The second alpha version of the Debian 9 installer has been released

The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the second alpha
release of the installer for Debian 9 "Stretch", live from the DebConf
Birthday Party in Heidelberg, Germany!


Important change in this release of the installer
=============================================

* The biggest change in this release is the update of the linux kernel,
from the 4.0 series to the 4.1 one.


Other improvements in this release
======================

* debian-installer:
- Fix missing "Rescue" menu in "Advanced options" for multi-arch
image (#793118).
- Replace ttf-cjk-compact-udeb with fonts-android-udeb (#794432).
This should ensure no glyphs are missing for Chinese, Japanese,
and Korean. Please report any issues with these languages!
* oldsys-preseed:
- Use DHCP by default on LaCie devices.
* systemd/udev-udeb:
- Stop copying 70-persistent-* rules (net.ifnames is the default).
- Restore "notice" log level for udevd in the installer.
* u-boot:
- u-boot-sunxi: enable Mini-X target (#787266).
- Add support for Tegra Jetson TK-1 (#788689).
- u-boot now has fw_env.config examples for mx6cuboxi and wandboard
(#786877).


Localization status
===================

* 75 languages are supported in this release.
* Full translation for 7 of them.


Known bugs in this release
==========================

* Encryption installs are broken at this time (#793643, #795463).
* The installer is still using the Jessie theme (#793125).

See the errata[2] 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[3].


Thanks
======

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


1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team
2. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
3. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer

  Debian 9 Installer Alpha 2 released