archboot/CHANGELOG

On the road to 2023.02
Highlights:
- Unified Kernel Images / UKI files are provided now
- Unified Kernel Image setup is supported in EFISTUB menu now
- grub 2:2.06.r440.g4de39a2af-1
- archboot-setup.sh works on installed system as System Setup tool
Environment changes:
- show full initrd line in grub menu
- added fbset and terminus-font
- switch to Terminus as default font
- removed pcre, zsh and grml-zsh-config
- added normal bash layout with /root/.bash* files
- Custom bash options are provided by /etc/profile.d/custom-bash-options.sh
- added bash-completion
- new MOTD with architecture and Manage Archboot
update-installer:
- added network check
- added bash completion
setup:
- add Terminus font to font selection dialogs
- major code cleanup of blockdevice.sh
- major code cleanup of mountpoints.sh
- outsourced help texts to files
- added new help texts for partitioning GUID/GPT and BIOS/MBR
- new systemd compliant mounting dialogs with /efi or /boot as ESP
- don't format already existing ESP
- don't format already existing swap partition
- Auto-Prepare mode is systemd-gpt-auto-generator compliant now
- devices are listed with their SIZE in menus
- enable custom bash options on installed system
- always add bash-completion on installed system
- added Unified Kernel Image suppport in EFISTUB menu
- new efibootmgr routine
- disable unsafe menu entries on installed system
- don't show installation message on installed system
- added new menu title, if running on installed system
- fixed automounted ESP and /boot detection on installed systems
- don't ask for network, sources and mkfs on installed sytems
- fix LANG= add .UTF-8 to parameter
- only copy kernel and other files to ESP while doing systemd-boot and rEFInd
- only add BIOS or UEFI Windows entry to grub.cfg
- remove efi shell from grub.cfg
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2023.01 Highlights:
- linux 6.1.x
- mkinitcpio v34
- grub 2:2.06.r403.g7259d55ff-1
- replaced netctl with systemd network stack
- added memtest86+
Environment changes:
- downgrade to fedora shim 15.4-5, due to not working SB on some boards
- removed kexec memory gap on aarch64
- only provide full UEFI shell on grub menu
- removed netctl with depends: wpa_supplicant, dhcpcd, ifplugd, usb_modeswitch
- added new systemd network stack: systemd-resolved, systemd-networkd, iwd
- removed GRAPHIC packages from local image,
  new grub respects linux max_initrd_size which is 0x37FFFFF (around 940MB).
- lower RAM requirement for local image to 2.7GB
- removed network stack from local image pre kexec
- removed bind, dnsmasq, nmap, tcpdump, inetutils, net-tools, b43-fwcutter,
  ntp and wireless_tools
- removed xfs_scrub, arpd, archinstall, testdisk, ntfs-3g, python and perl
- removed old and unmaintained dmraid support, use mdadm instead
- fixed /etc/request-key.d directory addition
- use systemd defaults for shadow, gshadow and passwd
- use system's shells file
- disable audit function on boot commandline
- enabled syntax highlighting in nano editor
- replaced vim editor with neovim editor
- added neovim lastplace plugin
setup/quickinst changes:
- check kernel to trigger menu with updating environment
- fixed riscv64 package installation with disabling ucode packages
- fixed GPT NAMESCHEME listing on fresh disks
- fixed sub-keymap listing
- reordered/cleaned up timezone regions
- reordered manage devices menus
- removed netctl support
- added systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved, iwd support
- removed old and unmaintained dmraid support, use mdadm instead
- cleaned up mountpoints and btrfs function
- new btrfs configuration implemented, subvolume is now mandatory
- redone filesystem mounting dialogs
- replaced vim editor with neovim editor
- install neovim editor instead of vim editor to installed system
- add nano editor syntax highlighting on installed system
- simplified bootloader dialogs and menus
- fixed kernel, initramdisk and ucode copying to separate EFISYS partition
- refind switched to only refind.conf usage for configuration
- added dialogs to separate uefi system partition actions
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2022.12 Highlights:
- grub 2:2.06.r380.g151467888-1
- mkinitcpio 33-1
- Autodetect high resolution screens with setting 32 font size by default
  during boot
- Better Localization support:
  new Keymap, Console Fonts, Timezone and System-Wide Locale dialogs
- major code cleanup with merging script parts
  and remove redundancy
- fixed performance regression in mkinitcpio 33
Environment changes:
- release year/month logo without kernel version
- added rpcuser
- fixed locale setting on aarch64
- use latarcyrheb-sun16 font as default console font
- use latarcyrheb-sun32 font on high resolution screens
  as default console font
- removed archboot's MOK key with signing kernel and grub on ISO,
  this broke reproducibilty
update-installer changes:
- more output on updating scripts
setup/quickinst changes:
- new root password handling at the beginning of configuration:
  - added check to avoid locked root account
  - added check to avoid empty password
  - don't allow empty root password
- new Date and Time setting routine:
  - splitted into Region and Timezone
- new Keymap routine:
  - splitted into locale and variants
- new Console Font routine:
  - only use latarcyrheb-sun(16,32) and eurlatgr font
  - Autodetect high resolution screens with setting big font by default
- new System-Wide locale setting dialog on configuration step
- fixed partial broken autoconfiguration
- show more information dialogs on doing pre/autoconfiguration
- rearranged most autoconfiguration to last step of install packages
- run mkinitcpio and locale-gen only when needed
- fixed netlink up detection by ping www.google.com
- fixed broken bootloader installation menu call
- switch to zstd compression as first option on btrfs dialog
- reformat btrfs boxes
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New 2022.11 images uploaded:
Highlights:
- Linux 6.0.x
Environment changes:
- new logo Linux 6.0.x
- removed obsolete dhclient
- removed redundant vi
- updated to mkinitcpio 32
update-installer changes:
- reformated output on X/Wayland startup
- added check for working network
- added new logic for local image with less than 4096 GB RAM,
  which allows XFCE environment.
setup/quickinst changes:
- removed dhclient support
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2022.10 Highlights:
- New RISC-V riscv64 architecture support
- possibility to turn system into a full
  Arch Linux system with -full-system parameter
  By using: # update-installer -full-system
  Every Archboot strip down gets reverted by reinstalling all packages to a zram /usr with readding of man/info pages and localization.
Environment changes:
- new logo including RISC-V 64
- possibility to choose between firefox and chromium
  with _STANDARD_BROWSER option in defaults file
- firefox as new default standard browser for all architectures
- fix ca-certificates on updates
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2022.09 Highlights:
- Big end of summer cleanup this time:
  cleanup dependencies: 47 less packages installed (316 packages -> 269 packages)
  removed packages: linux-atm, ppp, pppoe, xl2tpd, wvdial, vpnc, openconnect,
                    openvpn, pptpclient, libgssglue, snarf, cracklib,
                    ipw2100-fw, ipw200-fw, gnu-netcat, cpio and fuse(3)
  saved booted space: 16MB (689 MB -> 673 MB)
- pacman keyring handling improvements
- use qemu-static-user from [extra] for aarch64 iso assembling
  (thanks David for implementing this in qemu package)
Environment changes:
- updated grub to 2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-4
- fixed pacman keyring on aarch64
- updated OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd from fedora to 20220526git16779ede2d36-5
- added missing base programs:
  nscd, archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync, makepkg-template, getsubids,
  update-pciids, ninfod, sln, lsfd
- fixed xorg and wayland startup
- implemented checking of missing base binaries
- simplified zram function for /usr directory mounting
setup/quickinst changes:
- always install latest archlinux keyring package(s),
  before doing pacman tasks
- abort on package installation or keyring failure
- added keyring initialization checks
- removed filesystem and systemd-sysvcompat hacks
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2022.08 Highlights:
Environment changes:
- new background image
- kernel 5.19.x
- shim 15.6-2
- added kmod fix from mkinitcpio
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Highlights 2022.07:
- added all graphical environments to local images
- autodetection of RAM with according actions on login
- only show kexec memory gap on aarch64: 3950 MB - 4299 MB
- all images have network(LAN),dhcpcd and ssh support already on first boot.
- speedup gpg pacman initialization
- also log messages from update-installer.sh to ssh too (/dev/pts/0)
- always show Local mode on login
Environment changes:
- added all graphical environments to local image
- autodetection of RAM with according actions on login
- show kexec memory gap on aarch64: 3950 MB - 4299 MB
- fixed kexec memory gap on x86_64
- only download graphical packages on -latest-install
- added kexec arithmetic for choosing KEXEC_FILE_LOAD
- all images have now network(LAN),dhcpcd and ssh support already on bootup
- speedup and reuse of gpg pacman initialization
- log messages from update-installer.sh to ssh (/dev/pts/0)
- always show Local mode on login
- rename -kde options to -plasma
- rename _KDE_PACKAGES to _PLASMA_PACKAGES
- rename archboot_repo to archboot
- rename update-installer.sh to update-installer
- shorten xorg environment options: -gnome, -plasma and -xfce
- only allow one graphical environment on local image < 4.5 GB RAM
- updated welcome messages
- updated bootloader menu entries
- updated background image
- added archboot MOK key
- update fedora shim to 15.6-1
- update grub to 2.06.r261.g2f4430cc0-1
Setup changes:
- allow archboot environment update with 2600 MB RAM
- new f2fs defaults added based on Arch Linux wiki
- efi default size on autoprepare mode set to 512 MB
- changed filesystem order
- fix autoprepare on mmc blockdevices
- fix device listing to not showing install media
- better wifi dialogs and menus
- speedup network link detection
Environment changes:
- adopted glibc changes with C.UTF-8 locale
Setup changes:
- allow environment update with 2600 MB RAM