Debian Installer Bookworm rc1 release

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Debian Installer Bookworm rc1 release

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-a ... 00000.html

• https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage/bookworm_di_rc1/

• The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the first release
  candidate of the installer for Debian 12 "Bookworm".
  
  
  Improvements in this release
  ============================
  
  * debian-cd:
  - Use hard links instead of symlinks for firmware packages
  1031696.
  - Delete loadlin support entirely.
  * debian-installer:
  - Refresh help screen with minimum disk size for installation and
  better documentation links 1033193.
  * debian-installer-utils:
  - Include xterm terminfo entry on all architectures, fixing nano
  issues in the graphical installer 1026027.
  * grub-installer:
  - Basic heuristic for force-efi-extra-removable question.
  - Add question for running grub-install with --no-nvram, using
  similar logic.
  * hw-detect:
  - Deduplicate the list of requested firmware files, not just the
  list of requesting modules 1031631.
  - Implement microcode support when /proc/cpuinfo contains a
  vendor_id field, with one of the following values 1029804:
  + Install amd64-microcode on AuthenticAMD.
  + Install intel-microcode on GenuineIntel.
  + Enable non-free-firmware accordingly.
  + Perform installation via finish-install, making sure apt-setup
  has been configured, and using apt-install for dependency
  resolution.
  - Optimize firmware package installation: process dpkg triggers
  once, after all packages have been installed, leading to a single
  update-initramfs call.
  - Fix condition around moutmedia calls 1032377.
  - Fix files removal for non-accepted firmware packages 1032377.
  - Add a special case for the mhi module 1032140, using holders
  information (e.g. ath11k_pci and qrtr_mhi for some Atheros
  wireless cards[bug].
  - Fix dmesg timestamp management.
  - Fix package name extraction when removing a firmware package (e.g.
  it failed to install because it was corrupted[bug].
  - Build /var/log/firmware-summary as a 3-column summary of firmware
  (and microcode) packages getting installed 1029849.
  - Fix removal of temporary files in /target after installing firmware
  packages 1033035.
  - Determine the package name by using the Package field instead of
  trusting the filename when installing firmware packages 1033035.
  - Make sure not to include the possible -n option when setting the
  IFACES variables in check-missing-firmware 1033035.
  * installation-report:
  - Store firmware information in /var/log/installer/firmware-summary
  1033325. See the 2.87 changelog entry for details.
  - Include firmware-summary in installation reports.
  * localechooser:
  - Remove AN from country list; move CW to Caribbean region.
  
  
  Hardware support changes
  ========================
  
  * debian-installer:
  - Enable sound modules and speakup on arm64 gtk images.
  * linux:
  - Fix reloading mt7921e module after deploying firmware files
  1029116.
  - Add michael_mic to crypto-modules, for ath11k and others
  1032140.
  - Add qrtr_mhi to nic-wireless, for ath11k 1032140.
  - Add DRM ast driver to fb-modules on ppc64el 990016.
  - Add sound and speakup udebs on arm64 and armhf 1031289.
  
  
  Localization status
  ===================
  
  * 78 languages are supported in this release.
  * Full translation for 41 of them.
  
  
  Known bugs in this release
  ==========================
  
  * Encrypted LVM might fail on low memory systems 1028250.
  * Broken “Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM” partitioning
  in UEFI mode 1033913.
  
  See the errata[2] for details and a full list of known issues.