RELEASE NOTES for Midori Linux 1.0.0-beta3

* quickinit - a new parallel boot system supporting dependencies, multiple
  init.d script directories, clean stopping and (re)starting of scripts
  (rollback and un-rollback based on dependencies), and more.

  Note: If you have your own package that uses an init script, you
  must rewrite the init script and parts of the build script.  This is
  documented in the quickinit package.

* Compilation on Red Hat 7.1 now works.

  Note: the following RPMs were updates used on our Red Hat 7.1 box:
  cpp-2.96-85 gcc-2.96-85 gcc-c++-2.96-85 gcc-g77-2.96-85 gcc-objc-2.96-85
  libstdc++-2.96-85 libstdc++-devel-2.96-85
  (so you need Red Hat 7.1 plus the above packages)

* An upstream "URL" tag was added to all packages.

* package additions/removals/updates

  - acpid-20010510 replaces acpid-071100
  - linux-2.4.6 replaces linux-2.4.0 and linux-2.4.3
  - quickinit replaces mlinit-0.2
  - swm-1.2.5 replaces to swm-1.2.4
  - dhcp-2.0pl5 added (alternate DHCP client)
  - gdb-5.0 added (GNU debugger)
  - hdparm-4.1 added (get/set hard disk parameters)
  - ruby-1.6.4 added (object-oriented scripting language)
  - perl-5.6.0 added (experimental)
  - apmd-3.0 added (very experimental, possibly not even working)
  - xmms-1.2.3 removed

* The linux kernel is now version 2.4.6 with these additional changes
  from beta 2:

  - power button tap to enter S1 sleep now works on certain systems
    (The acpi patch includes support for the S1 sleep state (via
    /proc/acpi/sleep), as well as setting a wakeup alarm (via
    /proc/acpi/alarm), and configuring some devices to generate GPE wake
    events (via /proc/acpi/gpe).  The patch to acpid enables support for
    placing the system into S1 when it receives a power or sleep button
    press via the /proc kernel interface.  Note: the RTC alarm interrupt
    used with /proc/acpi/alarm is broken on some devices so don't assume
    that /proc/acpi/alarm works.)
  - default kernel command line can be set at build time
  - updated cramfs patch
  - various ACPI options to reflect the additional ACPI config options
    found in recent releases of the kernel (hmm... I wonder who has
    been working on power management...)

* When logging to a file, logd can limit the size of the output log.

* build system improvements:

  - no more umask requirement
  - fewer unnecessary rebuilds
  - many cross-compiler corrections
  - elvenkind/elfcat script checks which compiler is used (output during a
    "make") to verify cross-compilation, the midori gcc compiler version
    includes a "midori" tag.
  - the default options are more sensible

* pdksh: when xtrace ("set -x") is turned on is turned, xtrace
  messages are logged with syslog() now (most useful for debugging
  init scripts)

* X-4.0.3 changes:

  Note: some changes were not backported to X-4.0.1.

  - X applications now start from init instead of an xinitrc script
  - separate X4_POINTYBLACK patch into two options: X4_BACKGROUND and
    X4_NICE_ROOTCURSOR.  X4_BACKGROUND now supports three options:
    standard stipple, white, and black
  - added XINPUT_DRIVERS variable to control the xinput drivers to install
  - various xcalibrate fixes

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RELEASE NOTES for Midori Linux 1.0.0-beta2

* general changes

  - This release is expected to compile on Red Hat 6.1 and 6.2.
  - There are some success reports with Debian Woody (glibc 2.2) with
    this release, but Debian Woody is not regularly tested.
  - Red Hat 7.1 should be closer to working, but some problems are
    still expected.

* updated versions

  - X-4.0.3
  - linux-2.4.3
  - pcmcia updated to 3.1.25
  - icewm upgraded from 1.0.4 to 1.0.8
  - swm upgraded from version 1.1c to 1.2.4

* new packages

  - bison, flex, findutils (used in build process)
  - disk-config for installation of user-configurable disk support
  - gdbm package added
  - local package for copying a tree of files onto the target filesystem

* removed packages

  - acpid-052200 (old version)
  - aewm and lwm window managers (too many window managers)
  - linux-2.4.0-test12 (old version)
  - pcmcia-cs-3.1.22 (old version)
  - wireless-tools-20 (not as useful as we anticipated)

* cramfsboot

  - change of various hard-coded disk drive device options to use
    IMAGE_DEVICE option (also in other packages)
  - builds on Debian woody now

* mlbuild

  - COLLECT_STATS option to turn off statistics collection
  - HOSTTYPE renamed to TARGETARCH

* mlinstall

  - new PACKAGED_PARTITION OPTION (not well tested)
  - fixes for large disks

* netscape-4.76

  - new options to configure home page, bookmarks, and logo URL

* packcramfs

  - checks for /proc now, fixes for glibc2.2

* packcramfsconfig

  - use REPOSITORY option

* testsuite

  - added VGA color wheel test

* X-4.0.1

  - Blocking of virtual-console switching is now a run-time option
    named "VTDontSwitch".
  - new CONFIG option "XPROGRAMS", a list of X programs to install
  - X is now cross-compiled like it should be

* X-4.0.1 and X-4.0.3

  - added XCONFIG option, for user-specified X config file
  - added XINPUT_DRIVERS, so user can specify only input drivers they
    want to install

* configurator

  - new graphics and icon

* glib/gtk+

  - upgraded from version 1.2.8 to 1.2.10

* ltrace and strace

  - added boot tests

* mlbuild

  - added colorize-build.pl script for viewing build output