release v4.2.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.  
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
-## [v4.2.0](https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/debian-live-config/releases/tag/4.2.0) - UNRELEASED
+## [v4.2.0](https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/debian-live-config/releases/tag/4.2.0) - 2024-12-13
 
 ### Added
 - system: package management: add [command-not-found](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/command-not-found)

auto/config

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ lb config noauto \
 --firmware-chroot true \
 --initramfs live-boot \
 --iso-publisher debian-live-config \
---iso-volume debian-live-config-4.1.0 \
+--iso-volume debian-live-config-4.2.0 \
 --linux-packages "linux-image linux-headers" \
 --bootappend-live "boot=live config splash" \
 --memtest memtest86+ \

config/bootloaders/grub-pc/live-theme/theme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 desktop-image: "../splash.png"
 title-color: "#ffffff"
 title-font: "DejaVu Sans Bold 16"
-title-text: "debian-live-config 4.1.0 (Debian 12.2.0)"
+title-text: "debian-live-config 4.2.0 (Debian 12.2.0)"
 message-font: "Unifont Regular 16"
 terminal-font: "Unifont Regular 16"
 

config/bootloaders/isolinux/live.cfg.in

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 menu hshift 0
 menu width 82
 
-menu title dlc 4.1.0 - Boot menu
+menu title dlc 4.2.0 - Boot menu
 include stdmenu.cfg
 
 label live-@FLAVOUR@-english

config/bootloaders/isolinux/menu.cfg

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 menu hshift 0
 menu width 82
 
-menu title debian-live-config 4.1.0 (Debian 12.2.0)
+menu title debian-live-config 4.2.0 (Debian 12.2.0)
 include stdmenu.cfg
 include live.cfg
 

doc/md/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,21 +3,24 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.  
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
-## [v4.2.0](https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/debian-live-config/releases/tag/4.2.0) - UNRELEASED
+## [v4.2.0](https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/debian-live-config/releases/tag/4.2.0) - 2024-12-13
 
 ### Added
 - system: package management: add [command-not-found](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/command-not-found)
 
 ### Removed
-- office: remove [libreoffice-base](https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/base/)
+- office: remove [libreoffice-base](https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/base/) from the default installation
+- audio/video: remove [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/) from the default installation
+- network & internet: remove [Kiwix](https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Main_Page) from the default installation
+- system: remove gdebi graphical package installer
 
 ### Changed
-- update all packages to latest versions, rebase on Debian 12.6.0
-- system: firmware: only install firmware for nnetwork devices and CPU microcode by default
-- network: install keepassxc-browser Firefox extension from official Debian package
-- firefox: user.js: enable WebRender by default for better performance
-- skel: bash_aliases: gss: don't show repositories with status ok
-- system: enable `non-free-firmware` repositories section during image build
+- update all packages to latest versions, rebase on Debian 12.8.0
+- system: firmware: only install firmware for network devices and CPU microcode by default
+- network: install [keepassxc-browser](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/webext-keepassxc-browser) Firefox extension from official Debian package instead of addons.mozilla.org
+- firefox: user.js: enable WebRender GPU-based rendering by default (improve performance)
+- skel: `bash_aliases`: `gss`: don't show repositories with status `ok`
+- system: enable `non-free-firmware` repositories section during image build (but exclude large or rarely used non-free firmware from the binary image to keep the ISO image under 2GB)
 
 ---------------------
 

doc/md/custom.md

@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ Currently only 2 locales (english and french) are pre-generated, other languages
 
 ### Release process
 
-- [ ] `make bump_version`, update version indicators
-- [ ] Update CHANGELOG.md
-- [ ] `make doc && git add  && git commit -m "doc: update auto-generated documentation (make doc)"`
+- [ ] `make bump_version`, update version indicators, `git add` changes
+- [ ] Update release date in CHANGELOG.md, `git add CHANGELOG.md`
+- [ ] `make doc && git add doc/md && git commit -m "release vNEW_VERSION"`
 - [ ] `git tag --sign $new_version`
 - [ ] `make && make checksums sign_checksums`
 - [ ] `make tests`

doc/md/packages/audio-video.md

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 - ![](grey.png) _[moc](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/moc) `1:2.6.0~svn-r3005-3` - ncurses based console audio player_
 - ![](grey.png) _[cmus](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/cmus) `2.10.0-3` - lightweight ncurses audio player_
 - ![](grey.png) _[moc-ffmpeg-plugin](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/moc-ffmpeg-plugin) `1:2.6.0~svn-r3005-3` - ncurses based console audio player - ffmpeg plugin_
-- ![](grey.png) _[mpg123](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/mpg123) `1.31.2-1` - MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player_
+- ![](grey.png) _[mpg123](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/mpg123) `1.31.2-1+deb12u1` - MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player_
 - ![](grey.png) _[beets](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/beets) `1.6.0-4` - music tagger and library organizer_
 - ![](grey.png) _[easytag](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/easytag) `2.4.3-5+b1` - GTK+ editor for audio file tags_
 - ![](grey.png) _[puddletag](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/puddletag) `2.2.0-2` - simple, powerful audio tag editor_
@@ -157,13 +157,15 @@
 
 </sub>
 
-<img align="right" src="https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail-with-version/obs-studio/29.0.2+dfsg-1+b1">
+<img align="right" src="https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail-with-version/vokoscreen-ng/3.5.0-1">
 
-**[obs-studio](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/obs-studio)** - recorder and streamer for live video content
+**[vokoscreen-ng](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/vokoscreen-ng)** - easy to use screencast creator
 
 
- OBS Studio is designed for efficiently recording and streaming live video
- content. It supports live RTP streaming to various streaming sites.
+ vokoscreenNG can be used to record videos from computers screen, webcams,
+ external cameras, etc. This graphical tool can produce educational videos,
+ live recordings of browser navigation, tutorials of installations, record
+ videoconferences, etc. You can capture an alone video or video and sound.
 
 <sub>
 
@@ -173,23 +175,21 @@
 
 </sub>
 
-<img align="right" src="https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail-with-version/vokoscreen-ng/3.5.0-1">
+<img align="right" src="https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail-with-version/obs-studio/29.0.2+dfsg-1+b1">
 
-**[vokoscreen-ng](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/vokoscreen-ng)** - easy to use screencast creator
+**[obs-studio](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/obs-studio)** - recorder and streamer for live video content
 
 
- vokoscreenNG can be used to record videos from computers screen, webcams,
- external cameras, etc. This graphical tool can produce educational videos,
- live recordings of browser navigation, tutorials of installations, record
- videoconferences, etc. You can capture an alone video or video and sound.
+ OBS Studio is designed for efficiently recording and streaming live video
+ content. It supports live RTP streaming to various streaming sites.
 
 <sub>
 
 -----------------------
 
 
-- ![](green.png) [obs-studio](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/obs-studio) `29.0.2+dfsg-1+b1` - recorder and streamer for live video content
 - ![](green.png) [vokoscreen-ng](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/vokoscreen-ng) `3.5.0-1` - easy to use screencast creator
+- ![](grey.png) _[obs-studio](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/obs-studio) `29.0.2+dfsg-1+b1` - recorder and streamer for live video content_
 - ![](grey.png) _[kazam](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/kazam) `1.4.5-6` - screencast and screenshot application created with design in mind_
 - ![](grey.png) _[byzanz](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/byzanz) `0.3.0+git20160312-5+b1` - small screencast creator_
 - ![](grey.png) _[obs-source-clone](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/obs-source-clone) `0.1.1-6` - plugin for OBS Studio to clone sources from a scene_
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
 
 - ![](green.png) [qwinff](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/qwinff) `0.2.1+git20201215-2` - GUI for FFmpeg
-- ![](green.png) [ffmpeg](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/ffmpeg) `7:5.1.5-0+deb12u1` - Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
+- ![](green.png) [ffmpeg](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/ffmpeg) `7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1` - Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
 - ![](green.png) [flac](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/flac) `1.4.2+ds-2` - Free Lossless Audio Codec - command line tools
 - ![](green.png) [gstreamer1.0-alsa](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/gstreamer1.0-alsa) `1.22.0-3+deb12u2` - GStreamer plugin for ALSA
 - ![](green.png) [gstreamer1.0-libav](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/gstreamer1.0-libav) `1.22.0-2` - ffmpeg plugin for GStreamer

doc/md/packages/development.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #### Version control
 
-- ![](green.png) [git](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/git) `1:2.39.2-1.1` - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
+- ![](green.png) [git](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/git) `1:2.39.5-0+deb12u1` - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
 - ![](green.png) [colordiff](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/colordiff) `1.0.20-1` - tool to colorize 'diff' output
 - ![](green.png) [dwdiff](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/dwdiff) `2.1.4-2+b2` - diff program that operates word by word
 - ![](green.png) [cloc](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/cloc) `1.96-1` - statistics utility to count lines of code
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 - ![](grey.png) _[gitg](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/gitg) `41-2` - git repository viewer_
 - ![](grey.png) _[gource](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/gource) `0.54-1` - graphical source control visualisation_
 - ![](grey.png) _[fossil](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/fossil) `1:2.21-1` - DSCM with built-in wiki, http interface and server, tickets database_
-- ![](grey.png) _[git-mediawiki](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/git-mediawiki) `1:2.39.2-1.1` - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (MediaWiki remote helper)_
+- ![](grey.png) _[git-mediawiki](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/git-mediawiki) `1:2.39.5-0+deb12u1` - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (MediaWiki remote helper)_
 - ![](grey.png) _[svn2git](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/svn2git) `2.4.0-3` - Ruby tool for migrating svn projects to git_
 - ![](grey.png) _[hub](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/hub) `2.14.2~ds1-1+b11` - make git easier with GitHub_
 - ![](grey.png) _[mercurial](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/mercurial) `6.3.2-1` - easy-to-use, scalable distributed version control system_
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 - ![](green.png) [bash-completion](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/bash-completion) `1:2.11-6` - programmable completion for the bash shell
 - ![](green.png) [pv](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/pv) `1.6.20-1` - Shell pipeline element to meter data passing through
 - ![](green.png) [sed](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/sed) `4.9-1` - GNU stream editor for filtering/transforming text
-- ![](green.png) [util-linux](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/util-linux) `2.38.1-5+deb12u1` - miscellaneous system utilities
-- ![](green.png) [util-linux-locales](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/util-linux-locales) `2.38.1-5+deb12u1` - locales files for util-linux
+- ![](green.png) [util-linux](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/util-linux) `2.38.1-5+deb12u2` - miscellaneous system utilities
+- ![](green.png) [util-linux-locales](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/util-linux-locales) `2.38.1-5+deb12u2` - locales files for util-linux
 - ![](green.png) [whiptail](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/whiptail) `0.52.23-1+b1` - Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
 - ![](green.png) [moreutils](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/moreutils) `0.67-1` - additional Unix utilities
 - ![](green.png) [less](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/less) `590-2.1~deb12u2` - pager program similar to more
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 - ![](grey.png) _[fakeroot](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/fakeroot) `1.31-1.2` - tool for simulating superuser privileges_
 - ![](grey.png) _[lintian](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/lintian) `2.116.3` - Debian package checker_
 - ![](grey.png) _[autoconf](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/autoconf) `2.71-3` - automatic configure script builder_
-- ![](grey.png) _[devscripts](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/devscripts) `2.23.4+deb12u1` - scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier_
+- ![](grey.png) _[devscripts](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/devscripts) `2.23.4+deb12u2` - scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier_
 - ![](grey.png) _[dh-make](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/dh-make) `2.202301` - tool that converts source archives into Debian package source_
 - ![](grey.png) _[equivs](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/equivs) `2.3.1` - Circumvent Debian package dependencies_
 - ![](grey.png) _[git-buildpackage](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/git-buildpackage) `0.9.30` - Suite to help with Debian packages in Git repositories_
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 - ![](grey.png) _[yarnpkg](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/yarnpkg) `1.22.19+~cs24.27.18-2+deb12u1` - Fast, reliable and secure npm alternative_
 #### Databases
 
-- ![](grey.png) _[sqlite3](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/sqlite3) `3.40.1-2` - Command line interface for SQLite 3_
+- ![](grey.png) _[sqlite3](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/sqlite3) `3.40.1-2+deb12u1` - Command line interface for SQLite 3_
 - ![](grey.png) _[sqlfluff](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/sqlfluff) `1.4.5-2` - SQL linter tool_
 #### PHP
 

doc/md/packages/games.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #### Games
 
-- ![](grey.png) _[lutris](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/lutris) `0.5.17` - video game preservation platform_
+- ![](grey.png) _[lutris](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/lutris) `0.5.18` - video game preservation platform_
 - ![](grey.png) _[cmatrix](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/cmatrix) `2.0-3` - simulates the display from "The Matrix"_
 - ![](grey.png) _[cmatrix-xfont](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/cmatrix-xfont) `2.0-3` - X11 font for cmatrix_
 - ![](grey.png) _[endless-sky](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/endless-sky) `0.9.8-1.2` - space exploration and combat game_

doc/md/packages/graphics.md

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 - ![](grey.png) _[auto-editor](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/auto-editor) `22w52a+ds-1` - Effort free video editing_
 #### Command-line image manipulation
 
-- ![](green.png) [imagemagick](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/imagemagick) `8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1` - image manipulation programs -- binaries
+- ![](green.png) [imagemagick](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/imagemagick) `8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u2` - image manipulation programs -- binaries
 - ![](green.png) [optipng](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/optipng) `0.7.7-2+b1` - advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer
 - ![](green.png) [jpegoptim](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/jpegoptim) `1.4.7-1` - utility to optimize jpeg files
 - ![](green.png) [exifprobe](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/exifprobe) `2.0.1+git20170416.3c2b769-5` - read metadata from digital pictures