This chapter documents the procedures within the Debian Live project for various tasks that need cooperation with other teams in Debian.
Before commiting releases of a udeb in d-i svn, one has to call:
$ ../../scripts/l10n/output-l10n-changes . -d
Releasing a new stable major version of Debian includes a lot of different teams working together to make it happen. At some point, the Live team comes in and builds live system images. The requirements to do this are:
Remember to adjust both chroot and binary mirrors when building the last set of images for a Debian release after it has been moved away from ftp.debian.org to archive.debian.org. That way, old prebuilt live images are still useful without user modifications.
An annoucement mail for point releases can be generated using the template below and the following command:
$ sed \
-e 's|%major%|5.0|g' \
-e 's|%minor%|5.0.2|g' \
-e 's|%codename%|lenny|g' \
-e 's|%release_mail%|2009/msg00007.html|g'
Please check the mail carefully before sending and pass it to others for proof-reading.
Debian Live images for Debian GNU/Linux %major% updated
The Debian Live project is pleased to announce the availability of
updated Live images for its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux %major%
(codename "%codename%").
The images are available for download at:
<http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/>
This update incorporates the changes made in the %minor% point release,
which adds corrections for security problems to the stable release
along with a few adjustments for serious problems. A full list of the
changes may be viewed at:
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/%release_mail%>
It also includes the following Live-specific changes:
* [INSERT LIVE-SPECIFIC CHANGE HERE]
* [INSERT LIVE-SPECIFIC CHANGE HERE]
* [LARGER ISSUES MAY DESERVE THEIR OWN SECTION]
URLs
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Download location of updated images:
<http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/>
Pàgina web del Projecte Debian Live:
<http://live.debian.net/>
The current stable distribution:
<http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable>
stable distribution information (release notes, errata etc.):
<http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/>
Security announcements and information:
<http://www.debian.org/security/>
About Debian
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The Debian Project is an association of Free Software developers who
volunteer their time and effort in order to produce the completely free
operating system Debian GNU/Linux.
About Debian Live
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Debian Live is an official sub-project of Debian which produces Debian
systems that do not require a classical installer. Images are available
for CD/DVD discs, USB sticks and PXE netbooting as well as a bare
filesystem images for booting directly from the internet.
Contact Information
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For further information, please visit the Debian Live web pages at
<http://live.debian.net/> or alternatively send mail to
<debian-live@lists.debian.org>.