SprezzOS 1

SprezzOS 1

John von Neumann

Previous release: [[SprezzOS {{#expr: 1 - 1}}]]

Next release: [[SprezzOS {{#expr: 1 + 1}}]]

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".

This Google+ album walks through use of Growlight in an install.

Release Notes

• The current installer version is 1.1.1.
  • There are two known critical issue in this version:{{#bugzilla:id=648,390}}

A workaround for #648 exists: modify /etc/apt/sources.list following install, and replace "wheezy" with "unstable". Remove any lines referencing security or volatile.
There is no known workaround for 390 save using other hardware.

• SWOON 2013-01-30 has some relevant information about 1.0.3
• As of SprezzOS 1's release, there were 5525 packages in the SprezzOS repositories.
• 108 filed bugs were resolved in this development cycle.
• Previous SprezzOS 1 installers are strongly deprecated by 1.1.1.

Major changes since SprezzOS 0

• The Linux kernel has been upgraded to version 3.7.5
• GRUB has been updated from 1.99 to 2.
• EGLIBC 2.13 has been replaced with GNU libc 2.16
• Systemd 197 has replaced sysvinit
  • biosdevname is now used to initially name network devices based off DMI
• Perl has been updated to 5.16 from 5.14
  • A great many packages have been rebuilt
  • Many remain to be rebuilt; this is proceeding forthrightly
• PulseAudio has been upgraded from 2.0 to 3.0
• WPAsupplicant 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

Kernel and Installer

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

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

}}

Growlight

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

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

}}

World

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

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

}}