[Live-demo] OSGeoLive 6.5 RC1 status

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi,

On 02/17/2013 04:52 AM, Hamish wrote:
> Angelos wrote:
>> During the last 24h a new iso for Xubuntu 12.04.2 was
>> released [2]
>> As per [3] there is Secure Boot support within the kernel
>> included in this version. I believe that this update might
>> be worthy for doing an upgrade and a RC2.
>>
>> I have started a test nightly (build 9999), based on 12.04.2
>> iso and this will be available soon at [4].
> Upon relection, I'd support calling the r9999/10k build with the
> new kernel and security fixes as RC2, then after some days of
> testing if all is well rename that to the final.
build10000 is actually built on 32 host, so this will be the RC2.
+1 on calling this RC2.
>
> If we wait a month to build invariably some project urls will
> have shifted, pressure to include new versions of things, new
> translations to debate merging... and we end up having to test
> all over again. Since 12.04.2 has been out for some weeks in
> Ubuntu, I think we can hope that the new xUbuntu base-iso has
> had its most important parts tested already by the wider Ubuntu
> community.
>
>
> best,
> Hamish
>
>
> ps- which kernel does the r10k ISO actually contain?
>    http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/10000
>
New kernel version is 3.2.0-37 and is based on some backports from 3.5.7 
regarding Secure Boot.

Best,
Angelos

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Angelos Tzotsos
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos