Announce and release GNU Boot 0.1 RC3.

A link was also fixed in the news along the way.

On the Thinkpads T60 and X60 a full installation from the nonfree BIOS
was tested with locally built patched Flashrom 1.2 and bucts.

Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>

site/index.md

@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software.
 
 Right now GNU Boot is still in its early stage.
 
-It should be relatively safe to use the [previous release
+It should be relatively safe to use the GNU Boot 0.1 RC3 as is has
-candidate](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuboot/) (GNU Boot 0.1-rc1) as is
+minimal changes on top of Libreboot 20220710 (the last 100% free
-has minimal changes on top of Libreboot 20220710 (the last 100% free
 release of Libreboot) and also because several people tested it and
 didn't report any blocking issue.
 

site/news/gnuboot-december-2023.md

@@ -19,12 +19,29 @@ places:
 
 - On the GNU Boot website[5].
 
-GNU Boot 0.1 RC2:
+GNU Boot 0.1 RC3:
 -----------------
 
-We just released GNU Boot 0.1 RC2. We also need help from testers for
+We just released GNU Boot 0.1 RC3. We also need help from testers for
 this release, especially because few intrusive changes were made.
 
+We also release GNU Boot 0.1 RC2 just before but some bugs that don't
+affect the installable images were introduced in the last minute fixes
+so we ended up making an RC3 as well (some tests were broken and some
+website pages also needed fixes).
+
+Nonfree software found in the source release of GNU Boot 0.1 RC1.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+In the GNU Boot source release (gnuboot-0.1-rc1_src.tar.xz) we found
+the 3 files (F12MicrocodePatch03000002.c, F12MicrocodePatch0300000e.c,
+F12MicrocodePatch03000027.c) that contain microcode in binary form,
+without corresponding source code. GNU Boot 0.1 RC1 corresponding
+source code tarball was remade without these files (and renamed). The
+images for the Asus KCMA-D8, KFSN4-DRE and KGPE-D16 were also removed
+as they may contain the nonfree code as well. The rest of the files
+are unaffected.
+
 Website:
 --------
 
@@ -61,13 +78,14 @@ boot fine:
 
 Since some popular computers were tested[7], we are now also looking
 for testers and contributions on the installation instructions. Even
-if GNU Boot 0.1 RC2 has already been published, it's probably easier
+if GNU Boot 0.1 RC3 has already been published, it's probably easier
 to do the tests with GNU Boot 0.1 RC1 and a computer that was already
-tested as there is no changes that could affect the installation
+tested (unless the computer is an Asus KCMA-D8, see above for more
-instructions between 0.1 RC1 and 0.1 RC2.
+details) as there is no changes that could affect the installation
+instructions between 0.1 RC1 and 0.1 RC3.
 
 The following computers / mainboards weren't tested yet with the 0.1
-RC1 yet so we also need testers for them (ideally on the 0.1 RC2):
+RC1 yet so we also need testers for them (ideally on the 0.1 RC3):
 
 * Chromebook: C201
 * Intel: D410PT, D510MO, D945GCLF2D
@@ -76,19 +94,10 @@ RC1 yet so we also need testers for them (ideally on the 0.1 RC2):
 * Apple: MacBook 1.1, iMac 5,2
 * Lenovo Thinkpads: R500, T400s, X60s, X200s, X200T, X60T.
 
-And as stated above we also need to re-test with the RC2 the computers
+And as stated above we also need to re-test with the RC3 the computers
 that were already tested with the RC1 to make sure that we didn't
 break anything.
 
-Nonfree software found in the source release of GNU Boot 0.1 RC1.
------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-In the GNU Boot source release (gnuboot-0.1-rc1_src.tar.xz) we found
-the 3 files (F12MicrocodePatch03000002.c, F12MicrocodePatch0300000e.c,
-F12MicrocodePatch03000027.c) that contain microcode in binary form,
-without corresponding source code. They already have been removed from
-GNU Boot and an RC2 release without these files is on its way.
-
 GNU Boot running nonfree software:
 ----------------------------------
 GNU Boot is still in its early stages and many of the directions the
@@ -193,7 +202,7 @@ References:
 
  [4]https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuboot-announce
 
- [5]https://gnu.org/software/gnuboot/web/news/gnuboot-0.1-rc2.html
+ [5]https://gnu.org/software/gnuboot/web/news/gnuboot-december-2023.html
 
  [6]https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuboot/web/git.html
 

site/status.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Code review
 ...
 
-GNU Boot 0.1 RC2 status
+GNU Boot 0.1 RC3 status
 =======================
 
 +----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
@@ -98,6 +98,74 @@ Installation instructions:
 * Missing: There are no installation instructions for this device and
   we need help from contributors to add them.
 
+GNU Boot 0.1 RC2 status
+=======================
+
+There are no changes affecting images between GNU Boot 0.1 RC2 and GNU
+Boot 0.1 RC3 so it's not worth testing the RC2. It's better to test
+the RC3 directly. Yet GNU Boot maintainers tested some computers on
+the RC2 to reduce the risk of testers.
+
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Vendor   | Product         | Stability | Installation instructions   |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Apple    | MacBook 1.1     | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Apple    | MacBook 2.1     | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Apple    | iMac 5,2        | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Asus     | Chromebook C201 | Can't install due to missing images     |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Asus     | KCMA-D8         | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Asus     | KFSN4-DRE       | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Asus     | KGPE-D16        | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Gigabyte | D945GCLF2D      | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Gigabyte | GA-G41M-ES2L    | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Intel    | D410PT          | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Intel    | D510MO          | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Intel    | D945GCLF        | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad R400   | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad R500   | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad T400   | Tested    | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad T400S  | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad T500   | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad T60    | Tested    | Untested, can be simplified |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad W500   | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad X200   | Tested    | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad X200S  | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad X200T  | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad X301   | Untested  | Untested                    |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad X60    | Tested    | Untested, can be simplified |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad X60T   | Tested    | Untested, can be simplified |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Lenovo   | Thinkpad X60s   | Untested  | Untested, can be simplified |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+| Qemu     | PC (i440FX)     | Tested    | Missing                     |
++----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
+
+See the status of GNU Boot 0.1 RC3 above for the meaning of the
+various fields.
 
 GNU Boot 0.1 RC1 status
 =======================
@@ -158,7 +226,7 @@ GNU Boot 0.1 RC1 status
 | Lenovo   | Thinkpad X60s   | Untested  | Untested, can be simplified |
 +----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------------------------+
 
-See the status of GNU Boot 0.1 RC2 above for the meaning of the
+See the status of GNU Boot 0.1 RC3 above for the meaning of the
 various fields.
 
 Upstream status