SprezzOS 1

John von Neumann

The "von Neumann" release is the first mainstream, supported release of SprezzOS. It was released 2013-01-13, after being initially scheduled for release 2012-12-28.

Download the current SprezzOS 1-series ISO (1.1.1) here.

The next epoch of SprezzOS development will yield SprezzOS 2, "Kolmogorov".

...and of course there's a release video, "Orcas on Segways".

Release Notes

• As of SprezzOS 1's release, there are 5525 packages in the SprezzOS repositories.
• 108 filed bugs were resolved in this development cycle.
• The original 1.0.1 ISO has five known issues: four solved (one with a known workaround) {{#bugzilla:id=586,589,588}} and one outstanding {{#bugzilla:id=591}}
• Workaround for 586 (no longer needed):
  • Upon the failure midway through late-stage package install, go to a utility terminal and run:

    chroot /target dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libudev1*.deb

    . Rerun the package install; it will succeed this time.
    • The utility terminal can be used to verify via /var/log/syslog that failure to install libudev1 resulted in failure to upgrade dmsetup and udev.
    • This problem has been fixed in the current 1.0.1 ISO.
  • A second problem was solved via action in the Sprezzatech repositories, and was not easily worked around locally.
    • The utility terminal could be used to verify via /var/log/syslog that there is no available ZFS package

Major changes since 1.0.0

The current SprezzOS 1 installer is version 1.1.1.

• Revert to the SprezzOS 0 installer due to enigmatic failures on current
  • The installer needs get locked down posthaste, but this'll get us through the week

Major changes since SprezzOS 0

• The Linux kernel has been upgraded to version 3.7.2
• EGLIBC 2.13 has been replaced with GNU libc 2.16
• Systemd has replaced sysvinit
  • biosdevname is now used to initially name network devices based off DMI
• PulseAudio has been upgraded from 2.0 to 3.0
• WPAsupplican has been upgraded from 1.1 to 2.0
• libjpeg has gone from soname 8 to 9
• KDE has been upgraded from 4.8.4 to 4.9.5
• Ubuntu's Unity and its subcomponents have been packaged
• Mint's Cinnamon and its subcomponents have been packaged
• Enlightenment 17 (E17) and its subcomponents have been packaged
• cairo-dock and avant-window-navigator have been brought up-to-date with the ecosystem and repackaged
• XFCE packages have been updated to 4.10 where possible
• XBMC 12 rc3 has been packaged
• Python 3.3 has been introduced
• LLVM and Clang 3.2 have been introduced

Release Goals

Major goal	Associated bug(s)
Move from sysvinit to systemd.	{{#bugzilla:id=364,509,511,512,506,375}}
Become self-hosting (build our own versions of all Essential/Required packages, and all packages used in the installer).	{{#bugzilla:id=249,231,466,491}}
Get installer working without intervention on most mainstream hardware.	{{#bugzilla:id=499,344,390,477,565}}

Open bugs

{{#bugzilla:columns=id,priority,to,component,summary,status

|status=CONFIRMED,REOPENED,INPROGRESS
|sort=priority,id
|milestone=1.0.0 (von Neumann)
|noresultsmessage="No matching bugs found."

}}

Closed bugs

{{#bugzilla:columns=id,priority,status,to,component,summary,status

|status=RESOLVED,VERIFIED
|sort=priority,id
|milestone=1.0.0 (von Neumann)
|noresultsmessage="No matching bugs found."

}}