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8.2.1 Planning and process page - Take 3 [[User:Gregorio|Gregorio]] 20:31, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
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This release is targeted for Uruguay but it wil be available to everyone and probably will be used in manufacturing. It is a maintenance release based on 8.2.0. As such it does not contain the latest changes and the goal is to minimize changes in order to bound the test cycle.
'''Release Notes Place Holder for [[8.2.1]] Release Notes'''


See links to release notes, and ECO below.
'''Second Draft, Not Final, Subject to Change without Notice'''

= Purpose =
This maintenance release resolves a few targeted bugs needed for major deployments, most notably Uruguay.

== Changes since release 8.2.0 ==

=== New features ===

Although primarily a bugfix update, release 8.2.1 includes a couple of new features which will be of great use to delpoyments.

* [[Feature roadmap/Image signing key delegation|Delegation of image signing keys to selected deployments]] <trac>9045</trac>
* [[Multicast_NAND_FLASH_Update|NAND Blaster]]: Multicast wireless software installation

In 8.2.1 the booting animation is the same for both write-protected (secure) and non write-protected laptops. If you have a developer key; then press the escape key right after powering up the laptop to get to the firmware 'OK' prompt.

=== [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&milestone=8.2.1 Bug fixes] ===

'''Improved interoperability with encrypted access points''' <br>
<trac>8667</trac> wpa_supplicant generates many redundant scan requests before associating <br>
<trac>8799</trac> WPA association issue when attempted from GUI: XO do not respond to first EAPOL frame <br>
<trac>9053</trac> Wireless firmware release - 5.110.22.p23 <br>
<trac>7825</trac> failure to associate to "fast" Access Points when WPA is enabled<br>

'''Touchpad fix and support for new touchpad hardware:''' <br>
<trac>8451</trac> OFW should support Synaptics touchpad <br>
<trac>9008</trac> touchpad recalibration fails <br>

'''Fedora branding.''' OLPC's 8.2 releases are based on Fedora 9. <br>
<trac>8767</trac> Kernel boot logo needs to include fedora logo <br>
<trac>9140</trac> Graphical boot in initramfs/bootanim needs fedora branding <br>

'''Localization fixes:''' <br>
<trac>9044</trac> software updater needs spanish translation <br>
<trac>8745</trac> "Your journal is full" sugar message isn't translated in Spanish in 8.2-766 <br>
<trac>9218</trac> Add Dari and Pashto locales for Afghanistan

'''Other:''' <br>
<trac>9126</trac> US English keyboard generates "wrong" accent character <br>
<trac>6028</trac> update MPP script to use dnsmasq <br>
<trac>8976</trac> Wireless activation doesn't work in 8.2. <br>
<trac>9048</trac> Wireless scanning causes network pauses <br>

'''Related activity changes.''' These changes are not part of the base 8.2.1 image. They are released at the same time and noted here for completeness. Note to editor: Add URLs to confirmed version. <br>
<trac>8982</trac> mp3 support for Uruguay <br>
<trac>9112</trac> Enable Browse to embed PDF files in itself <br>

== Notable current bugs ==
Unless noted in the bug fixes above, the open bugs are the same as in release [[Release notes/8.2.0|8.2.0]], see [[OpenBugs 8.2.0]].

== Upgrade instructions ==
Instructions for upgrading from a previous release are the same as those in 8.2.0, see [[Release notes/8.2.0#Upgrading from previous releases]].

Use build "staging-latest" instead on "767" when following those instructions. Please note this is an unsigned image.

=== Download ===
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== ECO ==

[[ECO/8.2.1]]

[[Category:Release notes]]
== Release planning ==
Take 3 [[User:Gregorio|Gregorio]] 20:31, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

This release is targeted for Uruguay but it wil be available to everyone and probably will be used in manufacturing. It is a maintenance release based on [[8.2.0]]. As such it does not contain the latest changes and the goal is to minimize changes in order to bound the test cycle.


== Standard information ==
== Standard information ==
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<small>These are all semantic annotations that other pages such as [[Releases]] can query.</small>
<small>These are all semantic annotations that other pages such as [[Releases]] can query.</small>


Release notes: [[Release notes::Release notes/{{PAGENAME}}]] ''(Should try keeping release notes on the release page, makes life easier)''
Release notes: [[Release notes/{{PAGENAME}}]] ''(Should try keeping release notes on the release page, makes life easier)''
[[Category:Releases]]
[[Category:Releases]]


Status: [[Status::in testing]]
Status: nascent


Primary maintainer: [[Primary maintainer::User:Ed McNierney]]
Primary maintainer: <!-- [[Primary maintainer::User:Xx]] -->


ECO: [[Is part of::ECO/8.2.1]]
ECO: [[Is part of::ECO/8.2.1]]
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Lead customer: [[Lead customer:: OLPC Uruguay]]
Lead customer: [[Lead customer:: OLPC Uruguay]]


Build number: [[Build number::802]]
Build number: [[Build number::999]] ''(no build yet)!''


Download URL: [[Download URL::http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/candidate/802]]
Download URL: <!-- [[Download URL::http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/candidate/NNN]]-->


Firmware: [[Firmware::OLPC Firmware q2e41]]
Firmware: <!-- [[Firmware::OLPC Firmware q2e22 ?]] -->


Schedule: [[target date::2009-05-15]]??
Schedule: <!-- Tentative release on [[target date::2008-12-15 ??]] -->


[[Category:Releases]]
[[Category:Releases]]

Revision as of 06:11, 5 May 2009

8.2.1 Planning and process page - Take 3 Gregorio 20:31, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

This release is targeted for Uruguay but it wil be available to everyone and probably will be used in manufacturing. It is a maintenance release based on 8.2.0. As such it does not contain the latest changes and the goal is to minimize changes in order to bound the test cycle.

See links to release notes, and ECO below.

Standard information

All dates and features sets on Future releases are subject to change

These are all semantic annotations that other pages such as Releases can query.

Release notes: Release notes/8.2.1 (Should try keeping release notes on the release page, makes life easier)

Status: nascent

Primary maintainer:

ECO: Is part of::ECO/8.2.1

Primary objective:

Lead customer: Lead customer:: OLPC Uruguay

Build number: Build number::999 (no build yet)!

Download URL:

Firmware:

Schedule: