From owner-freebsd-qa Fri Sep 27 10:15:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2D3237B401; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:15:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rtp-msg-core-1.cisco.com (rtp-msg-core-1.cisco.com [161.44.11.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E20943E6E; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:15:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmcgover@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com) Received: from goblet.cisco.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rtp-msg-core-1.cisco.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g8RHFN7q011223; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:15:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bmcgover-pc.cisco.com (bmcgover-pc.cisco.com [161.44.149.69]) by goblet.cisco.com (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ABV26358; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:15:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bmcgover-pc.cisco.com (localhost.cisco.com [127.0.0.1]) by bmcgover-pc.cisco.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8RHISjC040487; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:18:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bmcgover@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com) Message-Id: <200209271718.g8RHISjC040487@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.7-RC2/i386 now available In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:29:43 PDT." <200209271629.g8RGThhk047454@nimitz.packetdesign.com> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:18:28 -0400 From: "Brian J. McGovern" Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On it. I'll try to get some feedback in by tomorrow. -B > --==_Exmh_1747168370P > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 (the second release candidate for FreeBSD 4.7) is now > available for the i386 architecture from the usual FTP sites. Both an > FTP site and a "disc 1" ISO image are available, respectively from: > > ftp:///pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.7-RC2/ > ftp:///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) > > > > --==_Exmh_1747168370P > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Exmh on FreeBSD > > iD8DBQE9lId32MoxcVugUsMRAiA8AKDivXBjnFqh07GukO2FnxyuoWsWyACfXcHH > IdozTuI3aAdFbc0emArQWXw= > =dEaM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --==_Exmh_1747168370P-- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message