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[Laurent Wandrebeck <l.wandrebeck AT wanadoo.fr>]

Howdy all !

Here is the changelog!

major change: build only from sources based on stable grimoire
use simpleinit-msb/init.d instead of sysvinit
is less than 200 MB
initrd use glibc 2.3.2
initrd menu has been rewritten to ease module selection
initrd memory is corrected freed after use (8MB memory gain)
use kernel 2.4.21 + XFS patch
use gcc 3.2.3
corrected netconf bugs (tested only with Ethernet)

Known problems:
no optional kernel compilation yet
error during CDROM startup
optimization menu is very slow
reboot ask for a confirmation message
/devices not in /etc/fstab [image]
timezone selection do not work [sgl.install]  


Cauldron team activity report:

adino: no feedback.
benoit: *the* ISO man - does a wonderful job.
Belxjander: no written feedback, WIP on crosscompiling.
Warl0k: no feedback.
Unet: currently creating music for coming 0.8 ISO (which should
have hardware detection)
low: trying to follow benoit's work, looking at knoppix GPL code
to (try to) use their hardware detection routines.

best regards to all, thanks for your work !

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