Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:06:07 -0400 From: Paul Marquis <pmarquis@pobox.com> To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.7-RC2/i386 now available Message-ID: <200209291206.11953.pmarquis@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <200209271629.g8RGThhk047454@nimitz.packetdesign.com> References: <200209271629.g8RGThhk047454@nimitz.packetdesign.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Probably already reported or already on your radar screen, but the=20 release notes should be updated to reflect reverting the default=20 package mechanism back to gzip. On Friday 27 September 2002 12:29 pm, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 (the second release candidate for FreeBSD 4.7) is > now available for the i386 architecture from the usual FTP sites.=20 > Both an FTP site and a "disc 1" ISO image are available, > respectively from: > > ftp://<mirror-site>/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.7-RC2/ > ftp://<mirror-site>/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.7/ > > The biggest change from 4.7-RC1 is that the ISO image has most of > the packages one would expect to see on the install CD, and that > the pkg_* utilities once again have the same functionality as in > prior FreeBSD releases. > > We invite interested users to try out this snapshot and provide > feedback (via the qa@ list) on issues to be fixed before > 4.7-RELEASE, currently scheduled for 1 October 2002. Depending on > the feedback we get (and the magnitude of any remaining bugfixes > required before release), we may do another release candidate > snapshot before the release. > > Before reporting problems, please check the QA page for this > release-in-progress, to make sure that a problem has not already > been encountered: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.7R/qa.html > > FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 for the alpha architecture is being built now and > should be available shortly. > > Many thanks to Sentex Communications for making available a fast, > well-connected i386 machine for release builds. > > Bruce A. Mah > (for the Release Engineering team) - --=20 Paul Marquis pmarquis@pobox.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9lyTzIuLAUo3z6B0RAlxkAJsE3wpcw51ySzyFyL0cc83gcM142QCeIZ6Y ZMdJhzfNDt/61PqosQuOSyQ=3D =3DEhG5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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