[Pkg-shadow-devel] Info: prepare for release shadow 4.0.12

[Tomasz Kłoczko]

I'm just commit change to NEWS file with schedule release 4.0.12 on
22-08-2005 because current amount of changes is good for close release. In 
11-18 August I'll off (short vacation :) so if someone still have 
something importand for commit for this release best will be do this in 
next two days.

Last week before release (as usuala) will be only for critical changes and 
for update translations (broadcast mail to translators in this time 
I'll send few days before usual week before release :).

As I promise after release 4.0.11.1 on start "~week for translators" I'll 
generate snapshot tarball for testing (will be avalaible on 
ftp.pld.org.pl).

Current list of changes:

*** general:
- login.defs: removed handle QMAIL_DIR variable,
- login: allow regular user to login on read-only root file system (not only for root)
  Patch by Nicolas François <nicolas.francois at centraliens.net>
  Fix for http://bugs.debian.org/52069
- gpasswd, grpck, grpconv, grpuconv: added flushing group nscd cache,
- pwck, pwconv: added flushing passwd nscd cache,
- usermod: fixed handle -p option (patch by Peter Vrabec <pvrabec at redhat.com>),
- chage: use -1 as value for disable password inactivity, expiration date and
  checking an password validation.
  Based on patch by Peter Vrabec <pvrabec at redhat.com> which fixes:
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109499
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=137498
  and on 427_chage_expiry_0 Debian patch (fix for http://bugs.debian.org/78961)
- useradd: do not copy files from skel directory if home directory exist and write
  warning message about not copying skel files
  Patch by Peter Vrabec <pvrabec at redhat.com> which fixes:
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143150
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=158574
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=80242
- su: ignore SIGINT while authenticating. A ^C could defeat the waiting
  period and permit brute-force attacks (fixed http://bugs.debian.org/288827),
- uClibc fixes (by Martin Schlemmer <azarah at nosferatu.za.org>):
  added require ngettext (added [need-ngettext] to AM_GNU_GETTEXT() parameters)
  and stub prototype for ngettext() in lib/prototypes.h (neccessary if shadow
  compiled with disabled NLS support)
- groupadd: rewrited for use getopt_long(),
- groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, userdel: do OPENLOG() before pam_start(),
- groupadd: fixed double OPENLOG(),
- removed lib/{grpack,gspack,pwpack,sppack}.c and prototypes from lib/prototypes.h
  (outdated),
- newusers: added flushing passwd and group nscd caches,
- passwd, pwunconv, userdel, vipw: remove flushing shadow nscd cache (nscd do not caches
  shadow map),
- pwck: now pwck OPENLOG with correct name ("pwck" instead "pwsk")
  (fix by Alexander Gattin <arg at online.com.ua>),
- pwck, grpck: replace all puts() with printf() - it fixes problems with extra blank
  lines printed in some messages
  (fix by Alexander Gattin <arg at online.com.ua>),
- passwd: use separated message "Password set to expire." instead "Password changed."
  on "passwd -e" (fix by Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org),
- updated translations: fr.
*** documentation:
- usermod(8): give the correct range for system users (0-999 instead of 0-99),
  (http://bugs.debian.org/286258)
- chage(8): better description -1 value passwd in -E, -I and -M options,
- regenerate all roff man pages using DocBook XSL Stylesheets 1.69.0.

Current translations statistics:

language  translated  fuzzy  untranslated
-----------------------------------------
  bs          41       11      318
  ca         360        6        4
  cs         363        5        2
  da         363        5        2
  de         363        5        2
  el         322       29       19
  es         363        5        2
  eu         352       12        6
  fi         363        5        2
  fr         363        5        2
  he          87       21      262
  id         247       21      102
  it         352       12        6
  ja         278       63       29
  ko         352       12        6
  nb         333       22       15
  nl         352       12        6
  nn         334       21       15
  pl         368                 2
  pt         363        5        2
  pt_BR      334       22       14
  ro         363        5        2
  ru         363        5        2
  sk         363        5        2
  sq           7        4      359
  sv         362        6        2
  tl         323       35       12
  tr         334       22       14
  uk         352       12        6
  vi         352       12        6
  zh_CN      333       22       15
  zh_TW      352       13        5
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kloczek
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Tomasz Kłoczko, sys adm @zie.pg.gda.pl|*e-mail: kloczek at rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl*