[Voyage-linux] Voyage Linux 0.6.5 released

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Voyage 0.6.5, which includes 2.6.30 kernel, is released. Version number 
jumps from 0.6.2 to 0.6.5 to emphasize the kernel version update. Still, 
Voyage Linux 0.6.5 is based on Debian Lenny (r5.0)

Voyage Linux Distro:
  [i386] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/voyage-0.6.5.tar.bz2
  [amd64] - 
http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/amd64/voyage-0.6.5_amd64.tar.bz2

Voyage Linux Live CD:
  [i386] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/ISO/voyage-0.6.5.iso
  [amd64] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/ISO/amd64/voyage-0.6.5_amd64.iso

SDK:
  [i386] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/ISO/sdk/voyage-sdk-0.6.5.iso

README:
  
http://svn.voyage.hk/repos/voyage/branches/voyage-live/0.6.5/config/chroot_local-includes/README

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0.6.5 (17 Feb 2009)
- [kernel] linux-image-2.6.30-486-voyage_7.0-1
    - [general] Debian kernel source 2.6.30-8squeeze1
    - [general] enable lzma for kernel image compression
    - [general] enable verbose bootup with timestamp
    - [wireless] enable rate minstrel control, 80211s mesh
    - [ide] enable cs5536 block device
    - [net] enable PPP multi-link
    - [netdev] enable atl2, atl1 and atl1c
    - [netdev-wireless] enable ath9k, ar9170, rt2x00
    - [usb] enable hso, usb gadget amd5536
    - [i2c] enable gpiolib, gpio for sysfs, pcf857x, pcf9591 and scx200_i2C
    - [v4l] enable GSPCA based devices, philips cameras
    - [led] enable stock leds driver for alix2 and gpio led trigger
    - [fs] enable ext4 and built-in squashfs
    - [crypto] enable most of crypto drivers
    - [staging] enable et131x, rt2860, rt2870
- [madwifi] upgrade to madwifi-trunk 0.9.4+r4099trunk.20090929-1
- [misc]
    - /etc/network/interfaces add bintval 1000 and disable iwpriv ath0 
mode 3
    - do not remove /usr/share/zoneinfo
    - add usb mount udev rules
    - add back /ro directory to distro and add /var/lib/logrotate to /ro
    - change kernel package flavour to -voyage instead of -486-voyage
- [live-cd]
    - remove all_generic_ide in Live CD boot parameter
    - set mksquashfs to use -b 1M option
    - disable memtest, d-i and win32loader for Live CD
- [voyage-util]
    - better debhelper support for initscripts
    - reconfigure resolvconf at installation
    - fix profile and serial menu items without numbers
    - add new voyage-rwfile script to support /ro /rw style read-only mode
    - [voyage-sync] add empty directory checking
    - [voyage-sync] fix .* hidden files not sync'ing
    - [voyage-sync] add VOYAGE_RW_DIRS for non-sync read-write directories
    - [voyage-sync] run sync command after finish synchronization to disk
    - [voyage-sync] corrected some typos and preserve ownership and 
permissions on copied directories to ramdisk. Killing running processes 
got also some changes. (Hermann Hofer)
    - [voyage-sync] detect a reboot with data remaining in '/.sync/...' 
from a previously sync and copy this data over to the correct place 
before syncing and mounting to ramdisk. (Hermann Hofer)
    - PATCH[3/3]: command line processing for voyage.update (Christian 
Recktenwald)
    - PATCH: command line processing for format-cf.sh (Christian 
Recktenwald)
    - PATCH: prevent /sys /proc /dev and /tmp/cf from    being copied 
by    copyfiles.sh / alternate network installation procedure (Christian 
Recktenwald)
    - PATCH: Add -U flag to use flash media as-is (Darshaka Pathirana)

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Apart from kernel update to 2.6.30, 0.6.5 includes a number of 
enhancements in voyage.update and voyage-sync scripts, as well as the 
return of /ro directory. Perhaps there will be some updates to 0.6 prior 
to 0.7.0. 0.7.0 is however scheduled on 2010 summer if Debian "squeeze" 
is not delayed again.

For support or get involved in Voyage Linux, please check at:
http://linux.voyage.hk/?q=getinvolved

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Regards,
Punky

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