Releases/Mandriva/2007.1/Development
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Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring Development Planning
Schedule estimation and various related development information about Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring.
Contents |
Specifications
An overview of new features and packages in Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
General changes
- New release extention for packages mdv2007.1.
Product line
Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring will likely be available in the following editions:
- Free (3 CDs i586, 3 CDs x86_64, 1 DVD Dual Arch i586/x86_64)
- One (GNOME and KDE)
- Discovery (based on One) 1 DVD
- Powerpack (based on Free) 2 DVD (1 dual layer)
- Powerpack+ (based on Free) 4 DVD (2 dual layer)
Core components
- kernel 2.6.17
- glibc 2.4
- gcc 4.1
- X.org 7.2 (including AIGLX support)
Desktop
- KDE 3.5.6
- GNOME 2.18
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (latest subrelease)
- OpenOffice.org 2.1
- 3D desktop with support for compiz, beryl and metisse
Install
- Better support for extra sources added before installation.
Mandriva tools
Graphical interface configuration
- More 3D
Proprietary software
Note: proprietary sofware is not available in Free, because of licensing issues and free software philosophy
Drivers
- ATI video card drivers
- NVIDIA video card drivers
- Intel wifi ipw2100, ipw2200 and ipw3945 drivers
Applications
- Acrobat Reader
- Flashplayer
- RealPlayer
- Opera web browser
- Sun Java runtime environment
Notes
Schedule Estimation
| initial date | estimated date | real date | event | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006.12.25 | 2006.12.25 | 2006.12.25 | 2007.1 0.2 | Hangzhou / Alpha 1 1CD dual arch i586/x86_64, One i586 KDE and One x86_64 Gnome |
| 2007.01.15 | 2007.01.15 | 2007.02.15 | 2007.1 0.3 | HuangHe / Beta 1 DVD and One (live) CDs for Gnome and KDE, i586 and x86_64 |
| 2007.02.05 | 2007.02.26 | 2007.02.28 | 2007.1 0.4 | Wei / Beta 2 DVD and One (live) CDs for Gnome and KDE, i586 and x86_64 |
| 2007.02.20 | 2007.03.05 | 2007.03.15 | 2007.1 0.5 | Xianyang / RC1 DVD and One(live) CDs for Gnome and KDE, i586 and x86_64 |
| 2007.02.05 | 2007.02.26 | 2007.03.15 | New Versions Freeze | |
| 2007.02.05 | 2007.02.26 | 2007.03.15 | Strings freeze | |
| 2007.02.20 | 2007.03.xx | Full freeze | ||
| 2007.03.05 | 2007.03.xx | 2007.03.31 | 2007.1 0.6 | Beijing / RC3 DVD and One(live) CDs for Gnome and KDE, i586 and x86_64 |
| 2007.03.19 | 2007.03.xx | 2007.1 | Master discs | |
| 2007.04.04 | 2007.04.xx | 2007.1 | Public availability |

