[T(A)ILS-dev] Next point-release: 0.7.1

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Author: intrigeri
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To: tails-dev
Subject: [T(A)ILS-dev] Next point-release: 0.7.1
Hi,

I've gone through the testing..devel log and cherry-picked into
testing a bunch of commits that I think should go into Tails 0.7.1.

See bellow the list of cherry-picked commits. Feel free to express
your concerns with the selection I made.

75f3b0dd8bb402822b1f5985c763bd140fa61033 Use kexec's --reset-vga option.
ee5d0cce10dffda9f20772cb4790be20de1cc9ea Remove "splash" from the kernel command-line options.
0c282693b42ebad9e1f3fe48e19d6060bdec5534 Pass the noswap option to the kernel.
997ece58e13c300b3dd8c1dfffdd273be8a43526 Install mobile-broadband-provider-info for better 3G support.
9d9e60a439e2ceb58d8e59e22f7f59417a2e418b Remove vga=788: it used to be useful for Splashy only.
ea7c0ee5411a8a011c1e6127ffc1cfac03f90b0e Vidalia: upgrade custom package to 0.2.12-2+tails1.
4d33bbdf43092c40597c2afb57923b1604e62893 tails-security-check: avoid generating double-slashes in the Atom feeds URL.
b877e04c51b0f09a3d0d09e3dd2f234b23249188 Fetch macchanger package from Debian unstable.
34d4e673cd1bffa9a437ff793f20a4ea752f8aab Add back gnome system icons to menus.
ef61af1076fbf656572bd653da9a3cf806e10ed1 tails-kexec: make it clear what it may mean if the system does not power off automatically.
b4f9979863c1ec2d240a6db3f41a61402fb2be8d tails-kexec: added Italian translation.
7165b6a01046bf972905861c258a220c8acfb812 Install build-essential before compiling udev-watchdog.
6512398d94ab7e76c9041b0b2a0bca737ace5eea Append the "quiet" boot parameter as live-build does not do so consistently.
cde48c46810df583011b1de91dcea50cc739d30b Install eatmydata from Debian backports in the chroot.
e0a7a5c6ead7d85a284073940f6a134d40d95aa2 Enable squeeze-backports. It is now ready and will be used soon.

Regarding the kernel version we'll ship, let's keep the discussion in
the dedicated thread.

Bye,
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