Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:38:37 -0800 (PST) From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> To: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org> Subject: PERFORCE change 8652 for review Message-ID: <200203300438.g2U4cbB19994@freefall.freebsd.org>
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http://people.freebsd.org/~peter/p4db/chv.cgi?CH=8652 Change 8652 by bmah@bmah_intruder on 2002/03/29 20:37:44 Rewrite the introduction to give some information about the purpose of DP1. Adjust cross-reference to the errata file. Note our sparc64 support, which has no sysinstall. Affected files ... ... //depot/releng/5_dp1/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml#3 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/releng/5_dp1/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml#3 (text+ko) ==== @@ -38,16 +38,35 @@ <sect1> <title>Introduction</title> - <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the - latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para> + <para>&os; &release.current; is a <quote>developer + preview</quote>, which is based on the state of &os; + &release.branch; on 15 March 2002. A small number of changes + have been made to the system, primarily to improve its stability + so that more of its features can be used and tested.</para> + + <para>There are two main goals behind &os; &release.current; + (<quote>Developer Preview 1</quote>). The first is to give the + wider &os; community a preview of some of the new features of + &release.next;, which is scheduled for release late in + 2002. The second goal of the developer preview is solicit test + reports and feedback on both new and old features.</para> + + <para>This developer preview is not for production use; it + contains known bugs and instabilities that should be fixed + before &os; &release.next;. It is best considered a + <quote>polished snapshot</quote>. Users testing + &release.current; are highly encouraged to read the errata file, + which lists some of the known problems, as well as areas of the + system that could benefit from some extra attention during + testing.</para> <sect2> <title>About &os;</title> <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC - hardware and Compaq (formerly DEC) Alpha computers. Versions - for the IA64, PowerPC, and Sparc64 architectures are currently under + hardware, Compaq (formerly DEC) Alpha computers, and UltraSPARC machines. Versions + for the IA64 and PowerPC architectures are currently under development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything from software development to games to Internet Service @@ -297,13 +316,12 @@ <listitem> <para><filename>ERRATA.TXT</filename>: Release errata. - Late-breaking, post-release information can be found in - this file, which is principally applicable to releases - (as opposed to snapshots). It is important to consult - this file before installing a release of &os;, as it - contains the latest information on problems which have - been found and fixed since the release was - created.</para> + For this developer preview, this file lists some + outstanding issues and problems, as well as a list of + features that could benefit from some wider testing. + Unlike the errata file for a regular &os; release, this + file will <emphasis>not</emphasis> be updated after + &release.current; is <quote>frozen</quote>.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -321,24 +339,12 @@ </para> - <para>These documents are generally available via the + <para>On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently + the i386 and alpha), these documents are generally available via the Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is - installed, you can revisit this menu by running the + installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para> - <note> - <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any - given release before installing it, to learn about any - <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems. - The errata file accompanying each release (most likely right - next to this file) is already out of date by definition, but - other copies are kept updated on the Internet and should be - consulted as the <quote>current errata</quote> for this - release. These other copies of the errata are located at - <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"></ulink>; (as - well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this - location).</para> - </note> </sect2> <sect2> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe p4-releng" in the body of the message
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