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Slackware 12.1 RC2
Slackware Current ChangeLog Notice.
The following additions have been made to The Current ChangeLog.txt
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Mon Apr 21 16:47:32 CDT 2008
We have now reached the Slackware 12.1 RC2 milestone. :-) We're beyond
updating packages or fixing minor cosmetic bugs at this point (actually, we
had hoped to be past that with RC1, but there were still items in need of
attention). What we have here now has proven to be stable for our testers,
so unless some real showstoppers are found we'll be releasing this as Slackware
12.1-final soon.
a/glibc-solibs-2.7-i486-10.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.24.5 headers.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2.7-noarch-10.tgz: Rebuilt.
a/kernel-generic-2.6.24.5-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to Linux 2.6.24.5 uniprocessor generic.s (requires initrd) kernel.
a/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.24.5_smp-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to Linux 2.6.24.5 SMP gensmp.s (requires initrd) kernel.
a/kernel-huge-2.6.24.5-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to Linux 2.6.24.5 uniprocessor huge.s (full-featured) kernel.
a/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.24.5_smp-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to Linux 2.6.24.5 SMP hugesmp.s (full-featured) kernel.
a/kernel-modules-2.6.24.5-i486-1.tgz
Upgraded to Linux 2.6.24.5 uniprocessor kernel modules.
a/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.24.5_smp-i686-1.tgz
Upgraded to Linux 2.6.24.5 SMP kernel modules.
a/pkgtools-12.1.0-noarch-7.tgz: Removed obsolete modem setup script (any
/dev/modem symlink would be wiped out by udev anyway).
ap/lm_sensors-2.10.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to lm_sensors-2.10.6.
d/kernel-headers-2.6.24.5_smp-x86-1.tgz:
Upgraded to Linux 2.6.24.5 SMP kernel headers.
a/mkinitrd-1.3.2-i486-2.tgz: Updated the version numbers in README.initrd
and manpage.
k/kernel-source-2.6.24.5_smp-noarch-1.tgz
Upgraded to Linux 2.6.24.5 SMP kernel source package.
l/glibc-2.7-i486-10.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.24.5 headers.
l/glibc-i18n-2.7-noarch-10.tgz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.7-i486-10.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.24.5 headers.
l/jre-6u6-i586-2.tgz: Adjusted installation directory to avoid removing files
from kdebindings. Thanks to Kris Karas for pointing out this collision.
l/svgalib_helper-1.9.25_2.6.24.5-i486-1.tgz: Recompiled for Linux 2.6.24.5.
n/mcabber-0.9.7-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to mcabber-0.9.7.
xap/xine-lib-1.1.11.1-i686-3.tgz: Recompiled, with --without-speex (we didn't
ship the speex library in Slackware anyway, but for reference this issue
would be CVE-2008-1686), and with --disable-nosefart (the recently reported
as insecurely demuxed NSF format).
As before in -2, this package fixes the two regressions mentioned in the
release notes for xine-lib-1.1.12:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=5...
Moving to xine-lib-1.1.12 right now doesn't seem prudent for RC2, as the
diff between 1.1.11.1 and 1.1.12 is many thousands of lines long.
(* Security fix *)
extra/brltty/brltty-3.9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to brltty-3.9.
extra/jdk-6/jdk-6u6-i586-2.tgz: Adjusted installation directory to avoid
removing files from kdebindings. Thanks to Kris Karas.
isolinux/initrd.img: Replaced kernel modules with 2.6.24.5 versions.
kernels/huge.s/*: Upgraded to huge.s 2.6.24.5 kernel.
kernels/hugesmp.s/*: Upgraded to hugesmp.s 2.6.24.5 kernel.
kernels/speakup.s/*: Upgraded to speakup.s 2.6.24.5 kernel.
usb-and-pxe-installers/: Replaced kernel modules with 2.6.24.5 versions.
Thanks to Amritpal Bath for writing a new README_RAID document explaining
how to install Slackware using various RAID levels. :-)
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Slackware 12.1 RC2 Posted Apr 24, 2008 9:40 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] Darn... I just finished installing 12.1 RC1 on my laptop the other day. Or, maybe that was a snapshot of "-current". With Slackware, these tend to blur together near release date. I get the impression that Slackware is dying a slow, quiet death: In 1995 Slackware commanded 90% of the installed Linux base, but now it seems to be a fading blip on the distro radar (Ranked 14th at distrowatch.com). This worries me--I don't think I've been happier using Linux ever since a friend gave me a set of Slackware 10.0 discs almost four years ago--but I wonder if the number of Slack users (and derivative distros) will keep steady for the foreseeable future and drive demand for continued development and support for new releases. One thing's certain: Slackware is perhaps the most non-commercial Linux distro I've encountered, and the user base is a staunchly-devoted group of "Slackers" (Count me in that group!). Thanks in advance to the Slackware development team for the impending release of 12.1.
Slackware 12.1 RC2 Posted Apr 24, 2008 12:11 UTC (Thu) by notamisfit (guest, #40886) [Link] I don't think that Slackware is in danger of dying anytime soon. It's got the lowest overhead of any of the top tier Linux distributions, and users who by and large are willing to show their appreciation financially.
Come to think of it... Posted Apr 24, 2008 13:01 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] Come to think of it, I did purchase a bunch of those $1.00 Donations to the Slackware Project1. And the 2nd edition of the book. And a T-shirt. And I'll likely buy some more Slack merchandise and/or donations right around the time of the 12.1 release. I can only imagine Slackware's low overhead is due to a comparative lack of advertising--the only Slack ads I can think of are on slackware.com. Unless you want to count me sporting that T-shirt as advertising. Word-of-mouth seems pretty much it otherwise, plus whatever blurbs our editors write about Slackware here at LWN. 1 Disclaimer: The link is provided for reference. I am not employed by Slackware, nor will I receive any compensation for having posted that URL.
Slackware 12.1 RC2 Posted Apr 25, 2008 0:50 UTC (Fri) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022) [Link] Yeah, it really depends on your idea of death. It's a going concern, just like a wide variety of Free Software projects. In point of fact, it's gotten more robust recently (i.e. in the last two release cycles), because the community stepped in when Pat needed help, and this last release especially has benefited from not being a Patrick-only labor. We now have updated booting/install options, we've entered 2.6 finally, grub works, and there's a good set of package repositories through linuxpackages.net -- this has made packages manageable by standardizing and making transparent the preferred format in documentation accessible to the user. I think it's actually a very good time to be a Slacker. Our third-party Gnome support is back, too, through GSB or Dropline.
Slackware 12.1 RC2 Posted Apr 25, 2008 13:47 UTC (Fri) by jmmc (guest, #34939) [Link] I'd take exception to the 'slow death' comment. I might be off here, like Debian, Gentoo, etc., I sense Slack is more of a 'meta' distribution. That is, "a distro you (can) use to make other distros". Aside from being the 'most UNIX/BSD-like' GNU/Linux (which I still believe holds true), I find Slack to be the most 'kernel-like' distro in terms in development. In that light, I think Slackware has a value which will be desired for quite a while to come. We will always need "baseline" distros like Slack, Debian, et al. within the community to act as building blocks. Kernel: has fearless, public, benevolent leader who maintains direction Slackware: "ditto". I've used Slack for 12 years and currently run 12.0 on a Dell D600 (all hardware working out of the box, no tweaking). And, rather than Linuxpackages, I tend towards Slackbuilds. But I must say, I almost never have an issue with the manner which Patrick or the Slack team build the kernels, libs and packages, it's nearly always 'the right choice' (well, for me) when it comes to the compile options on the binaries. Also, I like that Slack is very 'Vanilla': that is packages and kernels use all vanilla sources (also think this is true). No unique tweaks/patches to kernel sources other than standard, known security patches. I might be wrong, but I think Slack did deviate from '100% free' at some point (with some wireless and codec libs - please correct me if i'm off on that one), but generally, I find Slack to be the best 'test' platform for new/trial software that I'm working with. Custom compilations work on Slackware that I can not get working on any other distro, which why I'm never without a working Slack install nearby, work or home. Slack is like that reliable friend you can always go back to when all else fails ;)
Slackware 12.1 RC2 Posted Apr 26, 2008 1:36 UTC (Sat) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] I'd take exception to the 'slow death' comment. I was hoping somebody might. And I'm the OP! I personally enjoy using Slackware for the same reasons you do. Especially the "Vanilla" reason. Slackware pretty much lets me manage my computers the way I want. I have experienced a number of other distros, and once I tried Slackware1 there was no turning back. I'm glad others don't necessarily see Slackware as "dying a slow death", and I thank the above posters for presenting a different perspective of Slackware's status. 1 Ironically, the friend who turned me on to Slackware jumped over to Gentoo several months later. Of course, Gentoo has even more of the do-it-yourself philosophy than Slackware, and it was just becoming big around then.
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