1.8, 1.9 Feedback.xml, 1.11, 1.12 FileSystems.xml, 1.9, 1.10 I18n.xml, 1.10, 1.11 Installer.xml, 1.12, 1.13 Java.xml, 1.10, 1.11 Kernel.xml, 1.16, 1.17 Legacy.xml, 1.10, 1.11 Multimedia.xml, 1.10, 1.11 OverView.xml, 1.13, 1.14 PackageChanges.xml, 1.12, 1.13 PackageNotes.xml, 1.8, 1.9 ProjectOverview.xml, 1.9, 1.10 Security.xml, 1.11, 1.12 Virtualization.xml, 1.10, 1.11 WebServers.xml, 1.9, 1.10 Welcome.xml, 1.9, 1.10 Xorg.xml, 1.11, 1.12
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Wed Apr 4 01:29:36 UTC 2007
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv27427/en_US
Modified Files:
ArchSpecific.xml BackwardsCompatibility.xml Colophon.xml
DatabaseServers.xml Desktop.xml Devel.xml Entertainment.xml
Feedback.xml FileSystems.xml I18n.xml Installer.xml Java.xml
Kernel.xml Legacy.xml Multimedia.xml OverView.xml
PackageChanges.xml PackageNotes.xml ProjectOverview.xml
Security.xml Virtualization.xml WebServers.xml Welcome.xml
Xorg.xml
Added Files:
Live.xml MailServers.xml
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--- NEW FILE Live.xml ---
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Live">
<articleinfo>
<title>Docs/Beats/Live</title>
</articleinfo>
<title>Fedora Live Images</title>
<para></para>
<para>
The Fedora release includes several live ISO images in addition to
the traditional installation images. These ISO images are bootable,
and you can burn them to media and use them to try out Fedora. They
also include a feature that allows you to install the live CD
content to your hard drive for persistence and higher performance.
</para>
<para>
These images are also available for test releases, to allow easier
testing of the Fedora test release.
</para>
<para/>
<section>
<title>Available Images</title>
<para>
There are three live images available for Fedora 7.
</para>
<orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
<listitem>Fedora 7 i386 Desktop CD. This is a CD sized image for i386 machines. It has the default desktop environment (GNOME), support for all supported Fedora locales, and a basic set of the productivity applications available in Fedora. </listitem>
<listitem>Fedora 7 x86_64 Desktop DVD. This is a DVD sized image for x86_64 machines. The package set is the same as that of the i386 Desktop CD. </listitem>
<listitem>Fedora 7 i386 KDE CD. This is a CD sized image for i386 machines. It includes the KDE Desktop environment and a large set of KDE applications. Note that this image only has full support for English language. </listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Usage Information</title>
<para>
The live images should boot on any machine that supports booting
from CD-ROM. Upon booting the CD, you can log in and use the
desktop environment as the <code>fedora</code> user. After logging
in, if you wish to install the contents of the live image to your
hard drive, click on the <emphasis role='strong'>Install to Hard
Drive</emphasis> icon on the desktop.
</para>
<para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Other Methods of Booting</title>
<para>
Another way to use these live images is to put them on a USB
stick. To do this, install the <code>livecd-tools</code> package
from the development repository. Then, run the
<code>livecd-iso-to-stick</code> script:
</para>
<para/>
<screen><![CDATA[/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-stick /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1
]]></screen>
<para>
Replace <emphasis>/dev/sdb1</emphasis> with the partition where
you want to put the image.
</para>
<para>
This is <emphasis>not</emphasis> a destructive process; any data
you currently have on your USB stick <emphasis>is
preserved</emphasis>.
</para>
<para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Differences From a Regular Fedora Install</title>
<para>
The following items are different from a normal Fedora install
with the Live images.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
The <code>sshd</code> service is disabled, since the passwords
on the live image are blank.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis role='strong'><ulink url='/wiki/NetworkManager'>NetworkManager</ulink></emphasis>
is enabled by default.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
--- NEW FILE MailServers.xml ---
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-MailServers">
<articleinfo>
<title>Docs/Beats/MailServers</title>
</articleinfo>
<title>Mail Servers</title>
<para></para>
<para>
This section concerns electronic mail servers or mail transfer
agents (MTAs).
</para>
<para/>
<section>
<title>exim-sa</title>
<para>
The <code>exim-sa</code> package is deprecated since Fedora Extras
6. It was the original implementation of
<ulink url='/wiki/SpamAssassin'>SpamAssassin</ulink> integration
with Exim, and was functionally similar to sendmail 'milters' or
postfix filters. However, that functionality is rather limited,
and Exim now has far better support for content checking, fully
integrated into its general-purpose Access Control Lists.
</para>
<para>
Since the <code>sa_exim</code> feature was not enabled in the
default configuration, the package can normally be safely
uninstalled to allow Exim to be upgraded. Users who have modified
their configuration to use <code>sa_exim</code> features should
either reconfigure to use Exim's full content scanning abilities
or rebuild the package for themselves to include the
<code>exim-sa</code> subpackage. For further details on Exim's
built-in content scanning, refer to the Exim documentation:
</para>
<para>
<ulink url='http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.62/doc/html/spec_html/ch40.html'>http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.62/doc/html/spec_html/ch40.html</ulink>
</para>
</section>
</section>
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retrieving revision 1.11
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diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12
--- ArchSpecific.xml 26 Sep 2006 05:31:49 -0000 1.11
+++ ArchSpecific.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.12
@@ -1,54 +1,51 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-ArchSpecific">
<title>Architecture Specific Notes</title>
-
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Architecture Specific Notes</h2>-->
<para>
This section provides notes that are specific to the supported
- hardware architectures of Fedora Core.
+ hardware architectures of Fedora.
</para>
- <section>
- <title>RPM Multiarch Support on 64-bit platforms (x86_64, ppc64)</title>
+ <section id="sn-rpm-multiarch">
+ <title>RPM multiarch support on 64-bit platforms (x86_64, ppc64)</title>
<para>
- <emphasis role='strong'>RPM</emphasis> supports parallel installation of
- multiple architectures of the same package. A default package listing such
- as <command>rpm -qa</command> might appear to include duplicate packages, since
- the architecture is not displayed. Instead, use the <command>repoquery</command>
- command, part of the <package>yum-utils</package> package in Fedora Extras,
- which displays architecture by default. To install <package>yum-utils</package>,
- run the following command:
+ <application>RPM</application> supports parallel installation of
+ multiple architectures of the same package. A default package
+ listing such as <command>rpm -qa</command> might appear to include
+ duplicate packages, since the architecture is not displayed.
+ Instead, use the <command>repoquery</command> command, part of the
+ <package>yum-utils</package> package in Fedora Extras, which
+ displays architecture by default. To install
+ <package>yum-utils</package>, run the following command:
</para>
-<screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum install yum-utils'
-]]></screen>
+ <screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum install yum-utils']]></screen>
<para>
To list all packages with their architecture using
<command>rpm</command>, run the following command:
</para>
-<screen><![CDATA[rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n"
-]]></screen>
+ <screen><![CDATA[rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n"]]></screen>
<para>
- You can add this to <filename>/etc/rpm/macros</filename> (for a system
- wide setting) or <filename>~/.rpmmacros</filename> (for a per-user
- setting). It changes the default query to list the architecture:
+ You can add this to <filename>/etc/rpm/macros</filename> (for a
+ system wide setting) or <filename>~/.rpmmacros</filename> (for a
+ per-user setting). It changes the default query to list the
+ architecture:
</para>
-<screen><![CDATA[%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}
-]]></screen>
+ <para/>
+ <screen><![CDATA[%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}]]></screen>
</section>
- <section>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-PPC">
<title>PPC Specifics for Fedora</title>
<para>
- This section covers any specific information you may need to know about
- Fedora Core and the PPC hardware platform.
+ This section covers specific information about Fedora and the PPC
+ hardware platform.
</para>
- <section>
- <title>PPC Hardware Requirements</title>
- <section>
- <title>Processor and Memory</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-ppc-hw">
+ <title>Hardware Requirements for PPC</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-ppc-hw-cpu">
+ <title>Processor and memory</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -57,313 +54,332 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 supports only the "New World" generation of Apple
+ Fedora 7 supports only the “New World†generation of Apple
Power Macintosh, shipped from circa 1999 onward.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 also supports IBM pSeries, IBM iSeries,
- IBM RS/6000, Genesi Pegasos II, and IBM Cell Broadband
- Engine machines.
+ Fedora 7 also supports IBM pSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM
+ RS/6000, Genesi Pegasos II, and IBM Cell Broadband Engine
+ machines.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Recommended for text-mode: 233 MHz G3 or better,
- 128MiB RAM.
+ Fedora 7 includes new hardware support for Genesi Efika,
+ and for the Sony PlayStation 3.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz G3 or better,
- 256MiB RAM.
+ Recommended for text-mode: 233 MHz G3 or better, 128MiB
+ RAM.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz G3 or better,
+ 256MiB RAM.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
- <section>
- <title>Hard Disk Space Requirements</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-ppc-hw-hdd">
+ <title>Hard disk space</title>
<para>
- The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk space
- taken up by Fedora Core 6 after installation is complete. However,
- additional disk space is required during installation to support the
- installation environment. This additional disk space corresponds to
- the size of <filename>/Fedora/base/stage2.img</filename> (on Installation Disc
- 1) plus the size of the files in <filename>/var/lib/rpm</filename> on the
- installed system.
- </para>
- <para>
- In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as
- little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an
- additional 175 MiB for an installation that includes nearly all the
- packages. The complete installed packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk
- space.
- </para>
- <para>
- Additional space is also required for any user data, and
- at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper
- system operation.
+ The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
+ space taken up by Fedora 7 after installation is complete.
+ However, additional disk space is required during installation
+ to support the installation environment. This additional disk
+ space corresponds to the size of
+ <filename>/Fedora/base/stage2.img</filename> (on Installation
+ Disc 1) plus the size of the files in <filename
+ class="directory">/var/lib/rpm</filename> on the installed
+ system.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In practical terms, additional space requirements may range
+ from as little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much
+ as an additional 175 MiB for an "everything" installation. The
+ complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Additional space is also required for any user data, and at
+ least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system
+ operation.
</para>
</section>
</section>
- <section>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-ppc-pages">
+ <title>4 KiB Pages on 64-bit machines</title>
+ <para>
+ After a brief experiment with 64KiB pages in Fedora Core 6, the
+ PowerPC64 kernel has now been switched back to 4KiB pages. The
+ installer should reformat any swap partitions automatically
+ during an upgrade.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-ppc-keyb">
<title>The Apple keyboard</title>
<para>
- The <keycap function="option">Option</keycap> key on Apple systems is equivalent
- to the <keycap function="alt">Alt</keycap> key on the PC. Where documentation
- and the installer refer to the <keycap function="alt">Alt</keycap> key, use the
- <keycap function="option">Option</keycap> key. For some key combinations you may
- need to use the <keycap function="option">Option</keycap> key in conjunction with
- the <keycap function="other">Fn</keycap> key, such as
- <keycombo>
- <keycap function="option">Option</keycap><keycap function="other">Fn</keycap><keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo> to
- switch to virtual terminal tty3.
+ The <keycap>Option</keycap> key on Apple systems is equivalent
+ to the <keycap>Alt</keycap> key on the PC. Where documentation
+ and the installer refer to the <keycap>Alt</keycap> key, use the
+ <keycap>Option</keycap> key. For some key combinations you may
+ need to use the <keycap>Option</keycap> key in conjunction with
+ the <keycap>Fn</keycap> key, such as <keycombo>
+ <keycap>Option</keycap>
+ <keycap>Fn</keycap>
+ <keycap>F3</keycap>
+ </keycombo> to switch to virtual terminal tty3.
</para>
</section>
- <section>
- <title>PPC Installation Notes</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-ppc-install">
+ <title>PPC installation notes</title>
<para>
- Fedora Core Installation Disc 1 is bootable on supported
- hardware. In addition, a bootable CD image appears in the
- <filename>images/</filename> directory of this disc. These images
- behave differently according to your system hardware:
+ Fedora Installation Disc 1 is bootable on supported hardware. In
+ addition, a bootable CD image appears in the <filename
+ class="directory">images/</filename> directory of this disc.
+ These images behave differently according to your system
+ hardware:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Apple Macintosh The bootloader automatically boots the
- appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit installer.
- </para>
- <para>
- The default <package>gnome-power-manager</package> package includes power
- management support, including sleep and backlight level management.
- Users with more complex requirements can use the <package>apmud</package>
- package in Fedora Extras. To install <package>apmud</package> after
- installation, use the following command:
+ On most machines, the bootloader automatically boots the
+ appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit installer from the install
+ disc. The default <package>gnome-power-manager</package>
+ package includes power management support, including sleep
+ and backlight level management. Users with more complex
+ requirements can use the <package>apmud</package> package.
+ To install <package>apmud</package> after installation, use the
+ following command:
</para>
+ <screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum install apmud']]></screen>
</listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-<screen>su -c 'yum install apmud'
-</screen>
- <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>
- 64-bit IBM pSeries (POWER4/POWER5), current iSeries
- models
- </para>
- <para>
- After using Open<emphasis role='strong'/>Firmware to
- boot the CD, the bootloader, <command>yaboot</command>,
- automatically boots the 64-bit installer.
- </para>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>64-bit IBM pSeries (POWER4/POWER5), current iSeries
+ models</title>
+ <para>After using OpenFirmware to boot the CD, the
+ bootloader, <command>yaboot</command>, automatically boots
+ the 64-bit installer.</para>
+ </formalpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- IBM "Legacy" iSeries (POWER4)
- </para>
- <para>
- So-called "Legacy" iSeries models, which do not use Open<emphasis
- role='strong'/>Firmware, require use of the boot image located in
- the <filename>images/iSeries</filename> directory of the installation tree.
- </para>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>IBM "Legacy" iSeries (POWER4)</title>
+ <para>
+ So-called "Legacy" iSeries models, which do not use
+ OpenFirmware, require use of the boot image located in the
+ <filename class="directory">images/iSeries</filename>
+ directory of the installation tree.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- 32-bit CHRP (IBM RS/6000 and others)
- </para>
- <para>
- After using Open<emphasis role='strong'/>Firmware to boot the CD,
- select the <filename>linux32</filename> boot image at the <prompt>boot:</prompt>
- prompt to start the 32-bit installer. Otherwise, the 64-bit
- installer starts and fails.
- </para>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>32-bit CHRP (IBM RS/6000 and others)</title>
+ <para>
+ After using OpenFirmware to boot the CD, select the
+ <filename>linux32</filename> boot image at the
+ <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt to start the 32-bit
+ installer. Otherwise, the 64-bit installer starts and
+ fails.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Genesi Pegasos II
- </para>
- <para>
- At the time of writing, firmware with full support for ISO9660 file
- systems has not yet been released for the Pegasos. You can use the
- network boot image, however. At the OpenFirmware prompt, enter the following command:
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Genesi Pegasos II</title>
+ <para>
+ At the time of writing, firmware with full support for
+ ISO9660 file systems has not yet been released for the
+ Pegasos. You can use the network boot image, however. At
+ the OpenFirmware prompt, enter the following command:
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
+ <screen><![CDATA[boot cd: /images/netboot/ppc32.img]]></screen>
+ <para>
+ You must also configure OpenFirmware on the Pegasos manually
+ to make the installed Fedora system bootable. To do this,
+ set the <envar>boot-device</envar> and
+ <envar>boot-file</envar> environment variables
+ appropriately.
</para>
</listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-<screen>boot cd: /images/netboot/ppc32.img
-</screen>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem override='none'>
- <para>
- You must also configure OpenFirmware on the
- Pegasos manually to make the installed Fedora Core system bootable.
- To do this, set the <envar>boot-device</envar> and
- <envar>boot-file</envar> environment variables appropriately.
- </para>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Genesi Efika</title>
+ <para>
+ At the time of writing, the firmware of the Efika has bugs
+ which prevent correct operation of the
+ <command>yaboot</command> bootloader. An updated firmware
+ should be available by April 2007, in advance of the
+ release of Fedora 7. With a fixed firmware, installation
+ on Efika should be the same as on Pegasos II.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Network booting
- </para>
- <para>
- Combined images containing the installer kernel and ramdisk are
- located in the <filename>images/netboot/</filename> directory of the
- installation tree. They are intended for network booting with TFTP,
- but can be used in many ways.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <command>yaboot</command> loader supports TFTP booting for IBM pSeries
- and Apple Macintosh. The Fedora Project encourages the use of
- <command>yaboot</command> over the <command>netboot</command> images.
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Sony Play<emphasis role='strong'/>Station 3</title>
+ <para>
+ For installation on PlayStation 3, first update to
+ firmware 1.60 or later. The "Other OS" boot loader must be
+ installed into the flash, following the instructions at
+ <ulink
+ url='http://www.playstation.com/ps3-openplatform/manual.html'/>.
+ At the time of writing, a Fedora-specific boot loader is
+ not yet available; by the time of the release of Fedora 7
+ this lack should be remedied.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Network booting</title>
+ <para>
+ Combined images containing the installer kernel and
+ ramdisk are located in the <filename
+ class="directory">images/netboot/</filename> directory
+ of the installation tree. They are intended for network
+ booting with TFTP, but can be used in many ways.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
+ <para>
+ The <command>yaboot</command> loader supports TFTP booting
+ for IBM pSeries and Apple Macintosh. The Fedora Project
+ encourages the use of <command>yaboot</command> over the
+ <command>netboot</command> images.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
- <section>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x86">
<title>x86 Specifics for Fedora</title>
<para>
- This section covers any specific information you may need to
- know about Fedora Core and the x86 hardware platform.
+ This section covers specific information about Fedora and the x86
+ hardware platform.
</para>
- <section>
- <title>x86 Hardware Requirements</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x86-hw">
+ <title>Hardware requirements for x86</title>
<para>
- In order to use specific features of Fedora Core 6 during or
- after installation, you may need to know details of other
- hardware components such as video and network cards.
+ In order to use specific features of Fedora 7 during or after
+ installation, you may need to know details of other hardware
+ components such as video and network cards.
</para>
- <section>
- <title>Processor and Memory Requirements</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x86-hw-cpu">
+ <title>Processor and memory</title>
<para>
- The following CPU specifications are stated in terms of
- Intel processors. Other processors, such as those from
- AMD, Cyrix, and VIA that are compatible with and
- equivalent to the following Intel processors, may also be
- used with Fedora Core.
+ The following CPU specifications are stated in terms of Intel
+ processors. Other processors, such as those from AMD, Cyrix,
+ and VIA that are compatible with and equivalent to the
+ following Intel processors, may also be used with Fedora.
</para>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 requires an Intel Pentium or better
- processor, and is optimized for Pentium 4 and later
- processors.
+ Fedora 7 requires an Intel Pentium or better processor, and is
+ optimized for Pentium 4 and later processors.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or
- better
- </para>
+ <para>Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or
+ better</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or
- better
- </para>
+ <para>Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or
+ better</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Minimum RAM for text-mode: 128MiB
- </para>
+ <para>Minimum RAM for text-mode: 128MiB</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Minimum RAM for graphical: 192MiB
- </para>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Minimum RAM for graphical: 192MiB</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Recommended RAM for graphical: 256MiB
- </para>
+ <para>Recommended RAM for graphical: 256MiB</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
- <section>
- <title>Hard Disk Space Requirements</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x86-hw-hdd">
+ <title>Hard disk space</title>
<para>
- The disk space requirements listed below represent the
- disk space taken up by Fedora Core 6 after the
- installation is complete. However, additional disk space
- is required during the installation to support the
- installation environment. This additional disk space
- corresponds to the size of
- <filename>/Fedora/base/stage2.img</filename> on Installation Disc
- 1 plus the size of the files in <filename>/var/lib/rpm</filename>
- on the installed system.
- </para>
- <para>
- In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as
- little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an
- additional 175 MiB for an installation that includes nearly all the
- packages. The complete installed packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk
- space.
- </para>
- <para>
- Additional space is also required for any user data, and
- at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper
- system operation.
+ The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
+ space taken up by Fedora 7 after the installation is complete.
+ However, additional disk space is required during the
+ installation to support the installation environment. This
+ additional disk space corresponds to the size of
+ <filename>/Fedora/base/stage2.img</filename> on Installation
+ Disc 1 plus the size of the files in <filename
+ class="directory">/var/lib/rpm</filename> on the installed
+ system.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In practical terms, additional space requirements may range
+ from as little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much
+ as an additional 175 MiB for an "everything" installation. The
+ complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Additional space is also required for any user data, and at
+ least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system
+ operation.
</para>
</section>
</section>
</section>
- <section>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x64">
<title>x86_64 Specifics for Fedora</title>
<para>
- This section covers any specific information you may need to
- know about Fedora Core and the x86_64 hardware platform.
+ This section covers specific information about Fedora and the
+ x86_64 hardware platform.
</para>
- <section>
- <title>x86_64 Hardware Requirements</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x64-hw">
+ <title>Hardware requirements for x86_64</title>
<para>
- In order to use specific features of Fedora Core 6 during or
- after installation, you may need to know details of other
- hardware components such as video and network cards.
+ In order to use specific features of Fedora 7 during or after
+ installation, you may need to know details of other hardware
+ components such as video and network cards.
</para>
- <section>
- <title>x86_64 Memory Requirements</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x64-hw-mem">
+ <title>Memory requirements for x86_64</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Minimum RAM for text-mode: 128MiB
- </para>
+ <para>Minimum RAM for text-mode: 128MiB</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Minimum RAM for graphical: 256MiB
- </para>
+ <para>Minimum RAM for graphical: 256MiB</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Recommended RAM for graphical: 512MiB
- </para>
+ <para>Recommended RAM for graphical: 512MiB</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
- <section>
- <title>Hard Disk Space Requirements</title>
+ <section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x64-hw-hdd">
+ <title>Hard disk space requirements for x86_64</title>
<para>
- The disk space requirements listed below represent the
- disk space taken up by Fedora Core 6 after the
- installation is complete. However, additional disk space
- is required during the installation to support the
- installation environment. This additional disk space
- corresponds to the size of
- <filename>/Fedora/base/stage2.img</filename> on Installation Disc
- 1 plus the size of the files in <filename>/var/lib/rpm</filename>
- on the installed system.
- </para>
- <para>
- In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as
- little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an
- additional 175 MiB for an installation that includes nearly all the
- packages. The complete installed packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk
- space.
- </para>
- <para>
- Additional space is also required for any user data, and
- at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper
- system operation.
+ The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
+ space taken up by Fedora 7 after the installation is complete.
+ However, additional disk space is required during the
+ installation to support the installation environment. This
+ additional disk space corresponds to the size of
+ <filename>/Fedora/base/stage2.img</filename> on Installation
+ Disc 1 plus the size of the files in <filename
+ class="directory">/var/lib/rpm</filename> on the installed
+ system.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In practical terms, additional space requirements may range
+ from as little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much
+ as an additional 175 MiB for an "everything" installation. The
+ complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Additional space is also required for any user data, and at
+ least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system
+ operation.
</para>
</section>
</section>
Index: BackwardsCompatibility.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/BackwardsCompatibility.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- BackwardsCompatibility.xml 26 Sep 2006 05:42:31 -0000 1.10
+++ BackwardsCompatibility.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.11
@@ -1,41 +1,46 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-BackwardsCompatibility">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/BackwardsCompatibility</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Backwards Compatibility</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Backwards Compatibility</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
- Fedora Core provides legacy system libraries for compatibility with
- older software. This software is part of the
- <systemitem>Legacy Software Development</systemitem>
+ Fedora provides legacy system libraries for compatibility with older
+ software. This software is part of the
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Legacy Software Development</emphasis>
group, which is not installed by default. Users who require this
- functionality may select this group either during installation, or
+ functionality may select this group either during installation or
after the installation process is complete. To install the package
- group on a Fedora system, use <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add/Remove
- Software</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, <application>Pirut</application>, or
+ group on a Fedora system, use <emphasis>Applications > Add/Remove
+ Software</emphasis> (<emphasis role='strong'>Pirut</emphasis>) or
enter the following command in a terminal window:
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum groupinstall "Legacy Software Development"'
]]></screen>
<para>
- Enter the password for the <systemitem
- class="username">root</systemitem> account when prompted.
+ Enter the password for the <code>root</code> account when prompted.
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>Compiler Compatibility</title>
<para>
- The <code>compat-gcc-34</code> package has been included in this
- release for compatibility reasons:
+ The <code>compat-gcc-34</code> package has been included for
+ compatibility reasons:
</para>
<para>
- <ulink url='https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-August/msg00409.html'/>
+ <ulink url='https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-August/msg00409.html'>https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-August/msg00409.html</ulink>
</para>
</section>
</section>
Index: Colophon.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Colophon.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- Colophon.xml 7 Oct 2006 15:09:34 -0000 1.14
+++ Colophon.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.15
@@ -1,42 +1,45 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Colophon">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Colophon</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Colophon</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Colophon</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
As we use the term, a <emphasis>colophon</emphasis>:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- recognizes contributors and provides accountability, and
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- explains tools and production methods.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>recognizes contributors and provides accountability, and </listitem>
+ <listitem>explains tools and production methods. </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>Contributors</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BobJensen'>Bob
- Jensen</ulink> (editor-in-chief, beat writer)
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AmanAlam'>Amanpreet
+ Singh Alam</ulink> (translator - Punjabi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AndrewMartynov'>Andrew
- Martynov</ulink> (translator, Russian)
+ Martynov</ulink> (translator - Russian)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AndrewOverholt'>Andrew
+ Overholt</ulink> (beat contributor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -47,8 +50,20 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BrandonHolbrook'>Brandon
+ Holbrook</ulink> (beat contributor)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BobJensen'>Bob
+ Jensen</ulink> (editor-in-chief, beat writer)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ChrisLennert'>Chris
- Lennert</ulink> (beat writer)
+ Lennert</ulink> (beat writer)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -71,26 +86,32 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DeepakBhole'>Deepak
+ Bhole</ulink> (beat contributor)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DiegoBúrigoZacarão'>Diego
- Búrigo Zacarão</ulink> (translator - Brazilian Portuguese)
+ Búrigo Zacarão</ulink> (translator )
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DimitrisGlezos'>Dimitris
- Glezos</ulink> (translator, tools)
+ Glezos</ulink> (translator - Greek, tools)
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DomingoBecker'>Domingo
- Becker</ulink> (translator - Spanish)
+ Becker</ulink> (translator - Spanish)
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FrancescoTombolini'>Francesco
- Tombolini</ulink> (translator, Italian)
+ Tombolini</ulink> (translator - Italian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -102,7 +123,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HugoCisneiros'>Hugo
- Cisneiros</ulink> (translator, Brazilian Portuguese)
+ Cisneiros</ulink> (translator - Brazilian Portuguese)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JeffJohnston'>Jeff
+ Johnston</ulink> (beat contributor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -119,8 +146,8 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JoséNunoCoelhoPires '>José
- Nuno Coelho Pires</ulink> (translator - Portuguese)
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JoséNunoCoelhoPires'>José
+ Nuno Coelho Pires</ulink> (translator - Portuguese)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -137,26 +164,44 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KyuLee'>Kyu
+ Lee</ulink> (beat contributor)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LuyaTshimbalanga'>Luya
Tshimbalanga</ulink> (beat writer)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MagnusLarsson'>Magnus
- Larsson</ulink>(translator - Swedish)
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MagnusLarrson'>Magnus
+ Larrson</ulink> (translator - Swedish)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MartinBall'>Martin
+ Ball</ulink> (beat writer)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NikosCharonitakis'>Nikos
- Charonitakis</ulink>(translator - Greek)
+ Charonitakis</ulink> (translator - Greek)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OrionPoplawski'>Orion
+ Poplawski</ulink> (beat contributor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PanagiotaBilianou'>Panagiota
- Bilianou</ulink>(translator - Greek)
+ Bilianou</ulink> (translator - Greek)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -174,7 +219,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PawelSadowski'>Pawel
- Sadowski</ulink> (translator - Polish)
+ Sadowski</ulink> (translator - Polish)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PatrickErnzer'>Patrick
+ Ernzer</ulink> (beat contributor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -186,13 +237,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SamFolkWilliams'>Sam
- Folk-Williams</ulink> (beat writer, editor)
+ Folk-Williams</ulink> (beat writer)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SekineTatsuo'>Sekine
- Tatsuo</ulink> (translator, Japanese)
+ Tatsuo</ulink> (translator - Japanese)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -210,7 +261,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasCanniot'>ThomasCanniot</ulink>
- (translator, French)
+ (translator - French)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasGier'>Thomas
+ Gier</ulink> (translator - German)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -227,8 +284,14 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ValnirFerreira'>Valnir
- Ferreira Jr.</ulink> (translator - Brazilian Portuguese)
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ValnirFerreiraJr'>Valnir
+ Ferreira Jr.</ulink> (translator - Brazilian Portuguese)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/WillWoods'>Will
+ Woods</ulink> (beat contributor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -240,24 +303,24 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YuanYijun'>Yuan
- Yijun</ulink> (translator, Simplified Chinese)
+ Yijun</ulink> (translator - Simplified Chinese)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ZhangYang'>Zhang Yang</ulink>
- (translator - simplified Chinese)
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ZhangYang'>Zhang
+ Yang</ulink> (translator - simplified Chinese)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- ... and many more translators. Refer to the Web-updated version of these
- release notes as we add translators after release:
+ ... and many more translators. Refer to the Web-updated version of
+ these release notes as we add translators after release:
</para>
<para>
- <ulink url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/"/>
+ <ulink url='http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/'>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/</ulink>
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
@@ -265,14 +328,14 @@
<para>
Beat writers produce the release notes directly on the Fedora
Project Wiki. They collaborate with other subject matter experts
- during the test release phase of Fedora Core to explain important
+ during the test release phase of Fedora to explain important
changes and enhancements. The editorial team ensures consistency
and quality of the finished beats, and ports the Wiki material to
- DocBook XML in a revision control repository. At this point, the
- team of translators produces other language versions of the
- release notes, and then they become available to the general
- public as part of Fedora Core. The publication team also makes
- them, and subsequent errata, available via the Web.
+ Doc<code></code>Book XML in a revision control repository. At this
+ point, the team of translators produces other language versions of
+ the release notes, and then they become available to the general
+ public as part of Fedora. The publication team also makes them,
+ and subsequent errata, available via the Web.
</para>
</section>
</section>
Index: DatabaseServers.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/DatabaseServers.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- DatabaseServers.xml 26 Sep 2006 05:58:07 -0000 1.10
+++ DatabaseServers.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.11
@@ -1,45 +1,57 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-DatabaseServers">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/DatabaseServers</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Database Servers</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Database Servers</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
+
+ <para/>
<section>
<title>MySQL</title>
<para>
- Fedora now provides <application>MySQL</application> 5.0.
- For a list of the enhancements provided by this version, refer to
- <ulink url='http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-5-0-nutshell.html'/>.
+ Fedora now provides MySQL 5.0. For a list of the enhancements
+ provided by this version, refer to
+ <ulink url='http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-5-0-nutshell.html'>http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-5-0-nutshell.html</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
For more information on upgrading databases from previous releases
- of <application>MySQL</application>, refer to the
- <application>MySQL</application> web site at
- <ulink url='http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/upgrade.html'/>.
+ of MySQL, refer to the MySQL website at
+ <ulink url='http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/upgrade.html'>http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/upgrade.html</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>DBD Driver</title>
+ <para>
+ The MySQL DBD driver has been dual-licensed and the related
+ licensing issues have been
+ <ulink url='https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=222237'>resolved</ulink>.
+ The resulting <code>apr-util-mysql</code> package is now
+ included in the Fedora software repositories.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
</section>
<section>
<title>PostgreSQL</title>
<para>
- This release of Fedora includes
- <application>PostgreSQL</application> 8.1. For more
+ This release of Fedora includes PostgreSQL 8.2. For more
information on this new version, refer to
- <ulink url='http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew'>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("important", "Upgrading Databases", "Before upgrading
+ an existing Fedora system with a PostgreSQL database, it could be
+ necessary to follow the procedure described at
+ <ulink url='http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/install-upgrading.html'>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/install-upgrading.html</ulink>.
+ Otherwise the data may be not accessible by the new version of
+ PostgreSQL.")]]
</para>
- <important>
- <title>Upgrading Databases</title>
- <para>
- Fedora Core 4 provided version 8.0 of
- <application>PostgreSQL</application>. If you upgrade an existing Fedora
- system with a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database, you must
- upgrade the database to access the data. To upgrade a database from a
- previous version of PostgreSQL, follow the procedure described at <ulink
- url='http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/install-upgrading.html'/>
- </para>
- </important>
</section>
</section>
Index: Desktop.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Desktop.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- Desktop.xml 7 Oct 2006 04:00:46 -0000 1.10
+++ Desktop.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.11
@@ -1,176 +1,113 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Desktop">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Desktop</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Fedora Desktop</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Fedora Desktop</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
This section details changes that affect Fedora graphical desktop
users.
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
- <title>Desktop Effects</title>
- <para>
- AIGLX, from the <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject'>Fedora
- Rendering Project</ulink>, is part of the upstream
- <application>X.org</application> 7.1 release included in Fedora
- Core 6. <application>X.org</application> compositing is enabled by
- default in this release. Compositing features in
- <application>Metacity</application>, the default window manager
- provided in GNOME, are disabled in this release. When desktop
- effects are enabled, <application>Metacity</application> is
- replaced by <application>Compiz</application>, an OpenGL
- compositing window manager that uses AIGLX to provide desktop
- effects.
- </para>
+ <title>Localized Common User Directories (xdg-user-dirs)</title>
<para>
- To enable the fancy desktop effects, follow these steps:
- </para>
- <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>System</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>
- <guimenuitem>Desktop Effects</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Log out
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Log back in. <command>compiz</command> should be enabled
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- <para>
- If you get stuck, refer to the following thread:
+ This release of Fedora now includes the new common user directory
+ structure, <code>xdg-user-dirs</code>. Features of these new user
+ directories include:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>Directory names can be localized (translated) </listitem>
+ <listitem>Includes a set of common directories by default, such as for documents, music, pictures, and downloads. </listitem>
+ <listitem>Appear as common bookmarks in the file browser, and are picked up by many applications as app-specific defaults. For example, a music player would start the file opening dialog in the default music directory. </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <ulink url='http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-September/msg00382.html'/>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink url='http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-September/msg00383.html'/>
+ Configurable by users, who can move or rename the directories
+ via the <emphasis role='strong'>Nautilus</emphasis> file
+ manager, or by editing <code>~/.config/user-dirs.dirs</code>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>
- A list of hardware that supports these effects is available at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx'/>.
- </para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Software Management</title>
<para>
- The performance for the <command>yum</command> software management
- utility has been greatly improved in Fedora Core 6. The repository
+ The performance for the <code>yum</code> software management
+ utility has been greatly improved in Fedora 7. The repository
metadata parser has now been implemented in C. A new mirror
management infrastructure also ensures better mirror selection
and, in most cases, faster performance. The
- <application>Pirut</application> package management tool and the
- <application>Pup</application> software update utility are based
- on <command>yum</command>, so their performance is likewise
- improved.
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Pirut</emphasis> package management tool
+ and the <emphasis role='strong'>Pup</emphasis> software update
+ utility are based on <code>yum</code>, so their performance is
+ likewise improved.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>GNOME</title>
<para>
This release features
- <ulink url='http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/'>GNOME 2.16</ulink>.
- Many of the changes in GNOME 2.16, such as
- <application>Tomboy</application> and the
- <application>GNOME Power Manager</application>, were added
- in Fedora Core 5. Fedora Core 6 also features the
- <application>Orca</application> screen reader, and the
- <application>Alacarte</application> menu editor previously
- available from Fedora Extras.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <application>GNOME Power Manager</application> utility
- now provides detailed, graphical information about power
- consumption. To access this information, right click on the applet
- and select the <guimenuitem>Information</guimenuitem> menu item.
+ <ulink url='http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/'>GNOME</ulink> 2.18.
</para>
<para>
The GNOME splash screen has been disabled upstream intentionally.
- To enable it, use <command>gconf-editor</command> or the following
+ To enable it, use <code>gconf-editor</code> or the following
command:
</para>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-session/options/show_splash_screen --type bool true
]]></screen>
<para>
The lock screen dialog theme is not connected to the selected
screensaver in this release. To enable it, use
- <command>gconf-editor</command> or the following command:
+ <code>gconf-editor</code> or the following command:
</para>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_dialog_theme "system"
]]></screen>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>KDE</title>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>No content submitted</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Web Browsers</title>
<para>
- There is no longer a <firstterm>browser suite</firstterm> package
- contained in Fedora Core 6. The <package>mozilla</package> package
- has been removed. For equivalent functionality, use
- <package>firefox</package> as a web browser and
- <package>thunderbird</package> as a mail client, or use
- <package>seamonkey</package>, a browser suite distributed in
- Fedora Extras.
- </para>
- <para>
- To better support certain scripts (such as Indic and some CJK scripts),
- Fedora builds its <application>Firefox</application> using the
- Pango system as its text renderer. Pango is used with the permission of
- the Mozilla Corporation. This change may negatively impact performance on
- some pages. To disable the use of Pango, set
- <envar>MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1</envar> in your environment before launching
- <application>Firefox</application>.
- </para>
-<screen>
-export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1
-/usr/bin/firefox
-</screen>
- <para>
- Gecko based browsers <application>Firefox</application>
- and <application>Epiphany</application> now properly
- render MathML when using the Pango text backend. Additionally,
- several issues with the rendering and behavior of text when using
- the Pango text backend have been resolved.
- <application>Epiphany</application> now renders using
- Pango by default.
+ This release of Fedora includes version 2.0 of the popular
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Firefox</emphasis> web browser. Refer to
+ <ulink url='http://firefox.com/'>http://firefox.com/</ulink> for
+ more information about Firefox.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Mail Clients</title>
<para>
- <application>Thunderbird</application> in Fedora now
- enables Pango by default for all locales with permission from the
- Mozilla Corporation. This change may negatively impact performance
- on some pages. To disable the use of Pango, set
- <envar>MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1</envar> in your environment before
- launching <application>Thunderbird</application>.
- </para>
-<screen>
-export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1
-/usr/bin/thunderbird
-</screen>
+ The <code>mail-notification</code> package has been split. The
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Evolution</emphasis> plugin is now in a
+ separate package called
+ <code>mail-notification-evolution-plugin</code>. When you update
+ the <code>mail-notification</code> package, the plugin is added
+ automatically.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>
Index: Devel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Devel.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- Devel.xml 26 Sep 2006 09:46:35 -0000 1.3
+++ Devel.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.4
@@ -1,345 +1,209 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Devel">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Devel</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Development</title>
- <!--RAW HTML: <h2>Development</h2>-->
-
+ <para></para>
+
<para>
This section covers various development tools and features.
</para>
- <section>
- <title>Runtime</title>
- <para>
- These are the new features in <package>glibc</package>:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Support for priority inheriting and priority protecting
- mutexes. These are two features described in the POSIX
- standards.
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Priority inheriting mutexes automatically prevent
- priority inversion caused by waiting for the
- availability of mutexes. The kernel automatically boosts
- the priority of the thread holding the mutex until it
- unlocks the mutex.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Priority protection allows to specify a priority that
- all threads that acquire the mutex will run with until
- the mutex is unlocked. This feature is not available for
- robust mutexes.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The destination address sorting performed by the
- <interface>getaddrinfo()</interface> interface for hostname lookup can
- now be customized by rules in the <filename>/etc/gai.conf</filename>
- file.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Significant speed-ups in NIS and NIS+ processing.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- RFC 3542 support completed (advanced socket APIs for IPv6).
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Significant speed-ups of dynamic symbol lookup.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Tools</title>
- <para>
- The linker includes support for the new ELF symbol hash table
- format. Use the <option>--hash-style</option> option of the linker
- to select the format(s).
- </para>
+ <para>
+ <para/>
<section>
- <title>Kernel header files</title>
- <para>
- This release of Fedora has been built using Linux kernel
- headers exported directly from the kernel, using the new
- <option>headers_install</option> feature of the 2.6.18 kernel.
- Thus, the <package>glibc-kernheaders</package> package has been
- removed and replaced with <package>kernel-headers</package>, a
- subpackage of <package>kernel</package>.
- </para>
- <para>
- Developers may notice some changes between these new kernel
- headers and what was present before, including but not limited
- to the following:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <filename><linux/compiler.h></filename> header file has
- been removed, since it contains nothing of use to
- userspace.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <systemitem class="macro">_syscallX()</systemitem> macros are removed. Userspace
- should use <systemitem class="macro">syscall()</systemitem> from the C library
- instead.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <systemitem class="macro">PAGE_SIZE</systemitem> macro is
- removed from some architectures, since the page size is variable.
- Userspace should be using <systemitem
- class="macro">sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE)</systemitem> or <systemitem
- class="macro">getpagesize()</systemitem> instead.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <filename><asm/atomic.h></filename> and
- <filename><asm/bitops.h></filename> header files have been
- removed. These were not designed for use in userspace, and
- would fail to compile on some architectures while silently
- giving non-atomic behaviour on others. The C compiler
- provides its own
- <ulink url='http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/Atomic-Builtins.html#Atomic-Builtins'>atomic
- builtin functions</ulink> that are suitable for use in
- userspace programs instead.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Content that was previously protected with <code>#ifdef
- __KERNEL__</code> is now elided completely with the
- <command>unifdef</command> tool. Defining
- <code>__KERNEL___</code> in order to see parts that
- should not be visible to userspace is no longer effective.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <title>Runtime</title>
<para>
- In addition, some other header files that xare not suitable
- for use in userspace have been removed, and still more headers
- have been edited to remove unsuitable content.
+ These are the new features in <code>glibc</code>:
</para>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>Kernel header changes are not Fedora-specific</title>
- <para>
- These changes are inherited from the upstream kernel and
- are not specific to Fedora. Any distribution using the
- current officially-exported kernel headers would be the
- same.
- </para>
- </note>
+ <emphasis>No content</emphasis>
</para>
</section>
+
+ <para/>
<section>
- <title>GCC Compiler Collection</title>
+ <title>Tools</title>
<para>
- This release of Fedora has been built with GCC 4.1, which
- is included with the distribution.
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>GCC Compiler Collection</title>
+ <para>
+ This release of Fedora has been built with GCC 4.1, which is
+ included with the distribution.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>Caveats</title>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>No content</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Code Generation</title>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>No content</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Language Extensions</title>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>No content</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>Eclipse</title>
+ <para>
+ This release of Fedora includes Fedora Eclipse, based on the
+ <ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org'>Eclipse</ulink> SDK
+ version 3.2.2. The "New and Noteworthy" page for the 3.2.x
+ series of releases can be accessed at
+ <ulink url='http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.2-200606291905/new_noteworthy/eclipse-news.html'>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.2-200606291905/new_noteworthy/eclipse-news.html</ulink>.
+ Release notes specific to 3.2.2 are available at
+ <ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_3.2.2.html'>http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_3.2.2.html</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The Eclipse SDK is known variously as "the Eclipse
+ Platform," "the Eclipse IDE," and "Eclipse." The Eclipse SDK
+ is the foundation for the combined release of ten Eclipse
+ projects under the Callisto combined release umbrella
+ (<ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/callisto'>http://www.eclipse.org/callisto</ulink>).
+ A few of these Callisto projects are included in Fedora: CDT
+ (<ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/cdt'>http://www.eclipse.org/cdt</ulink>,
+ for C/C++ development, EMF
+ (<ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/emf'>http://www.eclipse.org/emf</ulink>)
+ the Eclipse Modeling Framework, and GEF
+ (<ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/gef'>http://www.eclipse.org/gef</ulink>),
+ the Graphical Editing Framework.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Many third-party Eclipse projects are also available,
+ including Subclipse
+ (<ulink url='http://subclipse.tigris.org/'>http://subclipse.tigris.org/</ulink>)
+ for integrating Subversion version control,
+ <ulink url='/wiki/PyDev'>PyDev</ulink>
+ (<ulink url='http://pydev.sf.net'>http://pydev.sf.net</ulink>)
+ for developing in Python, and PHPeclipse
+ (<ulink url='http://www.phpeclipse.de/'>http://www.phpeclipse.de/</ulink>)
+ for developing in PHP. Mylar
+ (<ulink url='http://eclipse.org/mylar'>http://eclipse.org/mylar</ulink>),
+ a task-focused UI for Eclipse, is also available in Fedora
+ with task connectors for Bugzilla and Trac. It was not part
+ of Callisto but will be part of the forthcoming Europa
+ combined Eclipse release.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Assistance in getting more projects packaged and tested with
+ GCJ is always welcome. Contact the interested parties
+ through fedora-devel-java-list
+ (<ulink url='http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list/'>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list/</ulink>)
+ and/or #fedora-java on freenode.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Fedora also includes plugins and features that are
+ particularly useful to FLOSS hackers,
+ <ulink url='/wiki/ChangeLog'>ChangeLog</ulink> editing with
+ <code>eclipse-changelog</code>, and Bugzilla interaction
+ with <code>eclipse-mylar-bugzilla</code>. Our CDT package
+ also includes the work-in-progress GNU Autotools plugin.
+ This plugin allows end-users to use Eclipse to build and
+ maintain C/C++ projects that use GNU autotools. Enhancements
+ to the CDT include:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>Performing configuration prior to build </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Special editors for
+ <code>autoconf</code>/<code>automake</code> input files
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Special help for <code>autoconf</code> macros
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>Hover help for C library functions </listitem>
+ <listitem>A special console for configuration </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ The latest information regarding these projects can be found
+ at the Fedora Eclipse Project page:
+ <ulink url='http://sourceware.org/eclipse/'>http://sourceware.org/eclipse/</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This release includes 21 language packs for the Eclipse SDK.
+ Each language is packed into a separate package, such as
+ <code>eclipse-sdk-nls-ko</code> for the Korean translation.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>Non-packaged Plugins/Features</title>
+ <para>
+ Fedora Eclipse contains a patch to allow non-root users to
+ make use of the Update Manager functionality for
+ installing non-packaged plugins and features. Such plugins
+ are installed in the user's home directory under the
+ <code>.eclipse</code> directory. Please note, however,
+ that these plugins do not have associated GCJ-compiled
+ bits and may therefore run slower than expected.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Alternative Java Runtime Environments</title>
+ <para>
+ The Fedora free JRE does not satisfy every user, so Fedora
+ does allow the installation of alternative JREs. A caveat
+ exists, however, for installing proprietary JREs on 64-bit
+ machines.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The 64-bit JNI libraries shipped by default on x86_64
+ systems in Fedora do not run on 32-bit proprietary JREs.
+ In other words, do not try to run Fedora's x86_64 Eclipse
+ packages on Sun's 32-bit JRE. They fail in confusing ways.
+ Either switch to a 64-bit proprietary JRE, or install the
+ 32-bit version of the packages, if available. To install a
+ 32-bit version, use the following command:
+ </para>
+<screen><![CDATA[yum install <package_name>.i386
+]]></screen>
+ <para>
+ Likewise, the 32-bit JNI libraries shipped by default on
+ ppc64 systems do not run with a 64-bit JRE. To install the
+ 64-bit version, use the following command:
+ </para>
+<screen><![CDATA[yum install <package_name>.ppc64
+]]></screen>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Europa/Eclipse 3.3</title>
+ <para>
+ In June 2007, the Eclipse community is releasing the
+ Europa combined release of an assortment of plugins and
+ features. This will be based on and include version 3.3 of
+ the Eclipse SDK. This is a major change and because of
+ that, Fedora Eclipse is not going to be re-basing on
+ Europa until Fedora 8. This means that versions of
+ Eclipse-based applications included in Fedora such as
+ RSSOwl and Azureus may lag upstream releases if they
+ require features only available in Eclipse 3.3.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
</para>
- <section>
- <title>Caveats</title>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora developers have introduced changes in the ELF
- <code>.hash</code> section that provides symbols for dynamic
- linking. This new <code>.gnu.hash</code> section, which is
- produced with the new default
- <option>--hash-style=gnu</option> option for
- <command>gcc</command>, serves the same purpose as
- previous hash sections. It provides, however, an
- approximately 50% increase in dynamic linking speed.
- Binaries and libraries produced with the new hashing
- function are incompatible with older
- <systemitem class="library">glibc</systemitem> and dynamic linker releases. To
- use the old-style hashing routines for compatibility
- with older <systemitem class="library">glibc</systemitem>-based systems, pass
- the <option>--hash-style=sysv</option> option instead.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You need GDB 6.1 or newer to debug binaries, unless
- they are compiled using the
- <option>-fno-var-tracking</option> compilation option.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <option>-fwritable-strings</option> option is no
- longer accepted.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- English-language diagnostic messages now use Unicode
- quotes. If you cannot read this, set your
- <envar>LC_CTYPE</envar> environment variable to
- <systemitem class="constant">C</systemitem> or change your terminal emulator.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <filename>specs</filename> file is no longer installed
- on most systems. Ordinary users will not notice, but
- developers who need to alter the file can use the
- <option>-dumpspecs</option> option to generate the file
- for editing.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Code Generation</title>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The SSA code optimizer is now included and brings
- with it better constant propagation, partial
- redundancy elimination, load and store code motion,
- strength reduction, dead storage elimination, better
- detection of unreachable code, and tail recursion by
- accumulation.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Autovectorization is supported. This technique
- achieves higher performance for repetitive loop
- code, in some circumstances.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Language Extensions</title>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The new sentinel attribute causes the compiler to
- issue a warning if a function such as
- <function>execl(char *path, const char *arg,
- ...)</function>, which requires a NULL list terminator,
- is missing the NULL.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <systemitem>cast-as-lvalue</systemitem>,
- <systemitem>conditional-expression-as-lvalue</systemitem>, and
- <systemitem>compund-expression-as-lvalue</systemitem> extensions
- have been removed.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <systemitem class="macro">#pragma pack()</systemitem>
- semantics are now closer to those used by other compilers.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Taking the address of a variable declared with the register
- modifier now generates an error instead of a warning.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Arrays of incomplete element types now generate an
- error. This implies no forward reference to
- structure definitions.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The basic compiler, without any optimization
- (<option>-O0</option>), has been measured as much as 25% faster in
- real-world code.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Libraries may now contain function-scope static
- variables in multi-threaded programs. Embedded
- developers can use the
- <option>-fno-threadsafe-statics</option> to turn off
- this feature, but ordinary users should never do
- this.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
</section>
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Ruby</title>
- <para>
- The standard search path for Ruby libraries, <code>$:</code>, has
- changed in accordance with
- <ulink url='http://fedora-test.fedoraproject.org/fedora-docs/fedora-docs/Packaging/Ruby'>the
- packaging guidelines</ulink>. Changes were also made to some of
- the entries in <code>Config::CONFIG</code> in the
- <filename>rbconfig</filename> module. The most important changes include:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <filename>sitedir</filename> and related directories
- (<filename>sitelibdir</filename>, <filename>sitearchdir</filename>) are now
- under <filename>rubylibdir</filename>. Instead of
- <filename>/usr/lib/site_ruby</filename> they are underneath
- <filename>/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The directories for architecture-independent pure Ruby code
- are always under <filename>/usr/lib</filename>, even on x86_64
- architecture, where they used to be under
- <filename>/usr/lib64</filename>. This change affects the
- <code>Config::CONFIG</code> entries <filename>rubylibdir</filename>
- and <filename>sitelibdir</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>
- Directories that were previously in <code>$:</code> remain there for the
- time being, so that existing code, such as
- <filename>/usr/lib/site_ruby</filename>, does not need to be modified.
- These directories are deprecated though, and will be removed by the
- release of Fedora Core 8. Build Ruby RPM packages in accordance with
- <ulink
- url='http://fedora-test.fedoraproject.org/fedora-docs/fedora-docs/Packaging/Ruby'>the
- packaging guidelines</ulink>. In particular, Ruby libraries should only
- be installed into <filename>sitelibdir</filename> and
- <filename>sitearchdir</filename>. You should also follow this rule for
- Ruby code that is not packaged as an RPM.
- </para>
- </section>
+ </para>
</section>
Index: Entertainment.xml
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-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Entertainment">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Entertainment</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Games and Entertainment</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Games and Entertainment</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
- Fedora Core and Fedora Extras provide a selection of games that
- cover a variety of genres. By default, Fedora Core includes a small
- package of games for GNOME (called <package>gnome-games</package>) and KDE
- (<package>kdegames</package>). Fedora Extras provides additional games
- that span every major genre.
+ Fedora provides a selection of games that cover a variety of genres.
+ Users can install a small package of games for GNOME (called
+ <code>gnome-games</code>) and KDE (<code>kdegames</code>). There are
+ also many additional games that span every major genre available in
+ the repositories.
</para>
<para>
The Fedora Project website features a section dedicated to games
that details many of the available games, including overviews and
installation instructions. For more information, refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Games'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Games'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Games</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For a list of other games that are available for installation, use
+ the <emphasis role='strong'>Pirut</emphasis> graphical utility
+ (<emphasis>Applications > Add/Remove Software</emphasis>), or via
+ the command line:
</para>
+
+ <para/>
+
+<screen><![CDATA[yum groupinfo "Games and Entertainment"
+]]></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ For help using <code>yum</code> to install the assorted game
+ packages, refer to the guide available at:
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/'>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/</ulink>
+ </para>
+
+ <para/>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Haxima</title>
+ <para>
+ Fedora 7 includes version 0.5.6 of the
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Nazghul</emphasis> old-school role playing
+ game engine and its companion game Haxima. This version is not
+ compatible with saved games from previous
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Nazghul</emphasis> versions, so those with
+ Haxima games in progress need to restart their games after
+ updating to Fedora 7.
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
Index: Feedback.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Feedback.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12
--- Feedback.xml 25 Sep 2006 07:38:42 -0000 1.11
+++ Feedback.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.12
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Feedback">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Feedback</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Feedback</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Feedback</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
Thank you for taking the time to provide your comments, suggestions,
@@ -13,28 +16,26 @@
improve the state of Fedora, Linux, and free software worldwide.
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>Providing Feedback on Fedora Software</title>
<para>
To provide feedback on Fedora software or other system elements,
please refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests</ulink>.
A list of commonly reported bugs and known issues for this release
is available from
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F7Common'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F7Common</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Providing Feedback on Release Notes</title>
<para>
- <important>
- <title>Feedback for Release Notes Only</title>
- <para>
- This section concerns feedback on the release notes
- themselves.
- </para>
- </important>
+ [[Admonition("important", "Feedback for Release Notes Only", "This
+ section concerns feedback on the release notes themselves.")]]
</para>
<para>
If you feel these release notes could be improved in any way, you
@@ -45,15 +46,16 @@
<listitem>
<para>
If you have a Fedora account, edit content directly at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats'/>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fill out a bug request using this template:
- <ulink url='http://tinyurl.com/nej3u'/> -
- <emphasis role='strong'>This link is ONLY for feedback on the
- release notes themselves</emphasis>
+ <ulink url='http://tinyurl.com/nej3u'>http://tinyurl.com/nej3u</ulink>
+ - <emphasis role='strong'>This link is ONLY for feedback on
+ the release notes themselves.</emphasis> Refer to the
+ admonition above for details.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Index: FileSystems.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/FileSystems.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- FileSystems.xml 26 Sep 2006 10:00:34 -0000 1.9
+++ FileSystems.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.10
@@ -1,86 +1,87 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-FileSystems">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/FileSystems</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>File Systems</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>File Systems</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 provides basic support for encrypted swap partitions
- and non-root file systems. To use it, add entries to
- <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> and reference the created devices in
- <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>.
+ Fedora 7 provides basic support for encrypted swap partitions and
+ non-root file systems. To use it, add entries to
+ <code>/etc/crypttab</code> and reference the created devices in
+ <code>/etc/fstab</code>.
</para>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>Encrypted FS Support Unavailable During Install</title>
- <para>
- Enable file system encryption after installation. Anaconda does
- not have support for creating encrypted block devices.
- </para>
- </note>
+ [[Admonition("note", "Encrypted FS Support Unavailable During
+ Install", "Enable file system encryption after installation.
+ Anaconda does not have support for creating encrypted block
+ devices.")]]
</para>
<para>
- The following example shows an <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> entry for a
- swap partition:
+ The following example shows an <code>/etc/crypttab</code> entry for
+ a swap partition:
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<screen><![CDATA[my_swap /dev/hdb1 /dev/urandom swap,cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256
]]></screen>
<para>
- This creates an encrypted block device <filename
- class="devicefile">/dev/mapper/my_swap</filename>, which can be
- referenced in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. The next example
- shows an entry for a filesystem volume:
+ This creates an encrypted block device
+ <code>/dev/mapper/my_swap</code>, which can be referenced in
+ <code>/etc/fstab</code>. The next example shows an entry for a
+ filesystem volume:
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<screen><![CDATA[my_volume /dev/hda5 /etc/volume_key cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256
]]></screen>
<para>
- The <filename>/etc/volume_key</filename> file contains a plaintext
- encryption key. You can also specify <option>none</option> as the
- key file name, and the system instead asks for the encryption key
- during boot.
+ The <code>/etc/volume_key</code> file contains a plaintext
+ encryption key. You can also specify <code>none</code> as the key
+ file name, and the system instead asks for the encryption key during
+ boot.
</para>
<para>
- The recommended method is to use
- <application>LUKS</application> for file system volumes:
+ The recommended method is to use <emphasis>LUKS</emphasis> for file
+ system volumes: (using LUKS you can drop the cipher= part in
+ crypttab).
</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Create the encrypted volume using <command>cryptsetup
- luksFormat</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add the necessary entry to <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>
+ Create the encrypted volume using <code>cryptsetup
+ luksFormat</code>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Set up the volume manually using <command>cryptsetup
- luksOpen</command> or reboot
+ Add the necessary entry to <code>/etc/crypttab</code>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Create a filesystem on the encrypted volume
+ Set up the volume manually using <code>cryptsetup
+ luksOpen</code> or reboot
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>Create a filesystem on the encrypted volume </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Set up an <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> entry
+ Set up an <code>/etc/fstab</code> entry
</para>
</listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </orderedlist>
</section>
Index: I18n.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/I18n.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- I18n.xml 11 Dec 2006 07:52:12 -0000 1.10
+++ I18n.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.11
@@ -1,112 +1,119 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-I18n">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/I18n</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Internationalization (i18n)</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Internationalization (i18n)</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
- This section includes information on language support under Fedora
- Core.
+ This section includes information on language support under Fedora.
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>Input Methods</title>
<para>
- The default SCIM (Simple Common Input Method) GTK Input Method
- Module is now <code>scim-bridge</code>, written from scratch in C
- by Ryo Dairiki. SCIM is no longer linked against <systemitem
- class="library">libstdc++so7</systemitem>, and
- <systemitem>scim-qtimm</systemitem> works again.
+ When upgrading from earlier releases of Fedora, it is strongly
+ recommended to install <code>scim-bridge-gtk</code>, which works
+ well with 3rd party C++ applications linked against older versions
+ of <code>libstdc++</code>.
</para>
<para>
- After upgrading from Fedora Core, install
- <package>scim-bridge-gtk</package>, otherwise the SCIM GTK Input Method
- Module is used. This may conflict with 3rd party C++ applications
- linked against older versions of <filename>libstdc++</filename>.
+ When SCIM is installed, it runs by default for users of all
+ locales. If SCIM is installed but you do not wish to run it on
+ your desktop, disable it using <code>im-chooser</code>.
</para>
<para>
- If SCIM is installed, it now runs by default for users of all
- locales rather than only some Asian locales as in the previous
- release. The following table lists the default trigger hotkeys for
+ The following table lists the default trigger hotkeys for
different languages:
</para>
- <informaltable>
+ <table>
+ <caption/>
<tgroup cols='2'>
- <colspec colname='col_0'/>
- <colspec colname='col_1'/>
+ <colspec colname='xxx1'/>
+ <colspec colname='xxx2'/>
<tbody>
<row>
-<entry colsep='1' rowsep='1'><para><emphasis role='strong'>Language</emphasis></para></entry>
-<entry colsep='1' rowsep='1'><para><emphasis role='strong'>Trigger hotkeys</emphasis></para></entry>
+<entry><para><emphasis role='strong'>Language</emphasis></para></entry>
+<entry><para><emphasis role='strong'>Trigger hotkeys</emphasis></para></entry>
</row>
<row>
-<entry colsep='1' rowsep='1'><para>all</para></entry>
-<entry colsep='1' rowsep='1'><para><code>Ctrl-Space</code></para></entry>
+<entry><para>all</para></entry>
+<entry><para><code>Ctrl-Space</code></para></entry>
</row>
<row>
-<entry colsep='1' rowsep='1'><para>Japanese</para></entry>
-<entry colsep='1' rowsep='1'><para><keycap>Zenkaku_Hankaku</keycap> or
- <keycombo>
- <keycap>Alt</keycap>
- <keycap>`</keycap>
- </keycombo></para></entry>
+<entry><para>Japanese</para></entry>
+<entry><para><code>Zenkaku_Hankaku</code> or <code>Alt-`</code></para></entry>
</row>
<row>
-<entry colsep='1' rowsep='1'><para>Korean</para></entry>
-<entry colsep='1' rowsep='1'><para><keycombo>
- <keycap>Shift</keycap>
- <keycap>Space</keycap>
- </keycombo></para></entry>
+<entry><para>Korean</para></entry>
+<entry><para><code>Shift-Space</code> or <code>Hangul</code></para></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
- </informaltable>
+ </table>
+ <para/>
<section>
<title>Language Installation</title>
<para>
To install additional language support from the
- <systemitem class="groupname">Languages</systemitem> group, use
- <command>pirut</command> or <keycombo>
-<keycap>Applications</keycap><keycap>Add/Remove
- Software</keycap></keycombo>, or run this command:
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Languages</emphasis> group, use
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Pirut</emphasis> via
+ <emphasis>Applications > Add/Remove Software</emphasis>, or run
+ this command:
</para>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum groupinstall <language>-support'
]]></screen>
<para>
- In the command above, <replaceable><language></replaceable> is one of
- <literal>assamese</literal>, <literal>bengali</literal>,
- <literal>chinese</literal>, <literal>gujarati</literal>, <literal>hindi</literal>,
- <literal>japanese</literal>, <literal>kannada</literal>,
- <literal>korean</literal>, <literal>malayalam</literal>,
- <literal>marathi</literal>, <literal>oriya</literal>, <literal>punjabi</literal>,
- <literal>sinhala</literal>, <literal>tamil</literal>, <literal>thai</literal>, or
- <literal>telegu</literal>.
+ In the command above, <code><language></code> is one of
+ <code>assamese</code>, <code>bengali</code>,
+ <code>chinese</code>, <code>gujarati</code>, <code>hindi</code>,
+ <code>japanese</code>, <code>kannada</code>,
+ <code>korean</code>, <code>malayalam</code>,
+ <code>marathi</code>, <code>oriya</code>, <code>punjabi</code>,
+ <code>sinhala</code>, <code>tamil</code>, <code>thai</code>, or
+ <code>telegu</code>.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
</section>
<section>
- <title>im-chooser</title>
- <para>
- A new user configuration tool called <command>im-chooser</command>
- has been added that allows you to disable or enable the usage of
- input methods on your desktop. If SCIM is installed but you do not
- wish to run it on your desktop, you can disable it using
- <command>im-chooser</command>.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>xinputrc</title>
+ <title>M17n Changes</title>
<para>
- At X startup, <command>xinput.sh</command> now sources
- <filename>~/.xinputrc</filename> or
- <filename>/etc/X11/xinit/xinputrc</filename> instead of searching
- config files under <filename>~/.xinput.d/</filename> or
- <filename>/etc/xinit/xinput.d/</filename>.
+ Package <emphasis role='strong'>m17n-db</emphasis>
</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added ZWNJ (U+200d) needed in kn-* keymaps, resolved -
+ <ulink url='https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=221965'>bugzilla
+ #221965</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added itrans layout for Marathi, resolved -
+ <ulink url='https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225561'>bugzilla
+ #225561</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added phonetic keymaps for Marathi & Oriya, resolved -
+ <ulink url='https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225559'>bugzilla
+ #225559</ulink> and
+ <ulink url='https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225562'>bugzilla
+ #225562</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
Index: Installer.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Installer.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- Installer.xml 11 Dec 2006 07:52:12 -0000 1.12
+++ Installer.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.13
@@ -1,310 +1,276 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Installer">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Installer</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Installation Notes</title>
- <important>
- <title>Fedora Installation Guide</title>
- <para>
- For information on how to install Fedora Core, refer to <ulink
- url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/">http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/</ulink>.
- </para>
- </important>
+
+ <para></para>
+
<para>
- <application>Anaconda</application> is the name of the
- Fedora Installer. This section outlines those issues that are
- related to <application>Anaconda</application> (the Fedora
- Core installation program) and installing Fedora Core 6.
+ [[Admonition("important", "Fedora Installation Guide", "To learn how
+ to install Fedora, refer to
+ <ulink url='http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/'>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/</ulink>.")]]
</para>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>Downloading Large Files</title>
- <para>
- If you intend to download the Fedora Core 6 DVD ISO image, keep
- in mind that not all file downloading tools can accommodate
- files larger than 2 GiB in size. <command>wget</command>
- 1.9.1-16 and above, <command>curl</command> and
- <command>ncftpget</command> do not have this limitation, and can
- successfully download files larger than 2 GiB.
- <application>BitTorrent</application> is another method for
- downloading large files. For information about obtaining and
- using the torrent file, refer to <ulink
- url="http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/"/>.
- </para>
- </note>
+ [[Admonition("tip", "Installation issues not covered in these
+ release notes", "If you encounter a problem or have a question
+ during installation that is not covered in these relese notes, refer
+ to
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ</ulink>
+ and
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/Common'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/Common</ulink>")]]
</para>
<para>
- <application>Anaconda</application> tests the integrity of
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis> is the name of the
+ Fedora installer. This section outlines issues related to
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis> and installing Fedora 7.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("note", "Downloading Large Files", "If you intend to
+ download the Fedora DVD ISO image, keep in mind that not all file
+ downloading tools can accommodate files larger than 2 GiB in size.
+ <code>wget</code> 1.9.1-16 and above, <code>curl</code>, and
+ <code>ncftpget</code> do not have this limitation, and can
+ successfully download files larger than 2 GiB.
+ <emphasis role='strong'><ulink url='/wiki/BitTorrent'>BitTorrent</ulink></emphasis>
+ is another method for downloading large files. For information about
+ obtaining and using the torrent file, refer to
+ <ulink url='http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/'>http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/</ulink>.")]]
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis> tests the integrity of
installation media by default. This function works with the CD, DVD,
hard drive ISO, and NFS ISO installation methods. The Fedora Project
recommends that you test all installation media before starting the
- installation process, and before reporting any installation-related
+ installation process and before reporting any installation-related
bugs. Many of the bugs reported are actually due to
- improperly-burned CDs. To use this test, type <userinput>linux
- mediacheck</userinput> at the
- <computeroutput>boot:</computeroutput> prompt presented at the start
- of installation.
+ improperly-burned CDs. To use this test, type <code>linux
+ mediacheck</code> at the <code>boot:</code> prompt.
</para>
<para>
- The <option>mediacheck</option> function is highly sensitive, and
- may report some usable discs as faulty. This result is often caused
- by disc writing software that does not include padding when creating
- discs from ISO files. For best results with
- <option>mediacheck</option>, boot with the following option:
+ The <code>mediacheck</code> function is highly sensitive, and may
+ report some usable discs as faulty. This result is often caused by
+ disc writing software that does not include padding when creating
+ discs from ISO files. For best results with <code>mediacheck</code>,
+ boot with the following option:
</para>
-<screen><![CDATA[linux ide=nodma
+ <para/>
+
+<screen><![CDATA[linux ide=nodma mediacheck
]]></screen>
<para>
- After you complete the <option>mediacheck</option> function
+ After you complete the <code>mediacheck</code> function
successfully, reboot to return DMA mode to its normal state. On many
- systems this results in a faster installation process from disc. You
- may skip the <option>mediacheck</option> option when rebooting.
+ systems, this results in a faster installation process from the
+ disc. You may skip the <code>mediacheck</code> option when
+ rebooting.
</para>
<para>
- Use the <command>sha1sum</command> utility to verify discs before
- carrying out an installation. This test accurately identifies discs
- that are not valid or identical to the ISO image files.
+ [[Admonition("important", "Bit<code></code>Torrent Automatically
+ Verifies File Integrity", "If you use
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Bit<code></code>Torrent</emphasis>, any
+ files you download are automatically validated. If your file
+ completes downloading, you do not need to check it. Once you burn
+ your CD, however, you should still use <code>mediacheck</code>.")]]
</para>
<para>
- <important>
- <title><application>BitTorrent</application> Automatically
- Verifies File Integrity</title>
- <para>
- If you use <application>BitTorrent</application>, any files you
- download are automatically validated. If your file completes
- downloading, you do not need to check it. Once you burn your CD,
- however, you should still use <option>mediacheck</option>.
- </para>
- </important>
+ You may perform memory testing before you install Fedora by entering
+ <code>memtest86</code> at the <code>boot:</code> prompt. This option
+ runs the <emphasis role='strong'>Memtest86</emphasis> standalone
+ memory testing software in place of
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis>.
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Memtest86</emphasis> memory testing
+ continues until the <code>Esc</code> key is pressed.
</para>
<para>
- You may perform memory testing before you install Fedora Core by
- entering <userinput>memtest86</userinput> at the
- <computeroutput>boot:</computeroutput> prompt. This option runs the
- <application>Memtest86</application> standalone memory testing
- software in place of <application>Anaconda</application>.
- <application>Memtest86</application> memory testing continues until
- the <keycap function="escape">Esc</keycap> key is pressed.
+ [[Admonition("note", "<code>Memtest86</code> Availability", "You
+ must boot from Installation Disc 1 or a rescue CD in order to use
+ this feature.")]]
</para>
<para>
- <note>
- <title><application>Memtest86</application> Availability</title>
- <para>
- You must boot from Installation Disc 1 or a rescue CD in order
- to use this feature.
- </para>
- </note>
+ Fedora 7 supports graphical FTP and HTTP installations. However, the
+ installer image must either fit in RAM or appear on local storage,
+ such as Installation Disc 1. Therefore, only systems with more than
+ 192MiB of RAM, or which boot from Installation Disc 1, can use the
+ graphical installer. Systems with 192MiB RAM or less fall back to
+ using the text-based installer automatically. If you prefer to use
+ the text-based installer, type <code>linux text</code> at the
+ <code>boot:</code> prompt.
</para>
- <para>
- Fedora Core 6 supports graphical FTP and HTTP installations.
- However, the installer image must either fit in RAM or appear on
- local storage such as Installation Disc 1. Therefore, only systems
- with more than 192MiB of RAM, or which boot from Installation Disc
- 1, can use the graphical installer. Systems with 192MiB RAM or less
- fall back to using the text-based installer automatically. If you
- prefer to use the text-based installer, type <userinput>linux
- text</userinput> at the <computeroutput>boot:</computeroutput>
- prompt.
- </para>
+ <para/>
<section>
<title>Changes in Anaconda</title>
<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>New artwork for the installer. </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <application>Anaconda</application> now features the ability
- to install packages from Fedora Extras or any custom
- <command>yum</command>-compatible software repository. Fedora
- Extras is available by default on interactive installs with
- network connectivity.
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis> now features the
+ ability to install packages from any
+ <code>yum</code>-compatible software repository.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>Yum Repository Support</title>
- <para>
- Only HTTP and FTP repositories are supported; repositories on
- CDs or NFS are not currently supported.
- </para>
- </note>
+ [[Admonition("note","Yum Repository Support","Only HTTP and FTP
+ repositories are supported; repositories on CDs or NFS are not
+ currently supported.")]]
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- You can now use the installer to generate a Live CD for
- Kadischi. Refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi/'/> for
- more details.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <application>Anaconda</application> uses SquashFS to compress
- and store packages on images.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <application>Anaconda</application> now supports installation
- using IPv6.
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis> uses SquashFS to
+ compress and store packages on images.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <application>Anaconda</application> now supports installation
- from <ulink
- url='http://fedora-test.fedoraproject.org/fedora-docs/fedora-docs/FireWire'>FireWire</ulink>
- and USB storage devices.
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis> now supports
+ installation using IPv6.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <application>Anaconda's</application> backend,
- <command>yum</command>, has been updated to 2.9.x.
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis> now supports
+ installation from <ulink url='/wiki/FireWire'>FireWire</ulink>
+ and USB storage devices.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The installer provides enhanced support for the ppc64
- architecture.
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda's</emphasis> backend,
+ <code>yum</code>, has been updated to 3.0.x.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The installer now supports Apple Macintosh systems with Intel
- processors.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The installer now supports multipathing.
+ The installer provides enhanced support for the
+ <code>ppc64</code> architecture.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>The installer now supports Apple Macintosh systems with Intel processors. </listitem>
+ <listitem>The installer now supports multipathing. </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Vera fonts are retired and replaced by
- <ulink url='http://fedora-test.fedoraproject.org/fedora-docs/fedora-docs/DejaVu'>DejaVu</ulink>
- as default for the installer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The installer is now translated in Greek, Kannada, Malayalam,
- Marathi and Oriya.
+ <ulink url='/wiki/DejaVu'>DejaVu</ulink> as default for the
+ installer.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>The installer is now translated in Greek, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Oriya. </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Kickstart Changes</title>
<para>
- Three new <systemitem>kickstart</systemitem> keywords have been
- added.
+ Three new <code>kickstart</code> keywords have been added.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <code>repo --name=<repoid>
+ [--baseurl=<url>|--mirrorlist=<url>] </code>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The keyword <code>repo</code> specifies additional package
+ repositories to use for installation. The parameter
+ <code>baseurl</code> specifies the URL for the repository, while
+ <code>mirrorlist</code> specifies a list of mirrors. One and only
+ one of these options may be specified per repository definition.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <code>services [--disabled=<list>] [--enabled=<list>]
+ </code>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The keyword <code>services</code> modifies the default set of
+ services that are started in the default runlevel. The parameters
+ <code>enabled</code> and <code>disabled</code> take
+ comma-separated lists, with <code>enabled</code> services taking
+ priority.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <code>user --name=<username> [--groups=<list>]
+ [--homedir=<homedir>] [--password=<password>] [--iscrypted]
+ [--shell=<shell>] [--uid=<uid>] </code>
</para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><code><![CDATA[repo --name=<repoid> [--baseurl=<url>|--mirrorlist=<url>]]></code></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <option>repo</option> specifies additional package
- repositories to use for installation.
- <option>baseurl</option> specifies the URL for the
- repository, while <option>mirrorlist</option> specifies a
- list of mirrors. One and only one of these options may be
- specified per repository definition.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><code><![CDATA[services [--disabled=<list>] [--enabled=<list>] ]]></code></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <option>services</option> modifies the default set of
- services that are started in the default runlevel.
- <option>enabled</option> and <option>disabled</option> take
- comma-separated lists, with <option>enabled</option>
- services taking priority.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><code><![CDATA[user --name=<username> [--groups=<list>]
-[--homedir=<homedir>] [--password=<password>] [--iscrypted]
-[--shell=<shell>] [--uid=<uid>] ]]></code></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <option>user</option> creates a new user with the specified
- parameters. <option>name</option> is required; all other
- parameters are optional.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- <para>
- More documentation on <systemitem>kickstart</systemitem> is
- available in the <package>anaconda</package> package. To install
- it, run the command <command>su -c 'yum install
- anaconda'</command> and read the
- <filename>/usr/share/doc/anaconda*/kickstart-docs.txt</filename>
- file for more information.
+ <para>
+ The keyword <code>user</code> creates a new user with the
+ specified parameters. The parameter <code>name</code> is required;
+ all other parameters are optional.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ More documentation on <code>kickstart</code> is available in the
+ <code>anaconda</code> package. To install it, run the command
+ <code>su -c 'yum install anaconda'</code> and read the
+ <code>/usr/share/doc/anaconda*/kickstart-docs.txt</code> file for
+ more information.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Installation Related Issues</title>
+ <para/>
<section>
<title>Sony VAIO Notebooks</title>
<para>
Some Sony VAIO notebook systems may experience problems
- installing Fedora Core from CD-ROM. If this happens, restart the
+ installing Fedora from CD-ROM. If this happens, restart the
installation process and add the following option to the boot
command line:
</para>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[pci=off ide1=0x180,0x386
]]></screen>
<para>
Installation should proceed normally, and any devices not
- detected are configured the first time Fedora Core is booted.
+ detected are configured the first time Fedora is booted.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>IDE RAID</title>
<para>
Not all IDE RAID controllers are supported. If your RAID
- controller is not yet supported by <option>dmraid</option>, you
- may combine drives into RAID arrays by configuring Linux
- software RAID. For supported controllers, configure the RAID
- functions in the computer BIOS.
+ controller is not yet supported by <code>dmraid</code>, you may
+ combine drives into RAID arrays by configuring Linux software
+ RAID. For supported controllers, configure the RAID functions in
+ the computer BIOS.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Multiple NICs and PXE Installation</title>
<para>
Some servers with multiple network interfaces may not assign
- <systemitem>eth0</systemitem> to the first network interface as
- BIOS knows it, which can cause the installer to try using a
- different network interface than was used by PXE. To change this
- behavior, use the following in
- <filename>pxelinux.cfg/*</filename> config files:
+ eth0 to the first network interface as BIOS knows it, which can
+ cause the installer to try using a different network interface
+ than was used by PXE. To change this behavior, use the following
+ in pxelinux.cfg/* config files:
</para>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[IPAPPEND 2
APPEND ksdevice=bootif
]]></screen>
<para>
- The configuration options above cause the installer to use the
+ The configuration options above causes the installer to use the
same network interface as BIOS and PXE use. You can also use the
following option:
</para>
@@ -314,6 +280,16 @@
This option causes the installer to use the first network device
it finds that is linked to a network switch.
</para>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Compaq DL360 with Smart Array</title>
+ <para>
+ If you have difficulties with this installation not detecting
+ the Smart Array card, try entering <code>linux isa</code> on the
+ installer prompt. This lets you manually select the card.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
</section>
</section>
@@ -321,7 +297,7 @@
<title>Upgrade Related Issues</title>
<para>
Refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades'/>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades</ulink>
for detailed recommended procedures for upgrading Fedora.
</para>
<para>
@@ -336,51 +312,28 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Before you upgrade, back up the system completely. In
- particular, preserve <filename
- class="directory">/etc</filename>, <filename
- class="directory">/home</filename>, and possibly <filename
- class="directory">/opt</filename> and <filename
- class="directory">/usr/local</filename> if customized
- packages are installed there. You may wish to use a multi-boot
- approach with a "clone" of the old installation on alternate
- partition(s) as a fallback. In that case, create alternate
- boot media such as a GRUB boot floppy.
+ particular, preserve <code>/etc</code>, <code>/home</code>,
+ and possibly <code>/opt</code> and <code>/usr/local</code> if
+ customized packages are installed there. You may wish to use a
+ multi-boot approach with a "clone" of the old installation on
+ alternate partition(s) as a fallback. In that case, create
+ alternate boot media, such as a GRUB boot floppy.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- <important>
- <title>System Configuration Backups</title>
- <para>
- Backups of configurations in <filename
- class="directory">/etc</filename> are also useful in
- reconstructing system settings after a fresh installation.
- </para>
- </important>
+ [[Admonition("important", "System Configuration Backups", "Backups
+ of configurations in <code>/etc</code> are also useful in
+ reconstructing system settings after a fresh installation.")]]
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- After you complete the upgrade, run the following command:
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>After you complete the upgrade, run the following command: </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[rpm -qa --last > RPMS_by_Install_Time.txt
]]></screen>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem override='none'>
- <para>
- Inspect the end of the output for packages that pre-date the
- upgrade. Remove or upgrade those packages from third-party
- repositories, or otherwise deal with them as necessary.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>Inspect the end of the output for packages that pre-date the upgrade. Remove or upgrade those packages from third-party repositories, or otherwise deal with them as necessary. </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
-<!--
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retrieving revision 1.10
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diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- Java.xml 26 Sep 2006 01:27:15 -0000 1.10
+++ Java.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.11
@@ -1,219 +1,152 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Java">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Java</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Java and java-gcj-compat</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Java and java-gcj-compat</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
- This release of Fedora Core includes a free and open source Java
- environment called <systemitem>java-gcj-compat</systemitem>. The
- <systemitem>java-gcj-compat</systemitem> collection includes a tool
- suite and execution environment that is capable of building and
- running many useful programs that are written in the Java
- programming language.
+ This release of Fedora includes a free and open source Java
+ environment called <code>java-gcj-compat</code>. The
+ <code>java-gcj-compat</code> collection includes a tool suite and
+ execution environment that is capable of building and running many
+ useful programs that are written in the Java programming language.
</para>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>Fedora Core Does Not Include Java</title>
- <para>
- Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems.
- <systemitem>java-gcj-compat</systemitem> is an entirely free
- software stack that is <emphasis>not</emphasis> Java, but may
- run Java software.
- </para>
- </note>
+ [[Admonition("note", "Fedora Does Not Include Java", "Java is a
+ trademark of Sun Microsystems. <code>java-gcj-compat</code> is an
+ entirely free software stack that is
+ <emphasis role='strong'>not</emphasis> Java, but may run Java
+ software.")]]
</para>
<para>
- The <!--GetVal-macro not supported by the docbook formatter, but
- giving it a shot anyway--> <systemitem>java-gcj-compat</systemitem>
- infrastructure has three key components: a <application>GNU
- Java</application> runtime (<systemitem
- class="library">libgcj</systemitem>), the <application>Eclipse
- Java</application> compiler (<systemitem>ecj</systemitem>), and a
- set of wrappers and links (<systemitem>java-gcj-compat</systemitem>)
- that present the runtime and compiler to the user in a manner
- similar to other Java environments.
+ The java-gcj infrastructure has three key components: a
+ <emphasis role='strong'>GNU Java</emphasis> runtime
+ (<code>libgcj</code>), the <emphasis role='strong'>Eclipse
+ Java</emphasis> compiler (<code>ecj</code>), and a set of wrappers
+ and links (<code>java-gcj-compat</code>) that present the runtime
+ and compiler to the user in a manner similar to other Java
+ environments.
</para>
<para>
The Java software packages in this Fedora release use the
- <systemitem>java-gcj-compat</systemitem> environment. These packages
- include <application>OpenOffice.org Base</application>,
- <application>Eclipse</application>, and <application>Apache
- Tomcat</application>. Refer to the Java FAQ at <ulink
- url='http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ'/> for more
- information on the <systemitem>java-gcj-compat</systemitem> free
- Java environment in Fedora.
+ <code>java-gcj-compat</code> environment. These packages include
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Open<code></code>Office.org Base</emphasis>,
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Eclipse</emphasis>, and
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Apache Tomcat</emphasis>. Refer to the Java
+ FAQ at
+ <ulink url='http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ'>http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ</ulink>
+ for more information on the <code>java-gcj-compat</code> free Java
+ environment in Fedora.
</para>
<para>
- <important>
- <title>Include Location and Version Information in Bug Reports</title>
- <para>
- When making a bug report, be sure to include the output from
- these commands:
- </para>
- </important>
+ [[Admonition("important", "Include Location and Version Information
+ in Bug Reports", "When making a bug report, be sure to include the
+ output from these commands:")]]
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<screen><![CDATA[which java && java -version && which javac && javac -version
]]></screen>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>Handling Java and Java-like Packages</title>
<para>
- In addition to the <systemitem>java-gcj-compat</systemitem> free
- software stack, Fedora Core lets 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 JPackage
- Project packaging guidelines to take advantage of
- <command>alternatives</command>. Once these packages are installed
- properly, the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
- may switch between <systemitem>java</systemitem> and
- <systemitem>javac</systemitem> implementations using the
- <command>alternatives</command> command:
+ In addition to the <code>java-gcj-compat</code> free software
+ stack, Fedora lets you install multiple Java implementations and
+ switch between them using the <code>alternatives</code> command
+ line tool. However, every Java system you install must be packaged
+ using the JPackage Project packaging guidelines to take advantage
+ of <code>alternatives</code>. Once these packages are installed
+ properly, the <code>root</code> user may switch between
+ <code>java</code> and <code>javac</code> implementations using the
+ <code>alternatives</code> command:
</para>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[alternatives --config java
alternatives --config javac
]]></screen>
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>64-bit JNI Libraries</title>
- <para>
- The 64-bit JNI libraries shipped by default on x86_64 systems in
- Fedora Core and Extras do not run on 32-bit JREs. Either switch
- to a 64-bit Java alternative, or install the 32-bit version of the
- packages, if available. To install a 32-bit version, use the
- following command:
- </para>
-<screen><![CDATA[yum install <package_name>.i386
-]]></screen>
- <para>
- Likewise, the 32-bit JNI libraries shipped by default on ppc64
- systems do not run with a 64-bit JRE. To install the 64-bit
- version, use the following command:
- </para>
-<screen><![CDATA[yum install <package_name>.ppc64
-]]></screen>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Handling Java Applets</title>
<para>
- This release of Fedora Core includes a preview release of
- <systemitem>gcjwebplugin</systemitem>, a
- <application>Firefox</application> plugin for Java applets.
- <systemitem>gcjwebplugin</systemitem> is not enabled by default.
- Although the security implementation in <application>GNU
- Classpath</application> is being actively developed, it is not
- mature enough to run untrusted applets safely. That said, the AWT
- and Swing implementations in <application>GNU
- Classpath</application> are now sufficiently mature that they
- can run many applets deployed on the web. Adventurous users who
- want to try <systemitem>gcjwebplugin</systemitem> can read
- <filename>/usr/share/doc/libgcj-4.1.1/README.libgcjwebplugin.so</filename>,
- as installed by the <package>gcc</package> rpm. The README
- explains how to enable the plugin and the risks associated with
- doing so.
+ This release of Fedora includes a preview release of
+ <code>gcjwebplugin</code>, a Firefox plugin for Java applets.
+ <code>gcjwebplugin</code> is not enabled by default because
+ although the security implementation in GNU Classpath is being
+ actively developed, it is not mature enough to run untrusted
+ applets safely. That said, the AWT and Swing implementations in
+ GNU Classpath are now sufficiently mature that they can run many
+ applets deployed on the web. Adventurous users who want to try
+ <code>gcjwebplugin</code> can read
+ <code>/usr/share/doc/libgcj-4.1.2/README.libgcjwebplugin.so</code>,
+ as installed by the <code>libgcj</code> rpm. The README explains
+ how to enable the plugin and the risks associated with doing so.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Fedora and the JPackage Java Packages</title>
<para>
- Fedora Core includes many packages derived from the JPackage
- Project, which provides a Java software repository. These packages
- are modified in Fedora to remove proprietary software dependencies
- and to make use of GCJ's ahead-of-time compilation feature. Use
- the Fedora repositories to update these packages, or use the
- JPackage repository for packages not provided by Fedora. Refer to
- the JPackage website at <ulink url='http://jpackage.org'/> for
+ Fedora includes many packages derived from the JPackage Project,
+ which provides a Java software repository. These packages are
+ modified in Fedora to remove proprietary software dependencies and
+ to make use of GCJ's ahead-of-time compilation feature. Use the
+ Fedora repositories to update these packages, or use the JPackage
+ repository for packages not provided by Fedora. Refer to the
+ JPackage website at
+ <ulink url='http://jpackage.org'>http://jpackage.org</ulink> for
more information on the project and the software it provides.
</para>
<para>
- <warning>
- <title>Mixing Packages from Fedora and JPackage</title>
- <para>
- Research package compatibility before you install software
- from both the Fedora and JPackage repositories on the same
- system. Incompatible packages may cause complex issues.
- </para>
- </warning>
+ [[Admonition("warning", "Mixing Packages from Fedora and
+ JPackage", "Research package compatibility before you install
+ software from both the Fedora and JPackage repositories on the
+ same system. Incompatible packages may cause complex issues.")]]
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Refer to the latest release notes pertaining to Eclipse
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Devel/Tools/Eclipse'>here</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
- <title>Eclipse</title>
+ <title>Maven (v2)</title>
<para>
- This release of Fedora Core includes Fedora Eclipse, which is based
- on the <ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org'>Eclipse</ulink> SDK
- version 3.2. The "New and Noteworthy" page for this release can be
- accessed
- <ulink url='http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.2-200606291905/new_noteworthy/eclipse-news.html'>here</ulink>.
- </para>
- <para>
- Released in June 2006, the SDK is known variously as "the Eclipse
- Platform," "the Eclipse IDE," and "Eclipse." The Eclipse SDK is
- the foundation for the combined release of ten Eclipse projects
- under the
- <ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/callisto'>Callisto</ulink>
- combined release umbrella. A few of these Callisto projects are
- included in Fedora Core and Extras:
- <ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/cdt'>CDT</ulink>, for C/C++
- development, and
- <ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/gef'>GEF</ulink>, the Graphical
- Editing Framework.
- </para>
- <para>
- We hope to augment these projects with others as this Fedora cycle
- goes on. Likely candidates for inclusion include
- <ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/emf'>EMF</ulink>, the Eclipse
- Modeling Framework, and
- <ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/vep'>VE</ulink>, the Visual
- Editor. As of this writing, it is expected that an updated version
- of <ulink url='http://pydev.sf.net'>PyDev</ulink>, the Python
- development tools, is going to be available in Fedora Extras.
- Assistance in getting these projects packaged and tested with GCJ
- is always welcome. Contact the interested parties through
- <ulink url='http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list/'>fedora-devel-java-list</ulink>
- and/or #fedora-java on freenode.
- </para>
- <para>
- Fedora also includes plugins and features that are particularly
- useful to FOSS hackers: <ulink
- url='http://fedora-test.fedoraproject.org/fedora-docs/fedora-docs/ChangeLog'>ChangeLog</ulink>
- editing with <systemitem>eclipse-changelog</systemitem> and
- Bugzilla interaction with
- <systemitem>eclipse-bugzilla</systemitem>. Our CDT package also
- includes work-in-progress support for the GNU Autotools. The
- latest information regarding these projects can be found at the
- <ulink url='http://sourceware.org/eclipse/'>Fedora Eclipse
- Project</ulink> page.
- </para>
- <section>
- <title>Non-packaged Plugins/Feature</title>
- <para>
- Fedora Eclipse contains a patch to allow non-root users to make
- use of the Update Manager functionality for installing
- non-packaged plugins and features. Such plugins are installed in
- the user's home directory under the <filename
- class="directory">.eclipse</filename> directory. Please note,
- however, that these plugins do not have associated GCJ-compiled
- bits and may therefore run slower than expected.
- </para>
- </section>
+ This release of Fedora includes <code>maven2</code>, a Java
+ project management and project comprehension tool. Maven can be
+ invoked by the <code>mvn</code> and <code>mvn-jpp</code> commands.
+ The former makes Maven behave just like upstream Maven, while the
+ latter calls <code>mvn</code> with additional properties that make
+ off-line building easier.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <code>maven2</code> package in Fedora is modified to work in a
+ fully off-line mode. With no additional properties defined (the
+ <code>mvn</code> command), <code>maven2</code> works exactly like
+ upstream Maven. Users may define additional properties to
+ facilitate off-line builds, or call <code>mvn-jpp</code>, a
+ wrapper that defines the most commonly used properties for
+ off-line building. The properties and their usage details are
+ described in the
+ <code>/usr/share/doc/maven2-2.0.4/maven2-jpp-readme.html</code>
+ file, which comes from the <code>maven2-manual</code> package.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>
-<!--
-Local variables:
-mode: xml
-fill-column: 72
-End:
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Index: Kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17
--- Kernel.xml 10 Dec 2006 14:48:27 -0000 1.16
+++ Kernel.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.17
@@ -1,98 +1,79 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Kernel">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Kernel</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Linux Kernel</title>
+ <para></para>
+
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("note","Assumptions Based on 2.6.21","This draft of the
+ release notes assume that the final release of Fedora 2.6.21 is
+ based on kernel 2.6.21. This is subject to change.")]]
+ </para>
+
+ <para/>
+
+ <para/>
+
+ <para/>
+
<para>
This section covers changes and important information regarding the
- 2.6.18 based kernel in Fedora Core 6. The 2.6.18 kernel includes:
+ 2.6.21 based kernel in Fedora 7. The 2.6.21 kernel includes:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>Support for KVM virtualization. </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Lightweight user space priority inheritance support
- (<ulink url='http://lwn.net/Articles/178253/'/>)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A "lock validator" debugging tool
- (<ulink url='http://lwn.net/Articles/185666/'/>)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A new power saving policy for multicore systems, SMPnice
- (<ulink url='http://lwn.net/Articles/186438/'/>)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A much improved SATA layer
- (<ulink url='http://lwn.net/Articles/183734/'/>)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Swapless page migration
- (<ulink url='http://lwn.net/Articles/160201/'/>)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Per-zone VM counters
+ Tickless support for x86 32bit, which greatly improves power
+ management. For the final release of Fedora 7, x86_64 should
+ also be tickless.
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Per-task delay accounting
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A new per-packet access control for SELinux called
- <option>secmark</option> (<ulink
- url='http://james-morris.livejournal.com/11010.html'/>)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Randomized i386 vDSO
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- New drivers and additional device support for many existing
- drivers
- </para>
+ <listitem>The devicescape wireless network stack, which includes support for several new wireless drivers. </listitem>
+ <listitem>New IDE drivers that use the same libata code as the SATA drivers. <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>[[Admonition("note","IDE Device Names Changed","The new IDE drivers now cause all IDE drives to have device names like /dev/sdX instead of /dev/hdX.")]] </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>Support for version 2 of the Global File System (GFS2). </listitem>
+ <listitem>Some elements of the realtime kernel project. </listitem>
+ <listitem>Many bug fixes and other small improvements. </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Many bug fixes and other small improvements
+ Changelog for 2.6.21rc1 available here:
+ <ulink url='http://lwn.net/Articles/223021/'>http://lwn.net/Articles/223021/</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>Version</title>
<para>
- Fedora Core may include additional patches to the kernel for
+ Fedora may include additional patches to the kernel for
improvements, bug fixes, or additional features. For this reason,
- the Fedora Core kernel may not be line-for-line equivalent to the
+ the Fedora kernel may not be line-for-line equivalent to the
so-called <emphasis>vanilla kernel</emphasis> from the kernel.org
web site:
</para>
<para>
- <ulink url='http://www.kernel.org/'/>
+ <ulink url='http://www.kernel.org/'>http://www.kernel.org/</ulink>
</para>
<para>
To obtain a list of these patches, download the source RPM package
and run the following command against it:
</para>
- <screen>rpm -qpl kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.src.rpm</screen>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[rpm -qpl kernel-<version>.src.rpm
+]]></screen>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
@@ -101,106 +82,107 @@
To retrieve a log of changes to the package, run the following
command:
</para>
- <screen>rpm -q --changelog kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable></screen>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[rpm -q --changelog kernel-<version>
+]]></screen>
<para>
If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to
- <ulink url='http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges'/>. A short
- and full diff of the kernel is available from
- <ulink url='http://kernel.org/git'/>. The Fedora version kernel is
- based on the Linus tree.
+ <ulink url='http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges'>http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges</ulink>.
+ A short and full diff of the kernel is available from
+ <ulink url='http://kernel.org/git'>http://kernel.org/git</ulink>.
+ The Fedora version kernel is based on the Linus tree.
</para>
<para>
Customizations made for the Fedora version are available from
- <ulink url='http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com'/> .
+ <ulink url='http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com'>http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com</ulink>
+ .
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Kernel Flavors</title>
<para>
-<!--Anchor-macro not supported by the docbook formatter, but giving it a shot anyway-->
<anchor id='Kernel_Flavors'/>
</para>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 includes the following kernel builds:
+ Fedora 7 includes the following kernel builds:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Native kernel, for use in most systems. Configured sources are
- available in the
- <filename>kernel-devel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.<replaceable><arch></replaceable>.rpm</filename>
- package.
+ available in the
+ <code>kernel-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm</code> package.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- kernel-PAE, for use in 32-bit x86 systems with > 4GB of RAM,
- or with CPUs that have a 'NX (No eXecute)' feature. This
+ The kernel-PAE, for use in 32-bit x86 systems with > 4GB of
+ RAM, or with CPUs that have a 'NX (No eXecute)' feature. This
kernel support both uniprocessor and multi-processor systems.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Virtualization kernel for use with the Xen emulator package.
- Configured sources are available in the
- <filename>kernel-xen-devel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.<replaceable><arch></replaceable>.rpm</filename>
- package.
+ Configured sources are available in the
+ <code>kernel-xen-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm</code>
+ package.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Kdump kernel for use with
- <systemitem>kexec</systemitem>/<systemitem>kdump</systemitem>
- capabilities. Configured sources are available in the
- <filename>kernel-kdump-devel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.<replaceable><arch></replaceable>.rpm</filename>
- package.
+ The kdump kernel for use with kexec/kdump capabilities.
+ Configured sources are available in the
+ <code>kernel-kdump-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm</code>
+ package.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
You may install kernel headers for all kernel flavors at the same
time. The files are installed in the
- <filename>/usr/src/kernels/<replaceable><version></replaceable>-[xen|kdump]-<replaceable><arch></replaceable>/</filename>
+ <code>/usr/src/kernels/<version>-[PAE|xen|kdump]-<arch>/</code>
tree. Use the following command:
</para>
-<screen>su -c 'yum install kernel-{PAE,xen,kdump}-devel'</screen>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum install kernel-{PAE,xen,kdump}-devel'
+]]></screen>
<para>
Select one or more of these flavors, separated by commas and no
- spaces, as appropriate. Enter the <systemitem
- class="username">root</systemitem> password when prompted.
+ spaces, as appropriate. Enter the root password when prompted.
</para>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>Default Kernel Provides SMP</title>
- <para>
- There is no separate SMP kernel available for Fedora Core 6 on
- i386, x86_64 and ppc64. Multiprocessor support is provided by
- the native kernel.
- </para>
- </note>
+ [[Admonition("note","32bit Kernel Includes Kdump","The 32bit
+ kernel is now relocatable, so kdump functionality is included.
+ 64bit still requires installation of the -kdump kernel.")]]
</para>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>PowerPC Kernel Support</title>
- <para>
- There is no support for Xen or kdump for the PowerPC
- architecture in Fedora Core 6 test3. 32-bit PowerPC does still
- have a separate SMP kernel.
- </para>
- </note>
+ [[Admonition("note","Default Kernel Provides SMP","There is no
+ separate SMP kernel available for Fedora on i386, x86_64, and
+ ppc64. Multiprocessor support is provided by the native
+ kernel.")]]
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("note", "PowerPC Kernel Support", "There is no
+ support for Xen or kdump for the PowerPC architecture in Fedora.
+ 32-bit PowerPC does still have a separate SMP kernel.")]]
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Reporting Bugs</title>
<para>
Refer to
- <ulink url='http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html'/>
+ <ulink url='http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html'>http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html</ulink>
for information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may
- also use <ulink url='http://bugzilla.redhat.com'/> for reporting
- bugs that are specific to Fedora.
+ also use
+ <ulink url='http://bugzilla.redhat.com'>http://bugzilla.redhat.com</ulink>
+ for reporting bugs that are specific to Fedora.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
@@ -208,182 +190,193 @@
<para>
Many of the tutorials, examples, and textbooks about Linux kernel
development assume the kernel sources are installed under the
- <filename class="directory">/usr/src/linux/</filename> directory.
- If you make a symbolic link, as shown below, you should be able to
- use those learning materials with the Fedora Core packages.
- Install the appropriate kernel sources, as shown earlier, and then
- run the following command:
+ <code>/usr/src/linux/</code> directory. If you make a symbolic
+ link, as shown below, you should be able to use those learning
+ materials with the Fedora packages. Install the appropriate kernel
+ sources, as shown earlier, and then run the following command:
</para>
- <screen>su -c 'ln -s /usr/src/kernels/<replaceable><version></replaceable>.<replaceable><release></replaceable>-<replaceable><arch></replaceable> /usr/src/linux'</screen>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[su -c 'ln -s /usr/src/kernels/<version>.<release>-<arch> /usr/src/linux'
+]]></screen>
<para>
- Enter the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password
- when prompted.
+ Enter the <code>root</code> password when prompted.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Preparing for Kernel Development</title>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 does not include the
- <filename>kernel-source</filename> package provided by older
- versions since only the <filename>kernel-devel</filename> package
- is required now to build external modules. Configured sources are
- available, as described in this kernel flavors section.
- </para>
- <note>
- <title>Instructions Refer to Current Kernel</title>
- <para>
- To simplify the following directions, we have assumed that you
- want to configure the kernel sources to match your
- currently-running kernel. In the steps below, the expression
- <literal><replaceable><version></replaceable></literal>
- refers to the kernel version shown by the command: <command>uname
- -r</command>.
- </para>
- </note>
- <para>
- Users who require access to Fedora Core original kernel sources
- can find them in the kernel <filename
- class="extension">.src.rpm</filename> package. To create an
- exploded source tree from this file, perform the following steps:
- </para>
- <note>
- <title>Do Not Build Packages as Super-user (root)</title>
- <para>
- Building packages as the superuser is inherently dangerous and
- is not required, even for the kernel. These instructions allow
- you to install the kernel source as a normal user. Many general
- information sites refer to <filename
- class="directory">/usr/src/linux</filename> in their kernel
- instructions. If you use these instructions, simply substitute
- <filename class="directory">~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>/linux-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.<replaceable><arch></replaceable></filename>."]]
- </para>
- </note>
- <procedure>
- <step>
- <para>
- Prepare a RPM package building environment in your home
- directory. Run the following commands:
- </para>
-<screen>su -c 'yum install rpmdevtools yum-utils'
-rpmdev-setuptree</screen>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>
- Enter the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password when prompted.
- </para>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>
- Download the
- <filename>kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.src.rpm</filename>
- file. Enable any appropriate source repositories, such as
- Core, Updates, or Testing, with the <option>-e</option>
- switch:
- </para>
-<screen>yumdownloader -e core-source -e updates-source --source kernel</screen>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>
- Enter the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
- password when prompted.
- </para>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>
- Install
- <filename>kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.src.rpm</filename>
- using the command:
- </para>
- <screen>rpm -Uvh kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.src.rpm</screen>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>
- This command writes the RPM contents into <filename
- class="directory">${HOME}/rpmbuild/SOURCES</filename> and
- <filename class="directory">${HOME}/rpmbuild/SPECS</filename>,
- where <varname>${HOME}</varname> is your home directory.
- </para>
- <note>
- <title>Space Required</title>
- <para>
- The full kernel building process may require several
- gigabytes of extra space on the file system containing your
- home directory.
- </para>
- </note>
- </step>
- <step>
+ Fedora 7 does not include the kernel-source package provided by
+ older versions since only the kernel-devel package is required now
+ to build external modules. Configured sources are available, as
+ described in the kernel flavors section.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("note", "Instructions Refer to Current Kernel", "To
+ simplify the following directions, we have assumed that you want
+ to configure the kernel sources to match your currently-running
+ kernel. In the steps below, the expression <version> refers to
+ the kernel version shown by the command: <code>uname -r</code>."]]
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Users who require access to Fedora original kernel sources can
+ find them in the kernel .src.rpm package. To create an exploded
+ source tree from this file, perform the following steps:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("note", "Do Not Build Packages as Super-user (root)",
+ "Building packages as the superuser is inherently dangerous and is
+ not required, even for the kernel. These instructions allow you to
+ install the kernel source as a normal user. Many general
+ information sites refer to <code>/usr/src/linux</code> in their
+ kernel instructions. If you use these instructions, simply
+ substitute
+ <code>~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<version>/linux-<version>.<arch></code>."]]
+ </para>
+ <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
+ <listitem>Prepare an RPM package building environment in your home directory. Run the following commands: </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum install rpmdevtools yum-utils'
+rpmdev-setuptree
+]]></screen>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the <code>root</code> password when prompted.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Download the <code>kernel-<version>.src.rpm</code> file.
+ Enable any appropriate source repositories, such as Core,
+ Updates, or Testing, with the <code>-e</code> switch:
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[yumdownloader -e core-source -e updates-source --source kernel
+]]></screen>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the <code>root</code> password when prompted.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Install <code>kernel-<version>.src.rpm</code> using the
+ command:
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[su -c 'rpm -Uvh kernel-<version>.src.rpm'
+]]></screen>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- Prepare the kernel sources using the commands:
+ This command writes the RPM contents into
+ <code>${HOME}/rpmbuild/SOURCES</code> and
+ <code>${HOME}/rpmbuild/SPECS</code>, where
+ <code>${HOME}</code> is your home directory.
</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("note", "Space Required", "The full kernel building
+ process may require several gigabytes of extra space on the file
+ system containing your home directory."]]
+ </para>
+ <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
+ <listitem>Prepare the kernel sources using the commands: </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
-rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec]]></screen>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>
- The kernel source tree is located in the <filename
- class="directory">~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>/linux-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.<replaceable><arch></replaceable></filename>
- directory.
+rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec
+]]></screen>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The kernel source tree is located in the
+ <code>~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<version>/linux-<version>.<arch></code>
+ directory.
</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
+ <listitem>
<para>
The configurations for the specific kernels shipped in Fedora
- Core 6 are in the <filename
- class="directory">~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>/linux-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.<replaceable><arch></replaceable>/configs</filename>
- directory. For example, the i686 configuration file is named
- <filename
- class="directory">~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>/linux-<replaceable><version></replaceable>.<replaceable><arch></replaceable>/configs/kernel-<replaceable><version></replaceable>-i686.config</filename>.
- Issue the following command to place the desired configuration
- file in the proper place for building:
- </para>
- <screen>cp configs/<replaceable><desired-config-file></replaceable> .config</screen>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>
+ 7 are in the
+ <code>~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<version>/linux-<version>.<arch>/configs</code>
+ directory. For example, the i686 configuration file is named
+ <code>~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<version>/linux-<version>.<arch>/configs/kernel-<version>-i686.config</code>.
+ Issue the following command to place the desired configuration
+ file in the proper place for building:
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[cp configs/<desired-config-file> .config
+]]></screen>
+ <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Every kernel gets a name based on its version number. This is
- the value the <command>uname -r</command> command displays.
- The kernel name is defined by the first four lines of the
- kernel <filename>Makefile</filename>. The
- <filename>Makefile</filename> has been changed to generate a
- kernel with a <emphasis>different</emphasis> name from that of
- the running kernel. To be accepted by the running kernel, a
- module must be compiled for a kernel with the correct name. To
- do this, you must edit the kernel
- <filename>Makefile</filename>.
- </para>
- <para>
- For example, if the <code>uname -r</code> returns the string
- <code>2.6.17-1.2345_FC6</code>, change the
- <code>EXTRAVERSION</code> definition from this:
- </para>
- <screen><![CDATA[EXTRAVERSION = -prep ]]></screen>
- <para>
- to this:
- </para>
-<screen><![CDATA[EXTRAVERSION = -1.2345_FC6]]></screen>
- <para>
- That is, substitute everything from the final dash onward.
- </para>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>
- Run the following command:
- </para>
-<screen><![CDATA[make oldconfig]]></screen>
- <para>
- You may then proceed as usual.
- </para>
- </step>
- </procedure>
- <note>
- <title>Building Kernel Binary RPMs</title>
- <para>
- Normally, kernels for Fedora are built using the
- <command>rpmbuild</command> utility and a specfile. Your results
- may vary if you use the kernel's built-in <command>make
- rpm</command> target.
- </para>
- </note>
+ the value the <code>uname -r</code> command displays. The
+ kernel name is defined by the first four lines of the kernel
+ <code>Makefile</code>. The <code>Makefile</code> has been
+ changed to generate a kernel with a
+ <emphasis>different</emphasis> name from that of the running
+ kernel. To be accepted by the running kernel, a module must be
+ compiled for a kernel with the correct name. To do this, you
+ must edit the kernel <code>Makefile</code>.
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ For example, if the <code>uname -r</code> returns the
+ string <code>2.6.17-1.2345_FC6</code>, change the
+ <code>EXTRAVERSION</code> definition from this:
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[EXTRAVERSION = -prep
+]]></screen>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>to this: </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[EXTRAVERSION = -1.2345_FC6
+]]></screen>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>That is, substitute everything from the final dash onward. </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <orderedlist numeration='arabic'>
+ <listitem>Run the following command: </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para/>
+<screen><![CDATA[make oldconfig
+]]></screen>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>You may then proceed as usual. </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("note","Building Kernel Binary RPMs","Normally,
+ kernels for Fedora are built using the <code>rpmbuild</code>
+ utility and a specfile. Your results may vary if you use the
+ kernel's built-in <code>make rpm</code> target.")]]
+ </para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
@@ -391,23 +384,23 @@
<para>
An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module,
such as your own device driver, against the currently in-use
- kernel. Only the <filename>kernel-devel</filename> package is
- required to build external modules. If you did not select it
- during installation, use <application>Pirut</application> to
- install it, going to <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Applications</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
- use <command>yum</command> to install it. Run the following
- command to install the <filename>kernel-devel</filename> package
- using <filename>yum</filename>.
+ kernel. Only the <code>kernel-devel</code> package is required to
+ build external modules. If you did not select it during
+ installation, use <emphasis role='strong'>Pirut</emphasis> to
+ install it (via <emphasis>Applications > Add/Remove
+ Software</emphasis>) or use <code>yum</code> to install it. Run
+ the following command to install the <code>kernel-devel</code>
+ package using <code>yum</code>.
</para>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum install kernel-devel'
]]></screen>
<para>
- For example, to build the <filename>foo.ko</filename> module, create the
- following <filename>Makefile</filename> in the directory containing the
- <filename>foo.c</filename> file:
+ For example, to build the <code>foo.ko</code> module, create the
+ following <code>Makefile</code> in the directory containing the
+ <code>foo.c</code> file:
</para>
+ <para/>
<screen><![CDATA[obj-m := foo.o
KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
@@ -417,14 +410,8 @@
$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
]]></screen>
<para>
- Issue the <command>make</command> command to build the
- <filename>foo.ko</filename> module.
+ Issue the <code>make</code> command to build the
+ <code>foo.ko</code> module.
</para>
</section>
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@@ -1,86 +1,30 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Legacy">
- <title>Fedora Legacy - Community Maintenance Project</title>
-
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Fedora Legacy - Community Maintenance Project</h2>-->
-
- <para>
- The Fedora Legacy Project is a community-supported open source project to
- extend the lifecycle of select <firstterm>maintenance mode</firstterm> Red
- Hat Linux and Fedora Core distributions. The Fedora Legacy Project works
- with the Linux community to provide security and critical bug fix errata
- packages. This work extends the effective lifetime of older distributions in
- environments where frequent upgrades are not possible or desirable. For more
- information about the Fedora Legacy Project, refer to <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy'/>.
- </para>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Legacy</title>
+ </articleinfo>
- <para>
- <note>
- <title>Legacy Repo Included in Fedora Core 6</title>
- <para>
- Fedora Core 6 ships with a software repository configuration for
- Fedora Legacy. This is a huge step in integrating Fedora Legacy
- with the Fedora Project at large and Fedora Core specifically.
- This repository is not enabled by default in this release.
- </para>
- </note>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Currently the Fedora Legacy Project maintains the following
- distributions and releases in maintenance mode:
- </para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora Core 3
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora Core 4
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <title>Fedora Legacy - Community Maintenance Project</title>
- <para>
- The Fedora Legacy Project provides updates for these releases as
- long as there is community interest and participation. When interest
- is not sustained further, maintenance mode ends with the second test
- release for the fourth subsequent Core release. For example,
- maintenance mode for Fedora Core 3, if not sustained by the
- community, ends with the release of Fedora Core 7 test2. This
- provides an effective supported lifetime (Fedora Core plus Fedora
- Legacy Support) of about 18 months.
- </para>
+ <para></para>
<para>
- The Fedora Legacy Project always needs volunteers to perform quality
- assurance testing on packages waiting to be published as updates.
- Refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy/QATesting'/> for
- more information. Also visit our issues list at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy/QATesting#issues'/>
- for further information and pointers to bugs we have in the queue.
+ The Fedora Legacy Project was a community-supported open source
+ project to extend the lifecycle of select "maintenance mode" Red Hat
+ Linux and Fedora Core distributions. The current model for
+ supporting maintenance distributions has been re-examined. Fedora
+ Legacy was unable to extend support to older Fedora Core releases as
+ it had planned. As of now, Fedora Core 4 and earlier distributions
+ are no longer being maintained. Fedora Core 5 will no longer be
+ maintained 30 days after the Fedora 7 release.
</para>
<para>
- If you need help in getting started, visit the project home page on
- the Wiki at <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy'/>, or
- the Mentors page at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mentors'/>. If you are
- looking for others ways to participate in Fedora, refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted'/>.
+ [[Admonition(note, "Legacy Repo was included in Fedora Core
+ 6","Fedora Core 6 shipped with a software repository configuration
+ for Fedora Legacy. This repository was not enabled by default in the
+ Fedora Core 6 release.")]]
</para>
</section>
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@@ -1,54 +1,64 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Multimedia">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Multimedia</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Multimedia</title>
+ <para></para>
+
<para>
- Fedora Core includes applications for assorted multimedia functions,
- including playback, recording and editing. Additional packages are
+ Fedora includes applications for assorted multimedia functions,
+ including playback, recording, and editing. Additional packages are
available through the Fedora Extras repository. For additional
information about multimedia in Fedora, refer to the Multimedia
section of the Fedora Project website at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>Multimedia Players</title>
<para>
- The default installation of Fedora Core includes
- <application>Rhythmbox</application> and
- <application>Totem</application> for media playback. The Fedora
- Core and Fedora Extras repositories include many other popular
- programs such as the <application>XMMS</application> player and
- KDE's <application>amaroK</application>. Both GNOME and KDE have a
- selection of players that can be used with a variety of formats.
+ The default installation of Fedora includes
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Rhythmbox</emphasis> and
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Totem</emphasis> for media playback. The
+ Fedora repositories include many other popular programs such as
+ the <emphasis role='strong'>XMMS</emphasis> player and KDE's
+ <emphasis role='strong'>amaroK</emphasis>. Both GNOME and KDE have
+ a selection of players that can be used with a variety of formats.
Third parties may offer additional programs to handle other
formats.
</para>
<para>
- Fedora Core also takes full advantage of the Advanced Linux Sound
+ Fedora also takes full advantage of the Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (ALSA) sound system. Many programs can play sound
simultaneously, which was once difficult on Linux systems. When
all multimedia software is configured to use ALSA for sound
support, this limitation disappears. For more information about
ALSA, visit the project website at
- <ulink url='http://www.alsa-project.org/'/>. Users may still
- experience issues when multiple users log into the system.
- Depending upon hardware and software configurations, multiple
- users may not be able to use the sound hardware simultaneously.
- </para>
- <para>
- <application>Helix Player</application> has been removed from this
- release since it duplicates the functionality of
- <application>Totem</application>. <application>Totem</application>
- also uses the <application>GStreamer</application> media
- framework, which is used by other multimedia applications in
- Fedora Core. With <application>GStreamer</application>, users can
- easily add support for additional codecs to all included
- applications.
- </para>
+ <ulink url='http://www.alsa-project.org/'>http://www.alsa-project.org/</ulink>.
+ Users may still experience issues when multiple users log into the
+ system. Depending upon hardware and software configurations,
+ multiple users may not be able to use the sound hardware
+ simultaneously.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>codec-buddy</title>
+ <para>
+ New in Fedora is the <code>codec-buddy</code>, which detects
+ when you are trying to play a multimedia format without the
+ needed codecs installed. If the codec needed is not free and
+ open, <code>codec-buddy</code> offers options for obtaining the
+ needed codecs.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
</section>
<section>
@@ -58,93 +68,87 @@
format and the Vorbis audio, Theora video, Speex audio, and FLAC
lossless audio formats. These freely-distributable formats are not
encumbered by patent or license restrictions. They provide
- flexible alternatives to more popular, restricted
+ powerful and flexible alternatives to more popular, restricted
formats. The Fedora Project encourages the use of open formats in
place of restricted ones. For more information on these formats
and how to use them, refer to the Xiph.Org Foundation's web site
- at <ulink url='http://www.xiph.org/'/>.
+ at <ulink url='http://www.xiph.org/'>http://www.xiph.org/</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>MP3, DVD, and Other Excluded Multimedia Formats</title>
<para>
- Fedora Core and Fedora Extras software repositories cannot include
- support for MP3 or DVD video playback or recording. The MP3
- formats are patented, and the patent holders have not provided the
- necessary patent licenses. DVD video formats are patented and
- equipped with an encryption scheme. The patent holders have not
- provided the necessary patent licenses, and the code needed to
- decrypt CSS-encrypted discs may violate the Digital Millennium
- Copyright Act, a copyright law of the United States. Fedora also
- excludes other multimedia software due to patent, copyright or
- license restrictions, including Adobe's Flash Player and and Real
- Media's Real Player. For more on this subject, please refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems'/>.
+ Fedora software repositories cannot include support for MP3 or DVD
+ video playback or recording. The MP3 formats are patented, and the
+ patent holders have not provided the necessary patent licenses.
+ DVD video formats are patented and equipped with an encryption
+ scheme. The patent holders have not provided the necessary patent
+ licenses, and the code needed to decrypt CSS-encrypted discs may
+ violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a copyright law of
+ the United States. Fedora also excludes other multimedia software
+ due to patent, copyright, or license restrictions, including
+ Adobe's Flash Player and Real Media's Real Player. For more on
+ this subject, please refer to
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
While other MP3 options may be available for Fedora, Fluendo now
offers a free MP3 plugin for GStreamer that has the necessary
- patent license for end users. This plugin enables MP3 support
- in applications that use the GStreamer framework as a backend.
- Fedora does not include this plugin since we prefer to support and
+ patent license for end users. This plugin enables MP3 support in
+ applications that use the GStreamer framework as a backend. Fedora
+ does not include this plugin since we prefer to support and
encourage the use of patent unrestricted open formats instead. For
more information about the MP3 plugin, visit Fluendo's website at
- <ulink url='http://www.fluendo.com/'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://www.fluendo.com/'>http://www.fluendo.com/</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>CD and DVD Authoring and Burning</title>
<para>
- Fedora Core and Fedora Extras software repositories includes a
- variety of tools for easily mastering and burning CDs and DVDs.
- GNOME users can burn directly from the Nautilus file manager, or
- choose the <filename>gnomebaker</filename> or
- <filename>graveman</filename> packages from Fedora Extras, or the
- older <filename>xcdroast</filename> package from Fedora Core. KDE
- users can use the robust <filename>k3b</filename> package,
- available in Fedora Extras, for these tasks. Console tools include
- <filename>cdrecord</filename>, <filename>readcd</filename>,
- <filename>mkisofs</filename>, and other popular applications.
+ Fedora software repositories includes a variety of tools for
+ easily mastering and burning CDs and DVDs. GNOME users can burn
+ directly from the Nautilus file manager, choose the
+ <code>gnomebaker</code> or <code>graveman</code> packages from
+ Fedora Extras, or utilize the older <code>xcdroast</code> package
+ from Fedora. KDE users can use the robust <code>k3b</code> package
+ for these tasks. Console tools include <code>cdrecord</code>,
+ <code>readcd</code>, <code>mkisofs</code> and other popular
+ applications.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Screencasts</title>
<para>
You can use Fedora to create and play back
- <firstterm>screencasts</firstterm>, which are recorded desktop
+ <emphasis>screencasts</emphasis>, which are recorded desktop
sessions, using open technologies. Fedora Extras software
- repository includes <filename>istanbul</filename>, which creates
+ repository includes <code>istanbul</code>, which creates
screencasts using the Theora video format. These videos can be
- played back using one of several players included in Fedora Core.
- This is the preferred way to submit screencasts to the Fedora
- Project for either developer or end-user use. For a more
- comprehensive how-to, refer to <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ScreenCasting'/>.
+ played back using one of several players included in Fedora. This
+ is the preferred way to submit screencasts to the Fedora Project
+ for either developer or end-user use. For a more comprehensive
+ how-to, refer to
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ScreenCasting'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ScreenCasting</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Extended Support through Plugins</title>
<para>
- Most of the media players in Fedora Core and Fedora Extras
- software repositories can use plugins to add support for
- additional media formats and sound output systems. Some use
- powerful multimedia frameworks, such as the
- <filename>gstreamer</filename> package, to handle media format
- support and sound output. Fedora Core and Fedora Extras software
- repositories offer plugin packages for these backends and for
- individual applications. Third parties may provide additional
- plugins to add even greater capabilities.
+ Most of the media players in Fedora software repositories can use
+ plugins to add support for additional media formats and sound
+ output systems. Some use powerful multimedia frameworks, like the
+ <code>gstreamer</code> package, to handle media format support and
+ sound output. Fedora software repositories offer plugin packages
+ for these backends and for individual applications. Third parties
+ may provide additional plugins to add even greater capabilities.
</para>
</section>
</section>
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-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-OverView">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/OverView</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Release Highlights</title>
+ <para></para>
+
+ <para/>
+
<section>
- <title>Fedora Core 6 Tour</title>
+ <title>Fedora Tour</title>
<para>
You can find a tour filled with pictures and videos of this
exciting new release at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/FedoraCore6'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/Fedora7'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/Fedora7</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
- <title>New in Fedora Core 6</title>
+ <title>New in Fedora</title>
<para>
This release includes significant new versions of many key
components and technologies. The following sections provide a
- brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora
- Core.
+ brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora.
</para>
+ <para/>
<section>
<title>Desktop</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- This release has an improved look and feel for various
- international languages, with a new
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fonts/DejaVu'>DejaVu</ulink>
- default font.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <application>Compiz</application> window manager
- provides better visual feedback and a variety of desktop
- effects by using the AIGLX framework. More information is
- available from the
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject'>Fedora
- Rendering Project</ulink>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release features an update applet called
- <application>puplet</application> that provides user
- notifications when software updates are available. For more
- information, refer to <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumApplet'/>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release includes a completely rewritten and enhanced
- <ulink url='http://www.redhat.com/magazine/022aug06/features/fc6_print/'>system-config-printer</ulink>
- that uses the latest CUPS 1.2. More technical details are
- available at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/AdminToolOutline'/>
- and
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/AdminToolSpecifics'/>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
This release features
- <ulink url='http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/'>GNOME
- 2.16</ulink> and KDE 3.5.4.
+ <ulink url='http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/notes/en/'>GNOME</ulink>
+ 2.18 and KDE 3.5.6.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 includes a refreshing new "DNA" theme, which
- is part of a continuous team effort from the
+ Fedora 7 includes a refreshing new "Flying High" theme,
+ which is part of a continuous team effort from the community
+ and the
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork'>Fedora
Artwork Project</ulink>.
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release includes
- <ulink url='http://people.redhat.com/zcerza/dogtail/'>Dogtail</ulink>
- which provides a graphical test and automation framework for
- the desktop.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release features the <ulink
- url='http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-announce/2006-July/000069.html'>GnuCash
- 2.0</ulink> accounting application, which provides major new
- features and interface improvements. For more information, refer to
- <ulink url='http://www.gnucash.org/features.phtml'>GnuCash
- Features</ulink>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <application>Helix Player</application> has been
- moved to Fedora Extras, since the included
- <application>Totem</application> media player
- provides similar functionality.
- </para>
- </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Performance</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- All Fedora Core applications have been rebuilt using
- <ulink url='http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2006-06/msg00418.html'>`DT_GNU_HASH`</ulink>,
- which provides up to a 50%
- <ulink url='http://lwn.net/Articles/192624/'>performance
- boost</ulink> on applications using dynamic linking.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- IMAP support for the
- <application>Evolution</application> personal
- information manager is much improved in this release.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release improves performance and manageability by
- splitting up package dependencies in a much more granular
- way. Affected packages include <package>beagle</package>,
- <package>evince</package>, and
- <package>NetworkManager</package>. For more information on
- these and other related changes, refer to <xref
- linkend="sn-PackageNotes"/>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- In this release, the performance of <command>yum</command>,
- <application>Pirut</application>, and
- <application>Pup</application> has been significantly
- improved.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink
- url='http://fontconfig.org/wiki/2_2e4_20release_20notes'><application>Fontconfig
- 2.4</application></ulink> improves startup performance
- and memory footprint significantly.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The performance of the Fedora's default ext3 filesystem has
- been
- <ulink url='http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=89747d369d34e333b9b60f10f333a0b727b4e4e2'>boosted</ulink>
- in recent versions of the Linux kernel.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A new background service caches and increases the
- performance of network filesystems such as AFS and NFS. This
- service is part of the ongoing
- <ulink url='http://lwn.net/Articles/100321/'>CacheFS
- development</ulink> by Red Hat.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- CUPS printing service starts much more faster since it now
- detects devices on demand.
+ In this release, the performance of <code>yum</code>,
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Pirut</emphasis>, and
+ <emphasis role='strong'>Pup</emphasis> has been
+ significantly improved.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>System Administration</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- The Fedora installer,
- <application>Anaconda</application>, can now connect
- to additional repositories such as Updates and Fedora
- Extras, and users can install applications from these
- repositories directly. Support for Fedora Extras is included
- by default on network-connected interactive installs.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis role='strong'>Anaconda</emphasis> also now
- supports IPv6.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release features a new virtualization manager, <ulink
- url='http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/'><application>virt-manager</application></ulink>,
- which adds a graphical management interface layer on top of
- <application>Xen</application>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release increases usability of SELinux by providing a
- <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/setroubleshoot'>graphical
- troubleshooting tool</ulink> and enhancements to the
- <application>Nautilus</application> file manager.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora now features integrated smart card capabilities, for
- secure authentication out of the box using the new
- <ulink url='http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/CoolKey'>CoolKey</ulink>
- system.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release introduces a new tool,
- <application>lvm2-cluster</application>, for intuitively
- managing cluster volumes.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>System Level Changes</title>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora Core 6 features a 2.6.18 based kernel. There are no
- longer separate kernels for SMP and UP processors on any
- architecture. A single kernel now automatically detects your
- processor configuration and enables the proper bits for it.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <application>X.org 7.1</application> now dynamically
- configures monitor resolution and refresh rates to limit the
- amount of required user configuration.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release supports <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraOnMactel'>Apple Macintosh
- systems</ulink> running the new Intel processors.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release includes better i18n support using the default
- <application>SCIM</application> input method,
- including more languages such as Sinhalase (Sri Lanka) and
- Oriya, Kannada, and Malayalam (India). Fedora now provides
- an easy interface to switch the input methods using
- <command>im-chooser</command>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <application>GNOME 1.x</application> legacy stack has
- been removed from Fedora Core, and added to Fedora Extras.
+ Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology has been
+ integrated with the Fedora graphical virtualization manager
+ tool, <code>virt-manager</code>. KVM provides
+ <ulink url='http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/HypervisorVsLinuxBased'>a
+ full virtualization solution</ulink>, and users have a
+ choice between KVM and Xen, along with Qemu, in this
+ release.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <para/>
</section>
</section>
@@ -279,14 +89,7 @@
<title>Road Map</title>
<para>
The proposed plans for the next release of Fedora are available at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
</section>
-
-<!--
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===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/PackageChanges.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- PackageChanges.xml 1 Oct 2006 21:23:26 -0000 1.12
+++ PackageChanges.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.13
@@ -1,345 +1,49 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-PackageChanges">
- <title>Package Changes</title>
-
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Package Changes</h2>-->
-
- <para>
- <note>
- <title>This list is automatically generated</title>
- <para>
- This list is automatically generated. It is not a good choice
- for translation.
- </para>
- </note>
- </para>
- <para>
- For a list of which packages were updated since the previous
- release, refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageChanges/UpdatedPackages'/>.
- You can also find a comparison of major packages between all Fedora
- versions at <ulink url='http://distrowatch.com/fedora'/>.
- </para>
-
-<screen>
-<![CDATA[
-# 2006-09-29 -- treediff <oldtree> <newtree>
-
-New package alacarte
- Simple menu editor for GNOME
-
-New package bouncycastle
- Bouncy Castle Crypto Package for Java
-
-New package cachefilesd
- CacheFiles userspace management daemon
-
-New package ccid
- Generic USB CCID smart card reader driver
-
-New package compat-gcc-34
- Compatibility GNU Compiler Collection
-
-New package compiz
- OpenGL window and compositing manager
-
-New package coolkey
- CoolKey PKCS #11 module
-
-New package dbus-glib
- GLib bindings for D-Bus
-
-New package dbus-python
- D-Bus Python Bindings
-
-New package dbus-sharp
- C# bindings for D-Bus
-
-New package dejavu-lgc-fonts
- DejaVu LGC Fonts
-
-New package dogtail
- GUI test tool and automation framework
-
-New package esc
- Enterprise Security Client Smart Card Client
-
-New package fedora-release-notes
- Release Notes for Fedora Core 5.92
-
-New package fonts-sinhala
- Fonts for Sinhala
-
-New package gcalctool
- A desktop calculator
-
-New package gfs2-utils
- Utilities for managing the global filesystem (GFS)
-
-New package gnome-sharp
- GTK+ and GNOME bindings for Mono
-
-New package gnome-vfs2-monikers
- Monikers for the GNOME virtual file-system
-
-New package gnu-efi
- Development Libraries and headers for EFI
-
-New package gnu-getopt
- Java getopt implementation
-
-New package gucharmap
- Unicode character picker and font browser
-
-New package hesinfo
- Command-line Hesiod client.
-
-New package ifd-egate
- Axalto Egate SmartCard device driver for PCSC-lite
-
-New package im-chooser
- Desktop Input Method configuration tool
-
-New package jakarta-oro
- Full regular expressions API
-
-New package kdnssd-avahi
- KDE zeroconf implementation based on avahi
-
-New package libdhcp
- A library for network interface configuration with DHCP
-
-New package libpfm
- a performance monitoring library for Linux/ia64
-
-New package libtirpc
- Transport Independent RPC Library
-
-New package libutempter
- A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates
-
-New package lvm2-cluster
- Cluster extenstions for userland logical volume management tools
-
-New package mcstrans
- SELinux Translation Daemon
-
-New package notification-daemon
- Notification Daemon
-
-New package notify-python
- Python bindings for libnotify
-
-New package openais
- The openais Standards-Based Cluster Framework executive and APIs
-
-New package openmpi
- Open Message Passing Interface
-
-New package orca
- Flexible, extensible, and powerful assistive technology
-
-New package pam_pkcs11
- PKCS #11/NSS PAM login module
-
-New package paps
- Plain Text to PostScript converter
-
-New package pcsc-lite
- PC/SC Lite smart card framework and applications
-
-New package perl-IO-Socket-INET6
- Perl Object interface for AF_INET|AF_INET6 domain sockets
-
-New package perl-IO-Socket-SSL
- Perl library for transparent SSL
-
-New package perl-Net-SSLeay
- Perl extension for using OpenSSL
-
-New package perl-Socket6
- IPv6 related part of the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators
-
-New package pfmon
- a performance monitoring tool for Linux/ia64
-
-New package postgresql-jdbc
- JDBC driver for PostgreSQL
-
-New package pygobject2
- Python bindings for gobjects
-
-New package pyspi
- Python bindings for AT-SPI
-
-New package python-xeninst
- Python modules for starting Xen guest installations
-
-New package scim-bridge
- SCIM Bridge Gtk IM module
-
-New package scim-sinhala
- Sri Lankan input method for SCIM
-
-New package setroubleshoot
- Helps troubleshoot SELinux problems
-
-New package unifdef
- Unifdef tool for removing ifdef'd lines
-
-New package virt-manager
- Virtual Machine Manager
-
-New package werken-xpath
- XPath implementation using JDOM
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/PackageChanges</title>
+ </articleinfo>
-New package wireshark
- Network traffic analyzer
-
-New package xkeyboard-config
- xkeyboard-config alternative xkb data files
-
-New package xorg-sgml-doctools
- X.Org SGML documentation generation tools
-
-New package xorg-x11-docs
- X.Org X11 documentation
-
-New package xorg-x11-drv-amd
- Xorg X11 AMD Geode video driver
-
-New package xorg-x11-drv-ast
- Xorg X11 ast video driver
-
-New package xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse
- Xorg X11 vmmouse input driver
-
-New package yum-metadata-parser
- A fast metadata parser for yum
-
-New package zenity
- Display dialog boxes from shell scripts
-
-
-Removed package GFS-kernel
-
-Removed package GFS
-
-Removed package Guppi
-
-Removed package HelixPlayer
-
-Removed package bg5ps
-
-Removed package caching-nameserver
-
-Removed package ccs
-
-Removed package ckermit
-
-Removed package cman-kernel
-
-Removed package ddd
-
-Removed package dlm
-
-Removed package dlm-kernel
-
-Removed package eclipse-pydev
-
-Removed package ethereal
-
-Removed package fence
-
-Removed package fence
-
-Removed package freeglut
-
-Removed package gal
-
-Removed package gdk-pixbuf
-
-Removed package gkrellm
-
-Removed package glibc-kernheaders
-
-Removed package gnbd
-
-Removed package gnbd-kernel
-
-Removed package gnome-libs
-
-Removed package gnome-print
-
-Removed package gnopernicus
-
-Removed package gnu.getopt
-
-Removed package gtk+
-
-Removed package gtk-engines
-
-Removed package gulm
-
-Removed package h2ps
-
-Removed package iddev
-
-Removed package imlib
-
-Removed package kon2
-
-Removed package lha
-
-Removed package libghttp
-
-Removed package liblbxutil
-
-Removed package libpng10
-
-Removed package liboldX
-
-Removed package libsetrans
-
-Removed package libstdc++so7
-
-Removed package libxkbui
-
-Removed package longrun
-
-Removed package magma-plugins
-
-Removed package macutils
-
-Removed package magma
-
-Removed package mozilla
-
-Removed package notify-daemon
+ <title>Package Changes</title>
-Removed package oaf
+ <para></para>
-Removed package openmotif
+ <para/>
-Removed package openobex-apps
+ <para/>
-Removed package oro
+ <para/>
-Removed package rhnlib
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition("note", "This list is automatically generated", "This
+ list is automatically generated. It is not a good choice for
+ translation.")]]
+ </para>
-Removed package valgrind-callgrind
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>04-Apr-2007 This content is not generated for the XML
+ output for translation. Insert this content before building the
+ release notes for Fedora 7 test4.</emphasis>
+ </para>
-Removed package utempter
+ <para></para>
-Removed package werken.xpath
+<screen><![CDATA[This list was made using the {{{treediff}}} utility, ran as {{{treediff newtree oldtree}}} against the rawhide tree of 28 Feb. 2006.
+]]></screen>
-Removed package xorg-x11-xkbdata
+ <para>
+ For a list of which packages were updated since the previous
+ release, refer to
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageChanges/UpdatedPackages'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageChanges/UpdatedPackages</ulink>.
+ You can also find a comparison of major packages between all Fedora
+ versions at
+ <ulink url='http://distrowatch.com/fedora'>http://distrowatch.com/fedora</ulink>.
+ </para>
-Removed package xpdf
+ <para></para>
-Removed package xscreensaver
+<screen><![CDATA[Insert treediff list here.
]]></screen>
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/PackageNotes.xml,v
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--- PackageNotes.xml 26 Sep 2006 01:27:15 -0000 1.8
+++ PackageNotes.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.9
@@ -1,151 +1,66 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-PackageNotes">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/PackageNotes</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Package Notes</title>
+ <para></para>
+
<para>
The following sections contain information regarding software
- packages that have undergone significant changes for Fedora Core 6.
- For easier access, they are generally organized using the same
- groups that are shown in the installation system.
+ packages that have undergone significant changes for Fedora 7. For
+ easier access, they are generally organized using the same groups
+ that are shown in the installation system.
</para>
- <section>
- <title>GNOME Desktop Environment</title>
- <para>
- The following packages have been split into several packages to
- improve performance and manageability as noted:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <package>gnome-utils</package>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <package>beagle</package>, which no longer depends on
- <application>Evolution</application>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <package>evince</package>, which no longer depends on
- <application>Nautilus</application>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <package>NetworkManager</package>, which no longer depends on
- <package>bind</package> and
- <package>caching-nameserver</package>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
+ <para/>
<section>
- <title>Web Server</title>
+ <title>Licensing Audit</title>
<para>
- The <package>php</package> package has been split to separate the
- command line binary from the CGI executable.
+ The <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board'>Fedora
+ Project Board</ulink> initiated a
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeSoftwareAnalysis'>licensing
+ audit</ulink> to ensure all software included in Fedora is
+ compliant with the package licensing guidelines. This process is
+ now complete, and several changes were made as a result:
</para>
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Ext3 File System Utilities</title>
<para>
- A new version of <package>e2fsprogs</package> included in this
- release has a number of bug fixes. The
- <command>ext2online</command> feature has been integrated into
- <command>resize2fs</command>, so the <command>ext2online</command>
- program has been removed from this package.
+ <emphasis>No content</emphasis>
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
- <title>Licensing Audit</title>
- <para>
- The <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board'>Fedora
- Project Board</ulink> initiated a <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeSoftwareAnalysis'>licensing
- audit</ulink> to ensure all software included in Fedora Core is
- compliant with the package licensing guidelines. This process is
- now complete, and several changes were made as a result:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <package>openmotif</package> package has been <ulink
- url='https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-August/msg01314.html'>dropped</ulink>
- due to a non-free license. Software packages previously
- dependent on the <package>openmotif</package> library have
- been rebuilt to use <package>lesstif</package>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <package>macutils</package> package has been <ulink
- url='https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2006-August/msg00021.html'>dropped</ulink>
- due to a non-free license.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <package>ckermit</package> package has been <ulink
- url='http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2006-August/msg00271.html'>dropped</ulink>
- due to a non-free license.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <package>cleanfeed</package> package has been <ulink
- url='http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2006-August/msg00401.html'>dropped</ulink>
- due to a non-free license.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <package>aspell-nl</package> package has been <ulink
- url='http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2006-August/msg00271.html'>changed</ulink>
- to include GPL licensed data.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <package>crypto-utils</package> package has been <ulink
- url='http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2006-August/msg00271.html'>changed</ulink>
- to remove PGP licensed code in favor of new GPL licensed code.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <package>netpbm</package> package has been <ulink
- url='http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2006-August/msg00271.html'>changed</ulink>
- to remove all unlicensed or improper files from the source
- tarball.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <title>System Tools</title>
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>apcupsd</title>
+ <para>
+ The <code>apcupsd</code> package has been upgraded to version
+ 3.14.0. This version removes the old master/slave networking
+ mode. Refer to the
+ <ulink url='http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=54413&release_id=485633'>apcupsd
+ release notes</ulink> for more information.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ </section>
</section>
<section>
- <title>Kernel Headers</title>
- <para>
- The process of generating kernel headers has been <ulink
- url='http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8d730cfb50cc77da6d00f941daef440918a1922f'>changed</ulink>,
- which provides several <ulink
- url='http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/2/24'>benefits</ulink> included
- easier maintenance and consistency.
- </para>
+ <title>Engineering and Scientific</title>
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>paraview</title>
+ <para>
+ The <code>mpi</code> build and sub-package of
+ <code>paraview</code> have been removed until <code>cmake</code>
+ related build issues are resolved.
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
</section>
-
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/ProjectOverview.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- ProjectOverview.xml 26 Sep 2006 01:27:15 -0000 1.9
+++ ProjectOverview.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.10
@@ -1,35 +1,39 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-ProjectOverview">
- <title>Fedora Project - Freedom to the Core</title>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/ProjectOverview</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
+ <title>Fedora Project </title>
+
+ <para></para>
<para>
The goal of the Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community
to build a complete, general-purpose operating system exclusively
from open source software. Development is done in a public forum.
- The project produces time-based releases of Fedora Core
- approximately 2-3 times a year, with a public release schedule
- available at
- <ulink url='http://fedora.redhat.com/About/schedule/'/>. The Red Hat
- engineering team continues to participate in building Fedora Core
- and invites and encourages more outside participation than was
- possible in the past. By using this more open process, we hope to
- provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free
+ The project produces releases of Fedora approximately 2 times a
+ year, with a public release schedule available at
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Schedule'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Schedule</ulink>.
+ The Red Hat engineering team continues to participate in building
+ Fedora and invites and encourages more outside participation than
+ was possible in the past. By using this more open process, we hope
+ to provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free
software and more appealing to the open source community. For more
information, refer to the Fedora Project website at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org'>http://fedoraproject.org</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
The Fedora Project is driven by the individuals that contribute to
it. As a tester, developer, documenter, or translator, you can make
- a difference. Refer to <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted'/> for details. For
- information on the channels of communication for Fedora users and
- contributors, refer to <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate'/>.
+ a difference. See
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join</ulink>
+ for details. For information on the channels of communication for
+ Fedora users and contributors, refer to
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
@@ -41,13 +45,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='mailto:fedora-list at redhat.com'>fedora-list at redhat.com</ulink>,
- for users of Fedora Core releases
+ for users of Fedora releases
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url='mailto:fedora-test-list at redhat.com'>fedora-test-list at redhat.com</ulink>,
- for testers of Fedora Core test releases
+ for testers of Fedora test releases
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -67,11 +71,11 @@
<para>
To subscribe to any of these lists, send an email with the word
"subscribe" in the subject to
- <email><replaceable><listname></replaceable>-request</email>,
- where <replaceable><listname></replaceable> is one of the
- above list names. Alternately, you can subscribe to Fedora mailing
- lists through the Web interface at <ulink
- url='http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/'/>.
+ <emphasis><listname>-request</emphasis>, where
+ <emphasis><listname></emphasis> is one of the above list names.
+ Alternately, you can subscribe to Fedora mailing lists through the
+ Web interface at
+ <ulink url='http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/'>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
@@ -81,41 +85,29 @@
with multiple people in an open channel, or chat with someone
privately one-on-one. To talk with other Fedora Project participants
via IRC, access the Freenode IRC network. Refer to the Freenode
- website at <ulink url='http://www.freenode.net/'/> for more
- information.
+ website at
+ <ulink url='http://www.freenode.net/'>http://www.freenode.net/</ulink>
+ for more information.
</para>
<para>
- Fedora Project participants frequent the
- <systemitem>#fedora</systemitem> channel on the Freenode network,
- while Fedora Project developers may often be found on the
- <systemitem>#fedora-devel</systemitem> channel. Some of the larger
- projects may have their own channels as well. This information may
- be found on the webpage for the project, and at <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate'/>.
+ Fedora Project participants frequent the <code>#fedora</code>
+ channel on the Freenode network, while Fedora Project developers may
+ often be found on the <code>#fedora-devel</code> channel. Some of
+ the larger projects may have their own channels as well. This
+ information may be found on the webpage for the project, and at
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
- In order to talk on the <systemitem>#fedora</systemitem> channel,
- you need to register your nickname, or <firstterm>nick</firstterm>.
- Instructions are given when you <command>/join</command> the
- channel.
+ In order to talk on the <code>#fedora</code> channel, you need to
+ register your nickname, or <emphasis>nick</emphasis>. Instructions
+ are given when you <code>/join</code> the channel.
</para>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>IRC Channels</title>
- <para>
- The Fedora Project and Red Hat have no control over the Fedora
- Project IRC channels or their content.
- </para>
- </note>
+ [[Admonition("note", "IRC Channels", "The Fedora Project and Red Hat
+ have no control over the Fedora Project IRC channels or their
+ content.")]]
</para>
</section>
-
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Security.xml,v
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--- Security.xml 26 Sep 2006 01:27:15 -0000 1.11
+++ Security.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.12
@@ -1,77 +1,70 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Security">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Security</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Security</title>
+ <para></para>
+
<para>
- This section highlights various security items from Fedora Core.
+ This section highlights various security items from Fedora.
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>General Information</title>
<para>
A general introduction to the many proactive security features in
- Fedora, the current status, and policies is available at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security'/>.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>SELinux</title>
- <para>
- This release increases usability of SELinux by providing a
- graphical troubleshooting tool, <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/setroubleshoot'>setroubleshoot</ulink>.
- SELinux developer Dan Walsh explains the tool and its usage in his
- <ulink
- url='http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/7212.html'>blog</ulink>.
- The <application>Nautilus</application> file manager has also been
- improved in GNOME 2.16 to display SELinux contexts.
+ Fedora, current status, and policies is available at
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
- The SELinux project pages have troubleshooting tips,
- explanations, and pointers to documentation and references.
- Some useful links include the following:
+ <para/>
+ <section>
+ <title>SELinux</title>
+ <para>
+ The SELinux project pages have troubleshooting tips,
+ explanations, and pointers to documentation and references.
+ Some useful links include the following:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ New SELinux project pages:
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Troubleshooting tips:
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Troubleshooting'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Troubleshooting</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Frequently Asked Questions:
+ <ulink url='http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq/'>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq/</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Listing of SELinux commands:
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Commands'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Commands</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Details of confined domains:
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Domains'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Domains</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- New SELinux project pages:
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux'/>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Troubleshooting tips:
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Troubleshooting'/>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- <ulink url='http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/'/>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Listing of SELinux commands:
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Commands'/>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Details of confined domains:
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Domains'/>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
-
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Index: Virtualization.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Virtualization.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- Virtualization.xml 26 Sep 2006 01:27:15 -0000 1.10
+++ Virtualization.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.11
@@ -1,129 +1,67 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Virtualization">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Virtualization</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Virtualization</title>
+ <para></para>
+
<para>
- Virtualization in Fedora Core is based on Xen 3.0.2, and is
- integrated within the Fedora Core 6 installer. Refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/Xen'/> for more
- information about Xen.
+ Virtualization in Fedora 7 is based on Xen 3.0.4 and is integrated
+ within the Fedora installer. Refer to
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/Xen'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/Xen</ulink>
+ for more information about Xen.
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>Types of Virtualization</title>
<para>
- Under Fedora Core 6 using Xen 3.0.2, both paravirtualization and
- full virtualization can be implemented. Full virtualization
- requires a VT-capable processor. Paravirtualization does not
- require special hardware, but does require the guest OS to be
- modified. To learn more about how to configure and use Xen, refer
- to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC6'/>.
+ Under Fedora using Xen 3.0.4, both paravirtualization and full
+ virtualization can be implemented. Full virtualization requires a
+ VT-capable processor. Paravirtualization does not require special
+ hardware, but does require the guest OS to be modified. To learn
+ more about how to configure and use Xen, refer to
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC6'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC6</ulink>.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Guest Operating Systems</title>
<para>
- The Fedora Core 6 development team has tested Xen with Fedora Core
- 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta1 guests. Other guests have
- not been tested. With paravirtualization, however, users can
- expect reasonable success running any Linux guest OS that was
- built for Xen 3.0.2. With full virtualization using VT hardware,
- users can expect reasonable success with a larger variety of
- operating systems, including some proprietary operating systems.
+ The Fedora 7 development team has tested Xen with Fedora 7 and Red
+ Hat Enterprise Linux 5 guests. Other guests have not been tested.
+ With paravirtualization, however, users can expect reasonable
+ success running any Linux guest OS that was built for Xen 3.0.4.
+ With full virtualization using VT hardware, users can expect
+ reasonable success with a larger variety of operating systems,
+ including some proprietary operating systems.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Changes to the Xen Packages</title>
<para>
- In Fedora Core 6 a single kernel supports both the host and the
- guest operating systems. In previous versions, there was one
- kernel, <package>kernel-xenU</package>, for the host or hypervisor
- and a separate kernel, <package>kernel-xen0</package>, for the
- guests. In Fedora Core 6 the <package>kernel-xen</package> package
- is the only kernel needed.
- </para>
- <para>
- Fedora Core 6 introduces <command>virt-manager</command>, a GUI
- application for installing and managing virtual machines. Features
- of <command>virt-manager</command> include:
+ The following improvements have been made in the Virtualization
+ packages in Fedora 7:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Integrated graphical framebuffer. Both the GUI installer and
- the guest operating system's graphical environment can be
- accessed from <application>virt-manager</application> without
- the need for VNC.
+ The applications <code>virt-manager</code> and
+ <code>virsh</code> can now work with inactive domains.
+ Previously, only <code>xm</code> could handle inactive domains
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- An embedded serial console viewer. The console can now be
- accessed from <application>virt-manager</application> without
- opening a separate terminal and using <command>xm
- console</command>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- CPU and memory management. The vCPUs and memory of active
- guest operating systems can be adjusted on the fly.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Extended RFB protocol handler. If the guest operating system
- changes screen resolution, the
- <application>virt-manager</application> graphical console
- adjusts its size accordingly.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>
- In Fedora Core 6 there are two methods to install a guest OS: via
- the command line using the <command>xenguest-install</command>
- program, or via the GUI application
- <application>virt-manager</application>.
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem override='none'>
- <note>
- <title>xenguest-install Script Renamed</title>
- <para>
- The <command>xenguest-install</command> script was named
- <command>xenguest-install.py</command> in previous versions.
- </para>
- </note>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>
- Xen log messages are stored under <filename
- class="directory">/var/log/xen</filename>, which separates Xen
- related log messages from other system messages.
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem override='none'>
- <important>
- <title>i386 Guest Kernels Require PAE</title>
- <para>
- PAE support in the CPU is required by i386 guests. Some
- older computers might not have this functionality.
- </para>
- </important>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>The mouse cursor problems with the virtual frame buffer have been fixed, for a better user experience in GUI modes </listitem>
+ <listitem>Miscellaneous other small improvements and fixes have been made. </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
-
-<!--
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Index: WebServers.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/WebServers.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
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diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- WebServers.xml 26 Sep 2006 01:27:15 -0000 1.9
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@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-WebServers">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/WebServers</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>Web Servers</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>Web Servers</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 includes version 2.2 of the <application>Apache HTTP
- Server</application>. Users upgrading from version 2.0 (included
- in Fedora Core 4 and earlier) need to make changes to their
- <command>httpd</command> configuration; refer to <ulink
- url='http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html'/> for more
- details.
+ Fedora 7 includes version 2.2.4 of the Apache HTTP Server. Users
+ upgrading from version 2.0 (included in Fedora Core 4 and earlier)
+ must make changes to their httpd configuration; see
+ <ulink url='http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html'>http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html</ulink>
+ for more details.
</para>
-</section>
-<!--
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+ <para>
+ Users of the <code>mod_dbd</code> module should note that the
+ <code>apr-util</code> DBD driver for PostgreSQL is now distributed
+ as a separate dynamically-loaded module. The driver module is now
+ included in the <code>apr-util-pgsql</code> package. A MySQL driver
+ is now also available, in the <code>apr-util-mysql</code> package.
+ </para>
+</section>
Index: Welcome.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Welcome.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
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diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- Welcome.xml 26 Sep 2006 01:27:15 -0000 1.9
+++ Welcome.xml 4 Apr 2007 01:29:33 -0000 1.10
@@ -1,40 +1,35 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Welcome">
- <title>Welcome to Fedora Core</title>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Welcome</title>
+ </articleinfo>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem override='none'>
+ <title>Welcome to Fedora</title>
- <para>
- Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by
- the contributors. These projects are developed by a large
- community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very
- best in free, open source software and standards. Fedora Core,
- the central Fedora project, is an operating system and platform
- based on Linux which is always free for anyone to use, modify,
- and distribute, now and forever.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <para></para>
<para>
- <tip>
- <title>Latest Release Notes on the Web</title>
- <para>
- These release notes may be updated. Visit <ulink
- url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/"/> to view the
- latest release notes for Fedora Core 6.
- </para>
- </tip>
+ The Fedora Project is a Red Hat sponsored and community supported
+ open source project. Its goal is the rapid progress of free and open
+ source software and content. The Fedora Project makes use of public
+ forums, open processes, rapid innovation, meritocracy, and
+ transparency in pursuit of the best operating system and platform
+ that free and open source software can provide.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ [[Admonition(tip, "Latest Release Notes on the Web","These release
+ notes may be updated. Visit
+ <ulink url='http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/'>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/</ulink>
+ to view the latest release notes for Fedora.")]]
</para>
<para>
You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora
if you file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests'/>
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests</ulink>
for more information about bugs. Thank you for your participation.
</para>
@@ -47,46 +42,42 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Fedora Overview
- (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview'/>)
+ (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview</ulink>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fedora FAQ (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ'/>)
+ Fedora FAQ
+ (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ</ulink>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Help and Support
- (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate'/>)
+ (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate</ulink>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Participate in the Fedora Project
- (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted'/>)
+ (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted</ulink>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
About the Fedora Project
- (<ulink url='http://fedora.redhat.com/About/'/>)
+ (<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/Overview'>http://fedoraproject.org/Overview</ulink>)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>Document Links</title>
- <para>
- If you are reading these release notes during the Fedora Core
- installation process, many links may not work properly. The
- release notes are also available post-installation as part of
- the desktop Web browser's default home page. If you are
- connected to the internet, use these links to find other helpful
- information about Fedora and the community that creates and
- supports it.
- </para>
- </note>
+ [[Admonition(note,"Document Links","Many links may not work properly
+ from within the installation environment, due to resource
+ constraints. The release notes are also available post-installation
+ as part of the desktop Web browser's default home page. If you are
+ connected to the internet, use these links to find other helpful
+ information about Fedora and the community that creates and supports
+ it.")]]
</para>
</section>
Index: Xorg.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Xorg.xml,v
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--- Xorg.xml 26 Sep 2006 01:27:15 -0000 1.11
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@@ -1,113 +1,101 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Xorg">
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>Docs/Beats/Xorg</title>
+ </articleinfo>
+
<title>X Window System (Graphics)</title>
-<!--RAW HTML: <h2>X Window System (Graphics)</h2>-->
+ <para></para>
<para>
This section contains information related to the X Window System
- implementation provided with Fedora.
+ implementation, X.org, provided with Fedora.
</para>
+ <para/>
+
<section>
<title>X Configuration Changes</title>
<para>
- The <application>X.org 7.1</application> X server has been
- modified to automatically detect and configure most hardware,
- eliminating the need for users or administrators to modify the
- <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> configuration file. The
- only hardware configured by default in the
- <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file written by anaconda is:
+ The X.org 7.2 X server has been modified to automatically detect
+ and configure most hardware, eliminating the need for users or
+ administrators to modify the <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</code>
+ configuration file. The only hardware configured by default in the
+ <code>xorg.conf</code> file written by anaconda is:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- the graphics driver
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- the keyboard map
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>The graphics driver </listitem>
+ <listitem>The keyboard map </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
All other hardware, such as monitors (both LCD and CRT), USB mice,
and touchpads should be detected and configured automatically.
</para>
<para>
- The X server queries the attached monitor for supported
- resolution ranges, and attempts to pick the highest resolution
- available with the correct aspect ratio for the display. Users can
- set their preferred resolution in <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>System</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Screen Resolution</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
- and the default resolution for
- the system can be changed with <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>System</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
- </para>
- <para>
- If the <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> configuration file
- is not present, X also automatically detects the appropriate
- driver, and assumes a 105-key US keyboard layout.
+ The X server queries the attached monitor for supported resolution
+ ranges, and attempts to pick the highest resolution available with
+ the correct aspect ratio for the display. Users can set their
+ preferred resolution in <emphasis>System > Preferences > Screen
+ Resolution</emphasis>, and the default resolution for the system
+ can be changed with <emphasis>System > Administration >
+ Display</emphasis>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ If the <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</code> configuration file is not
+ present, X also automatically detects the appropriate driver, and
+ assumes a 105-key US keyboard layout.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
</section>
<section>
<title>Intel Driver notes</title>
<para>
- Fedora Core 6 contains two drivers for Intel integrated graphics
+ Fedora 7 contains two drivers for Intel integrated graphics
controllers:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- The default <systemitem>i810</systemitem> driver, which
- contains support for Intel graphics chipsets up to and
- including i945 and i965
+ The default <code>i810</code> driver, which contains support
+ for Intel graphics chipsets up to and including i945 and i965
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The experimental <systemitem>intel</systemitem> driver, which
- contains support for Intel graphics chipsets up to and
- including i945
+ The experimental <code>intel</code> driver, which contains
+ support for Intel graphics chipsets up to and including i945
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- The <systemitem>i810</systemitem> driver is limited to resolutions
- available in the BIOS. If you need support for non-standard
- resolutions, such as those used in some widescreen displays, you
- may want to switch to the <systemitem>intel</systemitem> driver.
- You may switch drivers by using
- <systemitem>system-config-display</systemitem>, available in the
- menus under <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>System</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
- </para>
- <para>
- We welcome feedback on the experimental
- <systemitem>intel</systemitem> driver. Please report success in
- <ulink
- url='http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/'>Bugzilla</ulink>,
- attaching the full output of <command>lspci -vn</command> for your
+ The <code>i810</code> driver is limited to resolutions available
+ in the BIOS. If you need support for non-standard resolutions,
+ such as those used in some widescreen displays, you may want to
+ switch to the <code>intel</code> driver. You may switch drivers by
+ using <code>system-config-display</code>, available in the menus
+ under <emphasis>System > Administration > Display</emphasis>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ We welcome feedback on the experimental <code>intel</code> driver.
+ Please report success in
+ <ulink url='http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/'>Bugzilla</ulink>,
+ attaching the full output of <code>lspci -vn</code> for your
machine. Given success reports, various chipsets may be switched
- to use the <systemitem>intel</systemitem> driver by default.
+ to use the <code>intel</code> driver by default.
</para>
+ <para/>
</section>
-</section>
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+ <section>
+ <title>Third Party Video Drivers</title>
+ <para>
+ If you intend to use third party video drivers, refer to the
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/3rdPartyVideoDrivers'>Xorg
+ third party drivers</ulink> page for detailed guidelines.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+</section>
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