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The Debian Installer Team[1] is pleased to announce the Debian Installer 6.0 Alpha1. This first release since Lenny brings a lot of new features and improvements.
It is also important to note that we have disabled the Graphical
Installer, and as consequence the speakup drivers, for this release
due a breakage in the DirectFB backend of the GTK+ library. We are
working to get this fixed for next release.
As most people will have noticed, this release has taken more time than
usual. This was for various reasons that go from technical (major
changes in the installer itself and other components that affect us)
to lack of manpower to manage all the work required quickly. We really
need more people to help us and contribute; please contact us if you’re
interested in helping.
Here follows the most important new features and improvements.
Help during the installation process
The dialogs presented during the installation process now have the
capacity to offer the user a help option. This is already in use in some
dialogs during the installation and will be increasingly used in future
releases. We believe this will improve the user experience during the
installation process, especially for new users.
Installation of recommended packages
For Lenny and earlier releases Debian Installer did not install Recommends.
This has been changed for Squeeze and D-I will now install recommended
packages by default.
There is an option to configure APT to not install Recommends by default
(from the boot prompt or using preseeding). This option is intended only
for expert users who know what the consequences are of not installing
Recommends and who have the experience/skills needed to cherry-pick any
desired Recommends after the installation has been completed.
The installer makes a few specific exceptions to the general configuration
by either always or never installing the Recommends of specific packages
in cases where following the general setting gives undesired results.
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