Release notes/8.2.1

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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

The following documents the changes in the software since release 8.2.0.

New features

Signing of customized images http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Erik_Garrison/Image_Digestor

The code can be found at: http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/erik/image-digestor

<trac>9045</trac> key delegation

NAND Blaster:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Multicast_NAND_FLASH_Update
<trac>9102</trac> OFW multicast NAND updater (NANDblaster)

Bug fixes

ECO/8.2.1

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

Improved interoperability with encrypted access points
<trac>8667</trac> wpa_supplicant generates many redundant scan requests before associating
<trac>8799</trac> WPA association issue when attempted from GUI: XO do not respond to first EAPOL frame
<trac>9048</trac> Wireless scanning causes network pauses
<trac>9053</trac> Firmware release - 5.110.22.p23

Touchpad fix and support for new touchpad hardware:
<trac>8451</trac> OFW should support Synaptics touchpad
<trac>9008</trac> B4, touchpad suddenly stops working

Fedora logo included to show its based on a Fedora 9 release:
<trac>8767</trac> Kernel boot logo needs to include fedora logo
<trac>9140</trac> Graphical boot in initramfs/bootanim needs fedora branding

Updated Spanish translations:
<trac>9044</trac> software updater needs spanish translation
<trac>8745</trac> "Your journal is full" sugar message isn't translated in Spanish in 8.2-766

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.
<trac>8982</trac> separate mp3 player package for etoys?
<trac>9112</trac> Enable Browse to embed PDF files in itself

Other:
<trac>9126</trac> US English keyboard generates "wrong" accent character
<trac>6028</trac> make dnsmasq work with NM for Mesh as a portal
<trac>8976</trac> Wireless activation doesn't work in 8.2.

Notable Current Bugs

Unless noted in the bug fixes above, the open bugs are the same as in 8.2.0: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OpenBugs_8.2.0

Upgrade Instructions

Instructions for upgrading from a previous release are the same as those in 8.2.0: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.0#Upgrading_from_previous_releases

Use build nnn instead on "767" when following those instructions.