Release goals * Debian Installer working on all architectures - yeah, got that - d-i RC3 is out * Software updates * another glibc update pending * PHP 4.3.10-10 and friends needed for an ABI change; 4.3.10-11 needed after that (segmentation faults of truth and light have returned * OpenLDAP 2.2: slapd 2.2 needed for sarge to fix data corruption problems; currently in experimental; needs upgrade testing. Libs kept at 2.1.30 version. * logrotate built by hand on m68k; needs a t-p-u load to ensure it can be autobuilt by the security team (XXX: still current?) * mdnsresponder (howl) must come out for license reasons; waiting on rebuild of gdm and one last upload of epiphany-browser * Others? * Non-essential software updates in the works, may not be included in sarge: * ocaml 3.08.3 * VoIP team updates * Any new upstream versions of Qt, KDE, or GNOME :P * BTS version support - Colin needs to finish this off, deferred to post-sarge * Upgrade path on all architectures: - see upgrade-kernel * non-US more or less gone, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/09/msg00409.html, http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/10/msg00095.html (probably only one package in non-US/non-free is left). * Support for ~ in package versions * Transition to /srv (?) * Extra architectures (post-sarge): * scc archive support * AMD64 support (?) - argument about port name went to technical committee, who ruled for "amd64" - waiting for addition to dpkg - waiting for addition to archive; but architecture list has been frozen for some time due to mirror load concerns - installer status * s390x support (?) * mips64 support (?) * powerpc64 support (?) * Alternative OSes: * hurd (?) * *BSD (?) * Security support for testing * Monitoring of security issues * Fixes for public security issues * Same-day response times for security fixes