Debian Installer Bookworm RC 4 release

May 27th, 2023

The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the fourth release candidate of the installer for Debian 12 Bookworm.

Improvements in this release

cdebconf:
- Improve banner display when the installer logo's width is smaller than the GTK window's width (#745359): instead of scaling, expand the banner on the side(s) specified in the theme (#1036321).
debian-installer:
- netboot/x86: fix colors in GRUB submenus (#1036771).
- netboot/x86: add /splash.png symlink to make GRUB load the splash screen (#1036215).
grub2:
- When also installing to the removable media path, include the relevant mokmanager binary (#1034409).
- Allow multiple initrd parameters (#838177, #820838).
partman-auto-raid:
- Add support for LVM-on-LUKS-on-RAID, via a new “crypto-lvm” keyword, similar to the existing “lvm” (#1036347).
partman-basicfilesystems:
- Install dosfstools if we have a FAT ESP.
rootskel-gtk:
- Add banner metadata (#745359, #1036321).
- Align dark banner colors with dark/high-contrast theme.
- Fix document viewport, avoiding 1-pixel offsets.

Hardware support changes

finish-install:
- Add bochs/cirrus to the initramfs if detected (#1036788).

Localization status

78 languages are supported in this release.
Full translation for 42 of them.

Known issues in this release

See the errata for details and a full list of known issues.

Feedback for this release

We need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will need are available at our web site.

Thanks

The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this release.