Release notes/8.2.1
Release Notes Place Holder for 8.2.1 Release Notes
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
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 "update-9" instead on "767" when following those instructions. Please note this is an unsigned image.
Download
Image available from http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/xo-1/streams/staging/build9/devel_jffs2/