Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:09:05 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsd.org> Cc: qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.9 RC1 (i386) now available Message-ID: <20030929160905.GB42388@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20030929151905.GD3743@freebsdmall.com> References: <20030929151905.GD3743@freebsdmall.com>
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 08:19:05AM -0700, Murray Stokely wrote: > Not all FTP sites have the first release candidate, but it is at least > available from ftp.freebsd.org. Please download and install this > candidate and help us find bugs BEFORE we call it 4.9-RELEASE. <sarcasm> You mean apart from the minor bug that non-pci kernels using ata won't even compile, and hasn't worked for the last three weeks or so? </sarcasm> See http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=44649+0+archive/2003/freebsd-stable/20030928.freebsd-stable or http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=816008+0+archive/2003/cvs-all/20030921.cvs-all for details and a patch. > > ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.9-RC1 > ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.9-RC1-i386-disc1.iso > > We are particularly interested in having people test this release > candidate on a heavily loaded system, or on large memory machines, so > that the stability of the PAE merge can be tested. > > linux-netscape and acroread5 were removed from the ISO because they > won't fit. Suggestions about less popular packages to remove to save > space would be appreciated. Is there a list somewhere detailing which packages *are* included on the ISO and thus might be considered for removal? -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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