From owner-freebsd-announce Thu Jul 27 5:17:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from zippy.osd.bsdi.com (zippy.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8205F37B7B5 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 05:17:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com) Received: from localhost (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA03530 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 05:17:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com) To: announce@freebsd.org Subject: 4.1-RELEASE now available from ftp.freebsd.org Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 05:17:09 -0700 Message-ID: <3527.964700229@localhost> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm very pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE, the very latest in 4.x-STABLE branch technology. Following the release of FreeBSD 4.0 in March, 2000, many bugs were fixed, important security issues dealt with, and quite a few new features added. Please see the release notes for more information. The 4.1-RELEASE is available for i386 and alpha in "FTP installable" form right now (ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/${arch}/4.1-RELEASE) and can be installed directly over the net using the boot floppies or copied to a local NFS/ftp server. ISO images will also be provided later (see below). ISO (CD) Images --------------- ISO images of the installation CD will be made available by August 1st 2000, after the bits have undergone a bit more integration testing. This additional delay is necessary given that the ISO images are so large (~650MB each) and are not something which many people want to transfer more than once. A follow-up announcement will be sent once the ISO images are in place, so please don't send me email asking where they are or when they'll be ready. When they're ready, they'll be uploaded and an announcement will be sent out. We also can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry these large ISO images, but they will at least be available from: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/${arch}/ISO-IMAGES/4.1-install.iso Where ${arch} is currently "i386" or "alpha". If you can't afford the CDs, are impatient, or just want to use it for evangelism purposes, then by all means download the ISOs, otherwise please do continue to support the FreeBSD project by purchasing one of its official CD releases from BSDi. FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE can be ordered as a 4 CD set from The FreeBSD Mall from where it will soon be shipping. Each CD sets contains the FreeBSD installation and application package bits for either the x86 or the alpha architecture (each architecture has its own CD set). For a set of distfiles used to build ports in the ports collection, please see also the FreeBSD Toolkit, a 6 CD set containing all such extra bits which we can no longer fit on the 4 CD sets. Please see http://www.freebsdmall.com or you can order by phone, postal mail, FAX or email at: BSDi 4041 Pike Lane, #F Concord CA, 94520 USA Phone: +1 925 674-0783 Fax: +1 925 674-0821 Tech Support: +1 925 603-1234 Email: orders@wccdrom.com WWW: http://www.wccdrom.com/ FreeBSD is also available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Elbonia, the Ukraine and the United Kingdom (and quite possibly several others which I've never even heard of :). Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional mirror(s) first by going to: ftp://ftp..freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so on. The latest versions of export-restricted code for FreeBSD (2.0C or later) (eBones and secure) are also being made available at the following locations. Now that FreeBSD has export permission for crypto from the United States government, you can get it from the following locations or from ftp.freebsd.org: South Africa ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD Brazil ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD Finland ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt Thanks! - Jordan This is the moderated mailing list freebsd-announce. The list contains announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities, important events and project milestones. See also the FreeBSD Web pages at http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-announce" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-announce Fri Jul 28 1:41:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from zippy.osd.bsdi.com (zippy.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52D4F37B818 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 01:41:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com) Received: from localhost (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA07192 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 01:41:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com) To: announce@freebsd.org Subject: Notice: FreeBSD 3.5-RELEASE updated to 3.5.1-RELEASE Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 01:41:06 -0700 Message-ID: <7189.964773666@localhost> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This point release for 3.5 was aimed at pretty much one problem - the old and somewhat insecure version of kerberos shipped with 3.5. If you don't use kerberos, you can stick with 3.5-RELEASE and be perfectly fine, so this release is aimed squarely at the twin purposes of "putting the 3.x branch to bed" and allowing new 3.5.1 users who are also kerberos users to skip right over the security issues. CVS TAGS: Because of the relatively minor nature of this point release, it was done quietly and without much in the way of fanfare or even a tag. Tags are very expensive in CVS (they shouldn't be, but they are) and one was deemed unworth the overhead in this case. Anyone trying to reproduce 3.5.1 should simply build with the RELENG_3 tag given that changes to that branch have been extremely light since the re-roll and will produce results identical enough as not to matter. If you really must put your rifle sights over that exact part of the source tree, use -D "July 21, 2000" for your check-out. Again, 3.5.1-RELEASE is identical to 3.5 in virtually every respect except for kerberos being updated. The bits at ftp.freebsd.org have also been updated for both the FTP installation and ISO image bits. When 3.5-RELEASE ships from BSDi, it will also ship with the 3.5.1-RELEASE bits. Sorry for the point release guys but it was really nagging at me to put RELENG_3 to bed on a better note, and the CD bits getting delayed for other reasons gave me a chance to fix things before committing this release to more permanent archival media. - Jordan This is the moderated mailing list freebsd-announce. The list contains announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities, important events and project milestones. See also the FreeBSD Web pages at http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-announce" in the body of the message