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<define-tag pagetitle>Debian Installer 7.0 Release Candidate 3 release</define-tag>
<define-tag release_date>2013-05-02</define-tag>
#use wml::debian::news

<p>
The Debian Installer <a
href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team">team</a> is pleased to
announce the third (and hopefully last) release candidate of the installer for Debian 7.0
<q>Wheezy</q>.
</p>


<h2>Improvements in this release of the installer</h2>

<ul>
  <li>finish-install: enable espeakup support in the installed system if speech synthesis was used during the installation process (<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/705599">#705599</a>).</li>
  <li>grub2/os-prober: add entries for Windows Boot Manager found via UEFI (<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/698914">#698914</a>).</li>
  <li>kmod: correctly parse kernel command-line parameters containing a dot (<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/689872">#689872</a>).</li>
</ul>


<h2>Hardware support changes</h2>

<ul>
  <li>debian-installer: include virtio-modules for sparc platforms (<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/673320">#673320</a>).</li>
  <li>udev: no longer blacklist the lxfb module, needed for OLPC XO systems (<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/705784">#705784</a>).</li>
</ul>


<h2>Localization status</h2>

<ul>
  <li>73 languages are supported in this release.</li>
  <li>Full translation for 57 of them.</li>
</ul>


<h2>Known issues in this release</h2>

<p>
See the <a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer/errata">errata</a> for details and a
full list of known issues.
</p>


<h2>Feedback for this release</h2>

<p>
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 <a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer">web site</a>.
</p>


<h2>Thanks</h2>

<p>
The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this
release.
</p>

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