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author | Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> | 2023-06-10 06:05:37 -0400 |
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committer | Donald Norwood <donald@debian.org> | 2023-06-10 06:05:37 -0400 |
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Debain 12 Announcement
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diff --git a/english/News/2023/20230610.wml b/english/News/2023/20230610.wml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b2777eab700 --- /dev/null +++ b/english/News/2023/20230610.wml @@ -0,0 +1,330 @@ +<define-tag pagetitle>Debian 12 <q>bookworm</q> released</define-tag> +<define-tag release_date>2023-06-10</define-tag> +#use wml::debian::news + +<p>After 1 year, 9 months, and 28 days of development, the Debian +project is proud to present its new stable version 12 (code name <q>bookworm</q>).</p> + +<p><q>bookworm</q> will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the +combined work of the <a href="https://security-team.debian.org/">Debian Security team</a> +and the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LTS">Debian Long Term Support</a> team.</p> + +<p>Following the <a href="$(HOME)/vote/2022/vote_003">2022 General Resolution about non-free firmware</a>, +we have introduced a new archive area making it possible to separate non-free +firmware from the other non-free packages: +<ul> +<li>non-free-firmware</li> +</ul> + +Most non-free firmware packages have been moved from <b>non-free</b> to +<b>non-free-firmware</b>. This separation makes it possible to build a variety +of official installation images. +</p> + +<p>Debian 12 <q>bookworm</q> ships with several desktop environments, such as: +</p> +<ul> +<li>Gnome 43,</li> +<li>KDE Plasma 5.27,</li> +<li>LXDE 11,</li> +<li>LXQt 1.2.0,</li> +<li>MATE 1.26,</li> +<li>Xfce 4.18</li> +</ul> + +<p>This release contains over <b>11,089</b> new packages for a total count of <b>64,419</b> +packages, while over <b>6,296</b> packages have been removed as <q>obsolete</q>. <b>43,254</b> +packages were updated in this release. + +The overall disk usage for <q>bookworm</q> is <b>365,016,420 kB (365 GB)</b>, and is made up +of <b>1,341,564,204</b> lines of code.</p> + +<p><q>bookworm</q> has more translated man pages than ever thanks to our +translators who have made <b>man</b>-pages available in multiple languages +such as: Czech, Danish, Greek, Finnish, Indonesian, Macedonian, +Norwegian (Bokmål), Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. +All of the <b>systemd</b> man pages are now completely available in German.</p> + +<p>The Debian Med Blend introduces a new package: <b>shiny-server</b> which +simplifies scientific web applications using <b>R</b>. We have kept to our +efforts of providing Continuous Integration support for Debian Med team +packages. Install the metapackages at version 3.8.x for Debian bookworm.</p> + +<p>The Debian Astro Blend continues to provide a one-stop solution for +professional astronomers, enthusiasts, and hobbyists with updates to almost +all versions of the software packages in the blend. <b>astap</b> and +<b>planetary-system-stacker</b> help with image stacking and astrometry +resolution. <b> openvlbi</b>, the open source correlator, is now +included.</p> + +<p>Support for Secure Boot on ARM64 has been reintroduced: users of UEFI-capable +ARM64 hardware can boot with Secure Boot mode enabled to take full advantage of +the security feature.</p> + +<p>Debian 12 <q>bookworm</q> includes numerous updated software packages +(over 67% of all packages from the previous release), such as: + +<ul> +<li>Apache 2.4.57</li> +<li>BIND DNS Server 9.18</li> +<li>Cryptsetup 2.6</li> +<li>Dovecot MTA 2.3.19</li> +<li>Emacs 28.2</li> +<li>Exim (default email server) 4.96</li> +<li>GIMP 2.10.34</li> +<li>GNU Compiler Collection 12.2</li> +<li>GnuPG 2.2.40</li> +<li>Inkscape 1.2.2</li> +<li>The GNU C Library 2.36</li> +<li>lighthttpd 1.4.69</li> +<li>LibreOffice 7.4</li> +<li>Linux kernel 6.1 series</li> +<li>LLVM/Clang toolchain 13.0.1, 14.0 (default), and 15.0.6</li> +<li>MariaDB 10.11</li> +<li>Nginx 1.22</li> +<li>OpenJDK 17</li> +<li>OpenLDAP 2.5.13</li> +<li>OpenSSH 9.2p1</li> +<li>Perl 5.36</li> +<li>PHP 8.2</li> +<li>Postfix MTA 3.7</li> +<li>PostgreSQL 15</li> +<li>Python 3, 3.11.2</li> +<li>Rustc 1.63</li> +<li>Samba 4.17</li> +<li>systemd 252</li> +<li>Vim 9.0</li> +</ul> +</p> + +<p> +With this broad selection of packages and its traditional wide +architecture support, Debian once again stays true to its goal of being +<q>The Universal Operating System</q>. It is suitable for many different +use cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from development servers to +cluster systems; and for database, web, and storage servers. At the same +time, additional quality assurance efforts like automatic installation and +upgrade tests for all packages in Debian's archive ensure that <q>bookworm</q> +fulfills the high expectations that users have of a stable Debian release. +</p> + +<p> +A total of nine architectures are officially supported for <q>bookworm</q>: +<ul> +<li>32-bit PC (i386) and 64-bit PC (amd64),</li> +<li>64-bit ARM (arm64),</li> +<li>ARM EABI (armel),</li> +<li>ARMv7 (EABI hard-float ABI, armhf),</li> +<li>little-endian MIPS (mipsel),</li> +<li>64-bit little-endian MIPS (mips64el),</li> +<li>64-bit little-endian PowerPC (ppc64el),</li> +<li>IBM System z (s390x)</li> +</ul> + +32-bit PC (i386) no longer covers any i586 processor; the new minimum processor +requirement is i686. <i>If your machine is not compatible with this requirement, +it is recommended that you stay with bullseye for the remainder of its support +cycle.</i> +</p> + +<p>The Debian Cloud team publishes <q>bookworm</q> for several cloud computing +services: +<ul> +<li>Amazon EC2 (amd64 and arm64),</li> +<li>Microsoft Azure (amd64),</li> +<li>OpenStack (generic) (amd64, arm64, ppc64el),</li> +<li>GenericCloud (arm64, amd64),</li> +<li>NoCloud (amg64, arm64, ppc64el)</li> +</ul> +The genericcloud image should be able to run in any virtualised environment, +and there is also a nocloud image which is useful for testing the build process. +</p> + +<p>GRUB packages will by default <a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#grub-os-prober">no +longer run os-prober for other operating systems.</a></p> + +<p>Between releases, the Technical Committee resolved that Debian <q>bookworm</q> +should <a href="$(HOME)/UsrMerge">support only the merged-usr root filesystem layout</a>, dropping support +for the non-merged-usr layout. For systems installed as buster or bullseye +there will be no changes to the filesystem; however, systems using the older +layout will be converted during the upgrade.</p> + + +<h3>Want to give it a try?</h3> +<p> +If you simply want to try Debian 12 <q>bookworm</q> without installing it, +you can use one of the available <a href="$(HOME)/CD/live/">live images</a> which load and run the +complete operating system in a read-only state via your computer's memory. +</p> + +<p> +These live images are provided for the <code>amd64</code> and +<code>i386</code> architectures and are available for DVDs, USB sticks, +and netboot setups. The user can choose among different desktop +environments to try: GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, and Xfce. +Debian Live <q>bookworm</q> has a standard live image, so it is also possible +to try a base Debian system without any of the graphical user interfaces. +</p> + +<p> +Should you enjoy the operating system you have the option of installing +from the live image onto your computer's hard disk. The live image +includes the Calamares independent installer as well as the standard Debian Installer. +More information is available in the +<a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/releasenotes">release notes</a> and the +<a href="$(HOME)/CD/live/">live install images</a> sections of +the Debian website. +</p> + +<p> +To install Debian 12 <q>bookworm</q> directly onto your computer's storage +device you can choose from a variety of installation media types to <a href="https://www.debian.org/download">Download</a> +such as: Blu-ray Disc, DVD, CD, USB stick, or via a network connection. + +See the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/installmanual">Installation Guide</a> for more details. +</p> + +# Translators: some text taken from: + +<p> +Debian can now be installed in 78 languages, with most of them available +in both text-based and graphical user interfaces. +</p> + +<p> +The installation images may be downloaded right now via +<a href="$(HOME)/CD/torrent-cd/">bittorrent</a> (the recommended method), +<a href="$(HOME)/CD/jigdo-cd/#which">jigdo</a>, or +<a href="$(HOME)/CD/http-ftp/">HTTP</a>; see +<a href="$(HOME)/CD/">Debian on CDs</a> for further information. <q>bookworm</q> will +soon be available on physical DVD, CD-ROM, and Blu-ray Discs from +numerous <a href="$(HOME)/CD/vendors">vendors</a> too. +</p> + + +<h3>Upgrading Debian</h3> +<p> +Upgrades to Debian 12 <q>bookworm</q> from the previous release, Debian 11 +<q>bullseye</q>, are automatically handled by the APT package +management tool for most configurations. +</p> + +<p>Before upgrading your system, it is strongly recommended that you make a +full backup, or at least back up any data or configuration information you +can't afford to lose. The upgrade tools and process are quite reliable, but +a hardware failure in the middle of an upgrade could result in a severely +damaged system. + +The main things you'll want to back up are the contents of /etc, +/var/lib/dpkg, /var/lib/apt/extended_states and the output of: + +<code>$ dpkg --get-selections '*' # (the quotes are important)</code> + +<p>We welcome any information from users related to the upgrade from <q>bullseye</q> +to <q>bookworm</q>. Please share information by filing a bug in the +<a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-about.en.html#upgrade-reports">Debian +bug tracking system</a> using the <b>upgrade-reports</b> package with your results. +</p> + +<p> +There has been a lot of development to the Debian Installer resulting in +improved hardware support and other features such as fixes to graphical +support on UTM, fixes to the GRUB font loader, removing the long wait at +the end of the installation process, and fixes to the detection of BIOS-bootable +systems. This version of the Debian Installer may enable non-free-firmware +where needed.</p> + + + +<p> +The <b>ntp</b> package has been replaced with the <b>ntpsec</b> package, +with the default system clock service now being <b>systemd-timesyncd</b>; there +is also support for <b>chrony</b> and <b>openntpd</b>. +</p> + + +<p>As <a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#non-free-split"> <b>non-free</b> +firmware has been moved to its own component in the archive</a>, if you have non-free +firmware installed it is recommended to add <b>non-free-firmware</b> to your +APT sources-list.</p> + +<p>It is advisable to remove bullseye-backports entries from APT source-list +files before the upgrade; after the upgrade consider adding <b>bookworm-backports</b>. + +<p> +For <q>bookworm</q>, the security suite is named <b>bookworm-security</b>; users +should adapt their APT source-list files accordingly when upgrading. + +If your APT configuration also involves pinning or <code>APT::Default-Release</code>, +it is likely to require adjustments to allow the upgrade of packages to the new +stable release. Please consider <a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#disable-apt-pinning">disabling APT pinning</a>. +</p> + +<p>The OpenLDAP 2.5 upgrade includes some <a href="$(HOME)/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#openldap-2.5">incompatible changes +which may require manual intervention</a>. Depending on configuration the +<b>slapd</b> service may remain stopped after the upgrade until new +configuration updates are completed.</p> + + +<p>The new <b>systemd-resolved</b> package will not be installed automatically +on upgrades as it <a href="$(HOME)/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#systemd-resolved">has been split +into a separate package</a>. If using the systemd-resolved system service, please install the new package manually after +the upgrade, and note that until it has been installed, DNS resolution may no +longer work as the service will not be present on the system.</p> + + + +<p>There are some <a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#changes-to-system-logging">changes to system logging</a>; +the <b>rsyslog</b> package is no longer needed on most systems, and is not installed +by default. Users may change to <b>journalctl</b> or use the new +<q>high precision timestamps</q> that <b>rsyslog</b> now uses. +</p> + + +<p><a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#trouble">Possible issues during the upgrade</a> include +Conflicts or Pre-Depends loops which can be solved by removing and eliminating +some packages or forcing the re-installation of other packages. Additional +concerns are <q>Could not perform immediate configuration ...</q> errors for which +one will need to keep <b>both</b> <q>bullseye</q> (that was just removed) and +<q>bookworm</q> (that was just added) in the APT source-list file, and +File Conflicts which may require one to forcibly remove packages. +As mentioned, backing the system up is the key to a smooth upgrade should any +untoward errors occur.</p> + + +<p>There are some packages where Debian cannot promise to provide minimal +backports for security issues. Please see the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#limited-security-support">Limitations +in security support</a>.</p> + + +<p> +As always, Debian systems may be upgraded painlessly, in place, +without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read +the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/releasenotes">release notes</a> as +well as the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/bookworm/installmanual">installation +guide</a> for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on +installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and +translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release. +</p> + + +<h2>About Debian</h2> + +<p> +Debian is a free operating system, developed by +thousands of volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the +Internet. The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its +dedication to the Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its +commitment to provide the best operating system possible. This new +release is another important step in that direction. +</p> + + +<h2>Contact Information</h2> + +<p> +For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at +<a href="$(HOME)/">https://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to +<press@debian.org>. +</p> + |